Monday, July 18, 2011

HR NEWS : JULY 18, 2011

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN

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

Volume 13

JULY, 2011

No. 04

 

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RIGHT TO INFORMATION

RTI exposes nepotism in Gujarat courts (1)

CIC to CBI: Name officers with 'dubious integrity' (1)

 

TRAFFICKING

Three held for trafficking girl (1)

Trafficking: Cops rapped for slack probe (1)

 

NHRC/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

PSHRC to create awareness (1)

Law can't help if administration not sensitive, says MPHRC chief  (1)

 

POLICE/CUSTODIAL TORTURE

HC directs govt to act on case of custodial torture (1)

Police dismiss charges of custodial violence in death of Mumbai blast detainee (1)

Maharashtra records most custodial deaths (1)

 

DALITS

13-year-old Dalit girl raped for two days in UP (2)

20-year-old dalit girl assaulted, gang raped (2)

 

HEALTH

‘Infant death review’ may bring down mortality rate (3)

 

HIV/AIDS

Scientists report breakthrough in reducing risk of acquiring HIV infection (3)

World Vision India concerned over HIV deaths in Manipur (3)

 

LAND ACQUISITION

K'taka Govt halts land acquisition for POSCO Plant (4)

KCCI challenged to hold debate on land acquisition (4)

 

CRIME/CORRUPTION

46 pc of murder convicts in Tihar jail are women (5)

Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare team unknown to the draft (5)

 

TRIBALS

Tribal houses in Shamlaji were demolished for town planning scheme: PUCL (6)

Tribals starving in Alirajpur due to wrong categorization (6)

No need to file review petition on Salwa Judum ruling: Digvijaya (6)

UPA pushing tribal agenda (6)

MSP for minor forest produce on cards (6)

Retired HC judge agrees to probe Balli riots (6)

 

MINORITIES

AIMPLB slams 'anti-Muslim' laws, to protest (7)

Derecognition of St Mary's High School illegal: Minorities commission (7)

 

WOMEN

Female foeticide: Notices to Haryana, Punjab, UT (8)

Evidence are destroyed in UP: NCW (8)

Eight booked in five dowry cases in one day (8)

4.68L female foeticide cases in 10 yrs, fears health dept (8)

Supriya Sule to launch statewide campaign against female foeticide (8)

Trafficking: Cops rapped for slack probe (8)

 

ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE

Speedy decisions on Posco, Vedanta: Jayanthi Natarajan (9)

Himachal afforestation scheme gets UN nod (9)

 

NAXALS/MAOISTS

Maoists stall road construction work in Jharkhand (12)

 

TERRORISM

Banned organisations come under scanner (12)

Mumbai blasts: Guj police to quiz Ahmedabad blasts' accused (12)

Govt to regulate free movement of ammonium nitrate (12)

 

LABOUR/EMPLOYMENT

HC asks state to register all unorganized-sector workers (14)

 

CHILDREN/CHILD LABOUR

HC asks ASG for affidavit on child labour (14)

HC asks ASG for affidavit on child labour (14)

UP: Gang-raped in front of village, girl commits suicide (14)

Madhya Pradesh most dangerous for minors: NCRB report (14)

 

JUDICIARY/LAW

Judicial activism duty of superior courts: SC (19)

 

AGRICULTURE/FARMERS’ SUICIDES

Posco won't come up in Gadag without farmers' consent: Yeddy (20)

 

POVERTY

Jairam Ramesh to review job scheme, to complete poverty census (21)

Tribals starving in Alirajpur due to wrong categorization (21)

Grain output whets hunger for more (21)

 

RESERVATION

TN to continue with 69 percent reservation (25)

Women’s Bill: Speaker calls all-party meet (25)

Original inhabitants seek quota (25)

 

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