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Statesman, Delhi Statesman, Delhi Wednesday 25th March 2015, Page: 10 Width: 3.99 cms, Height: 20.25 cms, a4, Ref: pmin.2015-03-25.40.77 Jansatta, Delhi Wednesday 25th March 2015, Page: 5 Width: 11.22 cms, Height: 12.62 cms, a4, Ref: pmin.2015-03-25.37.43 Millennium Post, Delhi Wednesday 25th March 2015, Page: 6 Width: 7.76 cms, Height: 5.90 cms, a4, Ref: pmin.2015-03-25.30.62 NHRC to organise a national seminar on 'Ragging' in Kochi Narendra Ch 24 March, 2015 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organising a three-day National Seminar on 'Ragging: Legal & Human Rights Dimensions' in collaboration with the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) at its campus auditorium, Kalamassery in Kochi from the 25th - 27th March, 2015. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, NHRC will inaugurate the seminar as the Chief Guest on the 25th March, 2015. The inaugural session will be presided over by Prof. (Dr.) Rose Varghese, Vice-Chancellor, NUALS and addressed by Justice Cyriac Joseph, Member, NHRC as the Keynote Speaker and S.C. Sinha, Member, NHRC as the Guest of Honour. According to a press release issued by NHRC, the seminar is a part of a series of seminars being organised by the NHRC in collaboration with different institutions in different places of the country to build awareness about the importance of protection and promotion of human rights and related issues. The aim of this seminar is to discuss various aspects related to the ragging and how it could be stopped. The seminar has been divided into five academic sessions apart from the inaugural and valedictory sessions. The subjects for discussion in the five academic sessions include, 'Ragging in India-An Overview', 'Legal Dimensions of Ragging', 'Human Rights Dimensions of Ragging', 'Panel Discussion - Ragging- Reasons & Remedies' and 'Ragging-Impact on Education and Discipline' followed by group a discussion in the Plenary session on 'Towards a Ragging Free India.' Several prominent speakers would include, among others, Dr. (Mrs.) Meera Kaura Patel, Advocate & Senior Member of SAVE, Chaman Lal, Former DGP, Prof. (Dr.) K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, Former Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Justice K.T. Sankaran, Judge, High Court of Kerala, Dr. Alexander Jacob, IPS, Managing Director, Kerala Police Housing Corporation, M.B. Rajesh, MP, Dr. Sebastian Paul, Former M.P., Advocate & Journalist, Sivan Madathil, Advocate & Social Activist, Dr. S.D. Singh, Psychologist, P.S. Shreedharan Pillai, Advocate & Writer, Dr. Mathew Kuzhalnadan, National Secretary, Youth Congress, Dr. N.K. Jayakumar, Former Vice-Chancellor, NUALS, Prof. M.C. Valson, NULAS and Dr. Ranjit Singh, Joint Secretary, NHRC. NHRC institutes awards for films, spots on human rights Press Trust of India | Guwahati March 23, 2015 Last Updated at 19:07 IST The National Human Rights Commission has instituted an award scheme for short films and spots in a bid to promote and acknowledge cinematic and creative efforts in the field of human rights. The films advocating promotion and protection of human rights may be in any Indian language with sub-titles in English or in Hindi for films in English, NHRC said in an email to PTI today. The duration of the short film/spot should not be more than 10 minutes and the films may be in any technical format, it said. The award will carry a citation along with prize money of Rs one lakh, Rs 75000 and Rs 50,000 for the first, second and third film place, respectively, it said. The themes of the short films could be broadly-based on various socio-economic, cultural and political rights within the ambit of right to life, liberty, equality and dignity and covering issues specific, among others, to bonded and child labour, women and children's rights, rights of elderly persons, disabled rights, right to healthcare, issues of fundamental freedoms, human trafficking, etc. There is no bar on the number of films sent by an individual for participation in the contest and the entries have to be received by September 30 next, the email added. Politics and Nation National Human Rights Commission notice to Pilbhit authorities over atrocities on Dalits By PTI | 24 Mar, 2015, 08.54PM IST 0 comments |Post a Comment ‘National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to district authorities of Pilibhit district in UP over allegations of atrocities against Dalits’ National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to district authorities of Pilibhit district in UP over allegations of atrocities against Dalits. According to an official statement released today, the commission has issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh calling for reports within two weeks in this connection. The notices were issued after NHRC took suo motu cognizance of a media report that three dalit families were forced to leave their village on March 15, 2015 after allegedly attacked by some persons from Gurjar community, who ransacked their houses and beat women and children in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. Four persons, including two women were injured in the attack. They have also been asked to mention the steps taken for relief and rehabilitation of victims in accordance with the provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995. Reportedly, the families were attacked on the allegations of elopement of a girl of Gurjar community with a boy from Dalit community on the March 10, 2015. The boy was a daily wage labourer at a factory in Uttarakhand. