Press Release31 January, 2021New Delhi The NCHRO condemns the slapping of various charges including sedition on journalists and others following the events of January 26 in Delhi In the midst of state repression on farmers…
Delay in Executing Death Penalty Against Right to…
27 January 2014 Inordinate and unreasonable delay in execution of death sentence is violative of Right to Life, which is the most fundamental of all rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and entails as a ground…
SC commutes death penalty of 15 convicts due…
27 January 2014 In a landmark and significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted death penalty of 15 convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay and mental illness. The apex court said the death…
ACHR welcomes SC commutation of 15 death sentences
27 January 2014 ACHR welcomes SC commutation of 15 death sentences The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has welcomed the judgment of the Supreme Court commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment for 15…
The authorities have impounded the passport of human…
19 january 2014 The regional passport authority has seized the passport of Jharkhand-based human rights activist, Gladson Dungdung, claiming they have an ‘adverse police report’ on him. The officials said the report claims Dungdung…
Wajahat Habeebullah has given the Mukundan C Menon…
10 january 2014 New Delhi: National Minority Commission Chairman Wajahat Habibullah Said that Mukundan C Menon who was in consistent struggle for the rights of Dalits, Adivasis and minorities was a great patriot. He was…
Wajahat Habibullah will give the Mukundan C Menon…
9 January 2014 New Delhi: Mr Wajahat Habibullah, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities will give the Mukundan C Menon Award for 2013 to Dr Manisha Sethi representing Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association in…
The silence of Muzaffarnagar
1 January 2014 By Shiv Visvanathan From Partition to Muzaffarnagar, the history of riots has been a celebration of rape. Muzaffarnagar sounds like it’s a part of the UP badlands, while pundits hair-split words like…