HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN
(An Electronic Newsletter of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)
| Volume 13 | JULY, 2011 | No. 01 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS & LAW UNIT
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| HR NEWS: JULY 5, 2011 To View Full Text of this Bulletin, Click on the link below 1. HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL Rs. 22 lakhfor accident victim's kin Man convicted for life in dowry death Decriminalising adultery would undermine marriage: Bombay HC Bilkis Bano case: Bombay HC rejects bail plea of convicts Judge harasses officer, loses job Court slaps fine of Rs. 1 lakh on Bata India Ltd. 2. DALIT/ SCHEDULED CASTES 80 SC/ST govt. college lecturers denied promotion, National Commission told Dalits' organisation to protest against atrocities It never stops in UP: 2 cases of honour killing in 24 hours Dalits' temple entry: NCSC summons DGP, CS Dalits prevented from drawing water from well 3. HEALTH Azad calls homosexuality a disease 4 DISPLACEMENT/ REHABILITATION Govt sticks to 70-30 formula for land acquisition Release of irrigation grants to be linked with land acquisition 5. CRIME/ CORRUPTION Constable held for murder of minor girl in U.P. 13-year-old boy shot in defence residential complex Rs 8,830 m bribes a year for basic services 'Cops made me sign on blank sheet' 6. TRIBALS Tribals should have absolute rights over forests: Mamata Witch-hunting casualties on the rise across State Centre mulling ST tag for Narikuravar Tribal students a determined lot Maoists recruit protected tribe to fight forces 7. MINORITIES Christians being persecuted in India, says Archbishop 8. WOMEN Punam Dilawari becomes first woman SHO Maya not cooperating: NCW chief ‘Dowry harassment' drives woman to suicide Girl abducted, raped in Maruti van Another sex scam involving minor girl rocks Kerala 9. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT US strongly supports NSG clean waiver for India: Roemer Treasure belongs to state and public: K.N. Panikkar 11. EDUCATION Honorarium doubled for anganwadi workers, helpers Court declines to stay order Koraput schools run without teachers Amartya Sen criticises neglect of elementary education ‘6-year-old stripped, locked inside school toilet for bad handwriting’ 12. TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY Juhi Tyagi dismisses reports of abduction Naxal cheerleaders should be 'left alone': govt study Maoists kill six, abduct 12 in Bihar village Adopt uniform code to combat Maoists, West Bengal Govt told Salwa Judum: SC restrains govt from appointing tribals as SPOs 13. REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS UN report: 1,00,000 Tamilians killed in war 14. LABOUR Five die in construction site crash Waiver to weaver loans in eight more categories Court directive to Tiruvallur Collector 17. CHILDREN Death of 19 children in Kolkata hospital triggers protest 667 child labourers rescued Delhi home to over 50,000 street children New law must speak for kids 18. ECONOMY IMF's cautious view of economy 20. AGRICULTURE Will not allow state govt to derail kisan mahapanchayat: Pilot Agricultural land shrinking in UP 22. POPULATION What’s your caste? 23. PANCHAYATI RAJ Panchayat’s strategy works wonders CRZ structures: HC seeks explanation from panchayats 24. RESERVATION High cut-off hurts OBC admission in Delhi colleges, says Sibal “Decision on MBC status for Thevar community after caste-based census” 25. FASCIST CULTURE/HINDUTVA Legal experts question destruction of papers relating to 2002 communal riots Manch seeks clarification on ‘destruction' of records 26. POLITICAL/DEMOTRATIC RIGHTS: OTHER NATIONS Rao sees a change in Pak ‘attitude’ 'Pak has 14,000 Kashmiris in reserve for war against India' |
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