Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo-motu cognisance of alarming findings reflected in the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) ‘Prison Statistics India – 2024’ and sought a report on custodial suicides and prison violence in the state. The NCRB has treated the increasing incidents of suicides, unnatural deaths, prison violence, mental health crisis, overcrowding and inadequate psychological support systems in Haryana prisons as a grave human rights conce…
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Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) The Haryana Human Rights Commission has initiated suo motu proceedings of a media report relating to an incident in a government school in Hisar district, where girl students were allegedly made to perform the “squat punishment” and paraded in school premises.According to the report, the incident occurred at the Government High School in Jagan village in Agroha block, where girl students were subjected to humiliating punishment.Three videos related to the incident…
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding an incident in the Surajkund fair in Faridabad in which police Inspector Jagdish Prasad lost his life during rescue operations and several visitors were injured. Besides seeking reports from the authorities concerned, the commission has recommended consideration of posthumous honour for the police officer who sacrificed his life in public service.The full commission, comprising…
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Taking cognisance of the death of two sanitation workers while cleaning a hotel sewer line in Hansi town, the Haryana Human Rights Commission has slammed the police investigation, terming it seriously biased, suspicious, and aimed at protecting the culprits from the rigours of law.The commission stated in unequivocal terms that the direction of the investigation and documents placed on record clearly indicated a deliberate and well-planned attempt to shield the real cul…
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC), taking a firm stand on issues related to road safety, has categorically held that the safe use of public roads by citizens is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.The Commission observed that negligence in road infrastructure is not merely an administrative lapse but a direct violation of human rights.While hearing a complaint, the full Commission, comprising Justice La…