PRESS STATEMENT September 29, 2016 Delhi NHRC Report on Kairana – Prejudiced and Partisan MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOT VICTIMS IN KAIRANA PAINED AT BEING LABELLED CRIMINALS BY NHRC DEMAND APOLOGYBY NHRC AND WITHDRAWAL OF THIS REPORT The findings of NHRC’s investigation…

Fact finding report on Una, Gujarat
This report is presented by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Gujarat to National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi and is released by Ms.…

3 convicted in Jharkhand Dalit atrocity case after 15 yrs
Dalit the Black untouchable of this holy land, denied their basic human right. In rural areas they are suffering from myriad of problems ill health…

Who will speak for the Human Rights Defenders?
The Bombay high court judgment cancelling Prof. Sai Baba’s bail and initiating contempt proceedings against the writer Arundhati Roy is a major blow to the human rights defenders in the country. Dr. Sai Baba was arrested by the police in 2014 for allegedly…

NHRC exposes several loop holes in the handling of the Nun rape case in Chhattisgarh
NHRC exposes several loop holes in the handling of the Nun rape case in Chhattisgarh: Calls for action taken report from Chief Secretary, DGP and SP, Raipur on specific issues (20.8.2015) PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 20th August, 2015 The National Human Rights…

National Human Rights Commission equates humans with animals.
It is scandalous that in the wake of the killing of a seven year old child in Delhi, the NHRC has called for 'a larger debate on human rights versus animal rights '. Private individuals have the liberty to equate humans with animals or even to place greater…

Bengal NGO complaints to NHRC on firing of Bangladeshi youth
MASUM an NGO working on human rights issues have complained before the NHRC about the alleged firing by BSF jawan on a Bangladeshi youth. The petition by the Kirity Roy, the secretary of MASUM draws clearly the various stages if the incidents. Roy in his petition…