HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN
(An Electronic Newsletter of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)
| Volume 13 | JULY, 2011 | No. 02 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS & LAW UNIT
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1. HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL Notice to Amitabh, Sony TV for KBC-4 promo Pay death-cum-retirement gratuity to retired teacher, says High Court Kin of accident victim to get compensation IRS official gets three years' jail for bribery Former surgeon convicted in case of medical negligence Film producer Gaurang Doshi convicted in dowry case SC upholds life term to rapist father and brother of 14-year-old Don't sit on mercy petitions: PIL Eunuchs eligible for Govt jobs, rules HC J&K disappearance case: HC asks Omar govt to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation RTI activist Akhil Gogoi released on bail amid high drama
2. DALIT/ SCHEDULED CASTES “V-C posts elude Dalits” Call to end manual scavenging Caste revelation breaks marriage mid-way in Bhiwani
3. HEALTH Homosexuality not a disease: UNAIDS Nearly 8,000 dying of cancer every year in Punjab, reveals a survey
4 DISPLACEMENT / REHABILITATION Land Acquisition Act has become an engine of oppression: court Are hotels, malls for needy, SC asks up govt Niyamgiri tribals join anti-Posco protests
5. CRIME/ CORRUPTION Two minor girls gangraped by five policemen 17 families ostracised for filing RTI
6. TRIBALS Need to lay more emphasis ontribal development stressed ‘Officials acting against Dalits' 70,000 tribals to be disarmed
7. MINORITIES Christian group cries foul over false FIR, lay siege Law ministry's views sought on quotas for Muslims
8. WOMEN Father, uncle arrested for killing 17-year-old girl Man arrested for raping mentally challenged daughter Capital shame: 5 rapes in 48 hours U.N.: implement women's legal entitlements ‘I don't want AIDS, but I can't quit sex work' Provide aid to rape victims, orders Delhi High Court Flood of sex abuse cases, most beginning at home 39 pc Indians think it’s ok to beat wives
9. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT Report exposes poor quality of social science research
10. HOUSING/SLUMS Govt issues guidelines for unauthorised colonies Dharavi in Mumbai is no longer Asia's largest slum About 6000 people to be affected by SC land order
11. EDUCATION Girl paraded naked in school; Gujarat orders probe With no teachers in school,tribal children suffer in Nallur Christian medical colleges adamant on MBBS issue Nurseries of tolerance: Hindus in Islamic seminaries
12. TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY Salwa Judum is illegal, says SC Supreme Court order will hit anti-Maoist drive: Chhattisgarh officers US alerts India on potential human bomb in flights SC order a double blow for Chhattisgarh govt Maoists kill constable, home guard in Koraput
13. REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS Israel to allow Jewsfrom north-east India
14. LABOUR Kerala top cop to get job back
15. DEFENCE India opens high-altitude military research centre in Kyrghyzstan Militants attack Sopore PS with improvised explosive device
16. NATURAL DISASTER Floods make living hell; 30,000 affected in Assam 33 killed, 35 injured as train rams into bus in UP
17. CHILDREN Impressive drop in maternal, infant mortality rates South Indian States way ahead in achieving MDGs Child marriages continue unabated in Namakkal
18. ECONOMY Macroeconomic data flawed: RBI Rs 42,000-cr foreign funds for NGOs in last 5 years SBI hikes lending rates by 25 bps; deposit rates by 100 bps
19. POLITICS Tribal MLAs asked to strive for separate Manyaseema Section 144 in Bhopal from July 11 for Assembly session From the margins, Dalits watch Rahul yatra
20. AGRICULTURE Return Noida land to villagers: court
21. POVERTY Dalit farmer ends life in penury $1 b. World Bank credit for rural livelihood mission India contributes to large drop in global poverty: UN report
23. PANCHAYATI RAJ Cong to offer 50% tickets to women in panchayat polls Jharkhand rural bodies await panchayat by-laws
24. RESERVATION Fifth DU cut-off: Most quota seats still vacant
25. FASCIST CULTURE/HINDUTVA Gujarat askedto file report on ‘destroyed records'
26. POLITICAL/DEMOTRATIC RIGHTS: OTHER NATIONS Dhaka, Delhi for broader, productive relations, says Krishna |
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