Guwahati: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday expressed concern over the rise in crimes against women in Assam but described the situation as better on the issue of rights violations. "The data available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that Assam is ranked second in the country in the category of crime against women. Most of the cases are related to kidnapping, rape and cases of...
03:02 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested holding of night courts in jails for trial of petty offences. NHRC Chairperson KG Balakrishnan said various strategies could be employed to bring down the prison population like ensuring that police does not make any arrest indiscriminately and also providing legal aid to the poor. He said the number of undertrial prisoners is...
09:40 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Controversies over land acquisition and labour unrest involving big businesses have prompted the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to come up with a "code of ethics" for corporates. A draft report in this respect has been submitted to the NHRC by New Delhi-based Institute of Corporate Sustainability Management (ICSM) Trust and has been perused by the Commission. NHRC had commissioned a study - 'Developing Code of Ethics for...
11:50 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that he did not want lessons on human rights from outside; days after the UN Human Rights Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution censuring Colombo. Addressing a public gathering in the central town of Balangoda, Rajapaksa on Saturday said Sri Lanka's human rights protection was inspired by the influence of Buddhism over a period of over 2,500 years. The President said it was...
06:35 PM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday offered Sri Lanka an olive branch explaining India's vote against it at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The PM in his letter said that Delhi made every effort to ensure the resolution was balanced. The PM said that it is India's conviction that a meaningful devolution package would lead towards a lasting political solution. "I had instructed our delegation to...
07:06 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: The UNHRC has issued a stern warning to Sri Lanka over intimidation of human rights activists by local activists. The UN is calling these threats unprecedented alleging intimidation by members of NGOs, families of victims and also a few Sri Lankan officials. Many activists and officials are in fact in Geneva to lobby against a US resolution that seeks action against alleged Sri Lankan war crimes. However, the...
09:11 AM, Mar 24, 2012
Sri Lanka has dismissed the resolution calling it 'ill-timed, ill-conceived and borne out of ignorance'. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Colombo: 'India is a loser', the Sri Lankan media on Friday proclaimed in comments, a day after Colombo faced censure at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, saying New Delhi had failed to carry other South Asian nations with it on the issue. "India has failed to carry Asia, or at least South Asia with it. In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia," the pro-government...
01:58 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Sri Lanka is disappointed not just with India's stand but the resolution adopted at the UNHRC itself. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Washington: The White House has asked Sri Lanka to develop a comprehensive action plan for implementing steps on reconciliation and accountability as asked by a resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva. "The US urges the Sri Lankan government to develop a comprehensive action plan for implementing steps on reconciliation and accountability, as called for in the resolution, and to work with UN experts and its...
09:55 AM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: India voted in favor of a US-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka calling for Colombo to investigate human rights violations during the war with LTTE. While Colombo has called India's anti-Lanka vote a big disappointment, the opinion is divided back in India with some calling it a monumental error made under US pressure. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said, "It's...
07:36 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday termed 'Tamil Eelam' his unrealised dream and said he will fight for its realisation. Asked by reporters in Chennai on his reaction to passing of US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and whether there is a possibility of Tamil Eelam in the future, Karunanidhi said, "As far as I am concerned that is the goal." He...
02:24 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday welcomed India's vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but hit out against the "confusion and procrastination that preceded that decision". She also thanked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for India voting in favour of the resolution. In a statement issued here Jayalalithaa said, "The Government of India had been...
01:47 AM, Mar 23, 2012
However, Sri Lanka got the support of 15 countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Russia and China, all of whom voted against the resolution. ...
10:50 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes on Thursday with 24 countries voting in favour, 15 against and eight abstaining. India also voted in favour of the US-backed resolution. The resolution urged Colombo to investigate alleged war crimes during the last stage of its military action against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Ministry...
05:26 PM, Mar 22, 2012
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