Northeast Media Echoes Human Rights Stories
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The elanUpdating Young Minds Issue 30 www.gardencity.university 7 December 2018 Philanthropy-the Bedrock of 1984: A Book Review World Energy Conservation Human Rights Day “The Theory Of Beating Stress during Exams Everything” Movie Shutter bugs Review 2 3 4 foreigners. The government needs to address the issue to safeguard the rights of people of Assam before Northeast Media Echoes taking any extreme measures that aggravate the situation. This year is significant as it marked Human Rights Stories the 70th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that proclaimed rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being, on 10 December, 1948. Moreover, India has also become a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a period of three years now. The status of human rights situation in the country can be re-examined and scrutinized. This also implies that media needs North East India, a landlocked region channels where its transmission rights of an individual. interesting to cite that human rights to play an indispensable role in and a home to various ethnic groups reaches within a limited area. defenders working in the state Armed Forces Special Powers Act reporting human rights stories to suffered heavy setbacks due to have compiled news reports and Most of the news reports in (AFSPA) is considered to be the root ensure functioning of a vigilant ethnic conflicts and India’s counter brought certain cases under the mainstream media on Northeast cause of human rights violations in government. insurgency strategies resulted to a are based on conflict reporting. North East India. Many headlines purview of human rights violation, The role of media is not only to widespread human rights abuses Media is one of the potent tools often read repeal of AFSPA or making a clear distinction between inform and educate the masses but in the region. Media in Northeast to address or highlight the issues scrapping AFSPA, demanded by sheer human rights violation and it also has a sole responsibility to plays a proactive role in coverage pertaining to the region. One such various civil society organisations, crime. ‘Newspaper reports are promote and protect human rights of human rights abuses, press in issue is human rights problems non-governmental organisations documented in order to identify for equality, justice and human particular and other forms of media which is one of the key areas where and also from media fraternity whether an incident is human dignity in a region like North East in general. Some of the major news Northeast media have been giving working actively in the region. The rights violation or just a crime’, said India where the region is susceptible organisation in Northeast India adequate space in popular dailies. amount of media coverage on Babloo Loitongbam, Human Rights to human rights abuses due to the are Arunachal Times (Arunachal Cases of human rights abuses are human rights indicates the role Alert, an organization committed ongoing conflict. A vigilant media is Pradesh), Dainik Agradoot (Assam), associated with India’s counter of media towards rebuilding the to the cause of human rights in the need of the hour. Balance and Eastern Chronicle (Assam), The insurgency operations which widely region and its response to address Manipur. truthful presentation of news stories Sangai Express and Poknapham deploy excessive forces including human rights abuses by sensitizing Recently in Assam, Amnesty can be achieved by supporting (Manipur), Sikkim Express (Sikkim), extra judicial killings, torture, the issue. International India called the state and promoting local reporters to Shillong Times (Meghalaya), mass rape, mass detention, forced government to end human rights Any developing story on AFSPA take part in news gathering and Nagaland Post (Nagaland), Morung disappearances, restrictions on violations to persons declared is considered to be lead story. reporting of complex local issues Express (Nagaland), Newslink and freedom to assemble and curbing foreigners by Foreigner Tribunal. News on Manipur fake encounter which mainly national media fails to The Mizoram Post (Mizoram) and freedom of speech and expression. The organization also questioned Tripura Times (Tripura). Television cases filed in Supreme court were report and overlook. Therefore, human rights abuses covered as lead stories and media the state on its constitutional right to channels are still in the nascent occur when state actors violate the life and liberty to everyone including Dr. Sakila Nongmeikapam stage, having a minimum of 1-2 local follow ups were innumerable. It is The Good Samaritan Law Life itself is a composition of vari- The Court’s decision is a crucial step in changing the mindset of peo- people to help road accident victims Needless to say that such obstacle ous derivatives. It takes intense ple to help road accident victims and to be satisfied that they will not and to be satisfied that they will not makes people hesitant to help oth- courage, awareness and knowl- be harassed at hospitals or the police or in case of court trials. be harassed at hospitals or the po- ers in case of emergency. This can edge for an individual to harness lice or in case of court trials. make a huge difference, especially the problems that others happen to The SaveLIFE Foundation has been when the matter deals with extreme face. A law related to this module is the organization which has been cases of life and death. the “Samaritan Law”.Here are the the driving force in this case. They The guidelines are just a start- requisite facts and individualistic had filed the original Public Interest ing step and it is essential now to viewpoints: Litigation in the court in the year of have a legislature in this regard. It According to a report by the World 2012 which has now led to these is highly necessary to keep in mind Health Organization “skilled and developments. They had then ob- the number of deaths that occur in empowered bystanders play a cru- tained an interim order on the ne- the nation due to lack of help and cial role in saving lives”. This shows cessity to frame specific guidelines assistance provided on-the-spot. that in case of emergency situa- to protect those who help in such The constitutional rights that have tions bystanders can save lives emergency situations. The SaveLIFE been given to every citizen include when they are in a position that en- viding help. Thus the report goes on the guidelines that were issued Foundation, on the basis of their the Right to Life. And thus it also be- ables them to help others and not to state that or enabling bystanders by the Centre for the protection of study, submitted that three out of comes the duty of the State to facili- be worried of the consequences of to help injured people it is neces- Good Samaritans at the hands of four people hesitate to help in case tate the amount of help and care an this act to negatively affect them. sary “to provide a supportive legal the police and other authorities. of road accidents worrying about individual needs at that very instant Here it is important that the by- and ethical environment The Court’s decision is a crucial the hassles they might face during of time. standers are not deterred from pro- the investigatory proceedings. The Supreme Court has approved step in changing the mindset of Nisha Mukherjee GARDENGARDEN CITYCITY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY NEWSNEWS PAGE 2 Philanthropy-the Bedrock of Human Rights Philanthropy has been well known and an international scale. They welfare programs in the world. is inherent in a broad spectrum people in the world that, with an in all of the history of western engage in welfare projects, of personal, societal and cultural idealistic motive, will do the good; Philanthropy is a concept that as society and has in long periods democratic development and health values that are bound to specific but perhaps the same people a long and meandering history played an essential role. From the care all over the world – especially forms of societal order. In our consider that it is necessary and is connected to all the cultural middle ages, the church played in Africa. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, age, philanthropy as theory and useful for them as well. There are and social development in an essential role by sustaining two different perspectives but social security. Later, from the 18th they can be united in praxis. This century, the rise of capitalism led to is the practical moral ground for increased poverty in the growing big philanthropy in a modern global cities. Again, private donors were world. needed to sustain social life. In conclusion, philanthropy is a However, the world is no longer social praxis that in our time is what it was before. The power carried out by universal norms. of the welfare state is declining Philanthropy is exercised locally, and attitudes are changing in the nationally and globally and it can entire Western world. The personal have many practical expressions engagement to do well has become – from concrete projects in the a public value. This is the case for community to a global economic individuals and also institutions. effort. Philanthropic projects Therefore, in the last couple of are different, but they can all decades, philanthropy has become be understood in relation to the a concern which is taken seriously universal normative standard, in the Western world. Normal people formulated in human rights, give donations and volunteer on a which has become the normative large scale within the institutions standard of our time. In this way of civil society.