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of Dalits. Credit must go to daughter for 66A quashing IANS | Palghar (Maharashtra) March 24, 2015 Last Updated at 13:32 IST Mohammed Farooq Dhada, father of Shaheen Dhada, whose Facebook post had created a nationwide stir in 2012, on Tuesday said the credit for the Supreme Court verdict striking down Sectinon 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000, "must go to my daughter". A pleased Dhada said: "I never scolded her for (the post) and supported her always as she had done nothing wrong. We are happy by the verdict and all credit must go to my daughter." His son Shakil said he had spoken to his sister Shaheen who "has welcomed the SC ruling and is very happy about it". The duo also assured that they would support anybody else who faces a similar situation in future and urged the youth to emulate her example. Shaheen became a national celebrity after she her Facebook post questioned a spontaneous shutdown in Maharasthra, at the funeral of the late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on November 19, 2012 and her friend Renu Srinivasan 'liked' it. Reacting to the verdict, Renu's father said: "I was shocked by their arrest then. They had done nothing wrong." A happy and relieved Renu said: "I shall continue to speak out my mind through social media networks." The innocuous social media network actions of the two friends had resulted in attacks, illegal detention by police for 10 days and a subsequent compensation of Rs. 50,000 by the National Human Rights Commission through Maharashtra government. In contrast to the quick action against the two girls, the police failed to act on a mob of suspected Shiv Sainiks who went on a rampage at an orthopaedic hospital run by the family in Palghar. Shiv Sena MP and editor of party mouthpiece Saamana Sanjay Raut said "social media does have a positive impact, but its also being misused. The police must have some powers in their hands". Taking umbrage at the Maharashtra police actions, the NHRC had termed it as "a serious violation of human rights." "Every citizen can interpret these comments as per his/her thought. However, these did not have any content to attract provisions of the IT Act, 2000. As per Article 19 of the Constitution of India, every individual has a right to freedom of expressions, which is a fundamental right and therefore, their arrest was a serious violation of human rights," the NHRC had ruled then, expressing displeasure at the state government's lackluster attitude in the matter. 'Credit my daughter for quashing 66A' Tuesday 24 March 2015 03:23 PM IST byAgencies Shaheen became a national celebrity after her Facebook post questioned a spontaneous shutdown in Maharasthra, at the funeral of the late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray. Photo: PTI Palghar (Maharashtra): Mohammed Farooq Dhada, father of Shaheen Dhada, whose Facebook post had created a nationwide stir in 2012, on Tuesday said the credit for the Supreme Court verdict striking down Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000, "must go to my daughter." A pleased Dhada said, "I never scolded her for (the post) and supported her always as she had done nothing wrong. We are happy by the verdict and all credit must go to my daughter." His son Shakil said that he had spoken to his sister Shaheen who has welcomed the SC ruling and is very happy about it. The duo also assured that they would support anybody else who faces a similar situation in future and urged the youth to emulate her example. Shaheen became a national celebrity after she her Facebook post questioned a spontaneous shutdown in Maharasthra, at the funeral of the late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on November 19, 2012 and her friend Renu Srinivasan 'liked' it. Reacting to the verdict, Renu's father said, "I was shocked by their arrest then. They had done nothing wrong." A happy and relieved Renu said, "I shall continue to speak out my mind through social media networks." The innocuous social media network actions of the two friends had resulted in attacks, illegal detention by police for 10 days and a subsequent compensation of Rs.
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