Human Rights

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from Odisha Government over suicide of a farmer in Balasore district. Acting on a complaint of Human Rights Activist Akhand, the commission has directed the…

Human Rights Activist Akhand awarded  with ‘Seva Sanskar Award’ at Jariput in Khurdha on January 05. Dr Dillip Sri Chandan and Professor Dr. Narayan Rao presented the award to Akhand. This award is instituted by Seva Sanskar Sansad, a local…

The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has sought a report from Odisha DGP and Bhubaneswar Police commissioner over allegedly negligence of Police that leads to an accident at Khandagiri in which three persons were killed. Acting on a…

The Government of Odisha has decided to set up a CRPF camp at Ora in Kandhamal District to tackle the Maoist menace. According to a police report submitted before The National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC), the state Government finalized…

The photographs of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Chief Villupillai Prabhakaran's son raised serious questions about Sri Lankan troops' operation against Tamil rebels who were killed mercilessly during the war in 2009. The…