Download IPFS The Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) has ruled that the electrocution death of a 10-year-old boy in Jadcherla constitutes a violation of his constitutional right to life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The incident involved B. Shreyan, who died after coming into contact with an unprotected 160 kilovolts[Read More…]

Download IPFS A ‘Bala Sabha’ (Children’s Assembly) held on August 2 at Zilla Parishad High School in Medikonda village, Telangana, brought children’s rights and welfare issues to the forefront. Organized under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj’s “Child-Friendly Gram Panchayat” initiative, part of the Government of India’s Model Gram Panchayat Cluster[Read More…]

Download IPFS Rajat Kalsan, a Dalit rights lawyer and activist, has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody in Hisar, Haryana, following allegations of assaulting a police team. Two other individuals, Deepak Saini and Pravesh, were also taken into custody in connection with the same incident. The arrest has sparked concern[Read More…]

Download IPFS Thousands gathered in Kochi, Kerala, on Saturday in a rally organized by the Varapuzha Archdiocese to protest what church leaders described as increasing incidents of discrimination against Christians and Muslims in parts of northern India. The protest was sparked by the recent arrest of two Catholic nuns from[Read More…]

Download IPFS The All Rengma Welfare Organisation (ARWO) Assam–Nagaland has called on the Assam government to take concrete steps toward recognizing and restoring the traditional rights of the Rengma Naga community over their ancestral lands. The appeal follows the recent eviction of illegal settlers from the Rengma Reserve Forest under[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Dibrugarh district administration, in collaboration with the District Women and Child Welfare Department and the District Mission: Women Empowerment Centre, organized an awareness meeting on Wednesday to address the pressing issues of human trafficking and witch-hunting. The initiative brought together government officials, legal experts, and grassroots workers[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) have rescued 27 girls, including three minors, from a suspected human trafficking operation aboard the Dibrugarh, Kanyakumari Vivek Express. The operation, conducted at New Tinsukia junction in Assam, also resulted in the arrest of five suspects allegedly posing[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese in Kerala staged a large-scale protest on Thursday against the arrest of two nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion. Thousands of priests, nuns, and laypeople participated, with Church leaders condemning the arrests as unconstitutional and a violation of religious[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) has launched an investigation into allegations that a police officer attempted to coerce a man into remaining in his marriage by threatening him with fabricated rape charges. The commission has directed the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a detailed[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Gujarat High Court has directed the immediate release of a prisoner who was held beyond his lawful sentence, awarding ₹50,000 in compensation for the violation of his rights. The court also called for a shift toward more compassionate prison conditions, describing the need for facilities to resemble[Read More…]