West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed her demand for a “stringent central legislation on incidents of rape” and apprised him about the steps taken by the state government on women’s safety and security. She further claimed that she had not received a response … Read more
On 31 July, the eve of the 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued an advisory to guide the conduct of the street demonstrations. Organisers called for protests, which began on 1 August, against rising living costs resulting from President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and general bad governance. The advisory, drawing on … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the killing of 16-year-old Isma’il Muhammed by a soldier during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army admitted that the boy was killed by one of its soldiers. In a statement posted via its X handle on Friday, the NHRC … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for evidence of human rights abuses perpetrated against any Nigerian journalists and even law enforcement agents during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests for investigation and necessary actions. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Anthony Ojukwu, made this call on Monday as he lamented the use of force to … Read more
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said that its intervetion led to the arrest of 23 accused persons in Rajasthan for allegedly selling girls, mostly minors on stamp papers for physical abuse and sexual assault in various parts of the country and abroad. The NHRC observed that given the registration of … Read more
