Thursday, July 21, 2011

HR News: July 21, 2011

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN

(An Electronic Newsletter of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)

Volume 13

JULY, 2011

No. 05

 

HUMAN RIGHTS & LAW UNIT

 

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NHRC/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

1. 17 years on, no rights panel in Haryana (1)

2, NHRC asks DGP to act on RTI activist's complaint (1)

 

POLICE/CUSTODIAL DEATH/TORTURE

3. It was not a lock up death, says SP (1)

4. Police officer held in rape case (1)

 

RIGHT TO INFORMATION

5. Official fined for not giving information (1)

6. Seven RTI benches proposed to be set up in Karnataka (1)

7. GSIC: Pending inquiry not grounds to refuse info (1)

 

FREEDOM OF PRESS/MEDIA

8. J Dey murder: High Court rejects petitions seeking CBI probe (1)

9. Tripura scribes on warpath against cops (1)

 

DALITS/SCHEDULED CASTES

10. Five States to initiate review of protection of Dalit rights (2)

11. Mayawati in bid to win support of Pasi community (2)

12. Govt to act tough against safai karmacharis (2)

 

HEALTH

13. Behind UP doctors’ killings, multi-crore health fraud (3)

14. Maternal mortality ratio dips in Haryana (3)

 

HIV/AIDS

15. HIV/AIDS Bill aims to protect the rights of affected people in Pune (3)

16. HIV-positive denied treatment at Kaithal hospital (3)

 

LAND ACQUISITION/ DISPLACEMENT

17. Kisan Mazdoor Sabha for ban on forced eviction of farmers (4)

18. HC quashes acquisition of 600 hectares of land in Greater Noida (4)

 

CRIME/CORRUPTION

19. Draft Lokpal Bill a joke, Anna tells Manmohan (5)

20. Lokayukta report 'indicts' BSY (5)

 

TRIBALS

21. Irked UTAA to organize jail bharo andolan on July 22 (6)

22. 'Registrar General rejected ST status to Koch-Rajbongshis' (6)

23. Tribals up in arms against jumbo zone (6)

 

WOMEN/ FEMALE FOETICIDE

24. ‘Women responsible for foeticide’, repeats AIWC chief, then backtracks (8)

25. Child sex ratio worse in rural Maharashtra (8)

 

ENVIRONMENT/ CLIMATE CHANGE

26. Environment ministry cites loopholes in forest laws to defend clearing Posco (9)

 

SLUMS/HOUSING

27. 18,000 flats built, only 87 were allotted (10)

28. Bulldozers set to raze 33 slums, no rehab plan yet (10)

 

EDUCATION

29. Implement uniform school syllabus: Madras High Court (11)

30. Maharashtra in elite group with 83% literacy (11)

 

NAXALS/MAOISTS

31. Need 65,000 troops to fight Naxals: Army assessment (12)

32. Naxals kill 4 Cong leaders (12)

 

REFUGEES/MIGRANTS

33. 'Illegal' migrants challenge tribunals' orders in HC (13)

 

CHILDREN/CHILD LABOUR

34. Seven kids go missing in Delhi every day (14)

 

LABOUR/NREGA/EMPLOYMENT

35. Agri ministry: Cease NREGA during key farming periods (14)

36. Include HRA, conveyance to calculate PF, says HC (14)

 

AGRICULTURE/FARMERS’ SUICIDES

37. 4 farmer suicides in 48 hours (20)

38. Farmers threaten mass suicide (20)

 

POVERTY/FOOD SECURITY

39. National food security commission in works (21)

40. Food security to cost Centre Rs 3L cr in 2 yrs (21)

 

POPULATION/CENSUS

41. Caste-based census in Surat to start in November (24)

42. Himachal has slowest urban growth in 5 censuses (24)

 

RESERVATION

43. Gujjars still on warpath, want 5% quota in admissions (25)

44. SC panel at AIIMS (25)

 

HINDUTVA

45. BJP: Digvijaya’s RSS charge bid to change agenda (26)

 

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