SICHREM's 6th District HR Centre now open!
18th April 2010
On Sunday 18 April, SICHREM officially opened its sixth district human rights centre in Somwarpet, Kodagu. |
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Domestic Workers Public Hearing
9th April 2010
On Friday 9 April, SICHREM together with the Domestic Workers Rights Union and Stree Jagruthi Samiti, hosted a public hearing on domestic workers in Bangalore. |
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Stop the Mindless Killing
7th April 2010
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SHRC finds 10 illegally detained by CCB
19th November 2009
A police team of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday found the Central Crime Branch police on Central Street illegally detaining 10 persons following a complaint by the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM).
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State home no heaven
29th October 2009
The government’s home for boys, where children rescued from the streets are taken for shelter, provides anything but comfort, alleges a Child Welfare Committee officer. Children are running away complaining of being tortured and sexually abused in the home, claims the officer Basavaraju. |
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Mob fury: ‘Molester’ dies in hospital
23rd October 2009
A mechanical engineer, beaten up by a mob for allegedly attempting to molest a three-year-old girl on October 15, died of his injuries at Nimhans early Wednesday morning. J. Praveen, 23, had been admitted to the hospital with serious head injuries immediately after he was assaulted. |
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Remarks against rights panel chief criticised
16th October 2009
The South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) has condemned the statements made against the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders V. Dhananjay Kumar |
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An appeal to annihilate death sentence
11th October 2009
A motley crowd took to the streets on Saturday evening, to celebrate World Day against Death Penalty. Dhikkara, dhikkara maranadandanege dhikkara (Down with death penalty), we want justice! Shouting these slogans and leading the protest were two youngsters carrying a long rod that held five swaying nooses. Behind them were students dressed in black tees that read -- "Save us" in four languages -- Hindi, English, Kannda and Tamil.
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‘NHRC has not lived up to expectations’
11th October 2009
Prashant Bhushan, senior advocate in the Supreme Court, has said that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has failed to live up to expectations as an institutional bulwark against the violation of human rights by the police and the armed. |
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Members of boards should work full time
6th October 2009
The South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) has appealed to the Minister for Women and Child Welfare to ensure that members appointed to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards work full time for these bodies and resign from their parent organisations. |
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Members of boards should work full time
6th October 2009
The South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) has appealed to the Minister for Women and Child Welfare to ensure that members appointed to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards work full time for these bodies and resign from their parent organisations. |
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States cite technical glitch in implementing police reforms
16th September 2009
Former SC Judge K.T. Thomas dissatisfied with the extent of implementation |
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States cite technical glitch in implementing police reforms
16th September 2009
There is “serious technical difficulty” in implementing the Supreme Court’s directive ordering fixed two-year tenure for the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, said K.T. Thomas, a former Supreme Court Judge, who heads the Supreme Court’s committee monitoring the implementation of police reforms in various States.
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Police Bill in state up for review
15th September 2009
Demanding that the state government comply with the orders made by the Supreme Court on police reforms, the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Police Reforms headed by retired Justice KT Thomas will be meeting on Tuesday to discuss Karnataka’s compliance with the same. |
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Under terror threats, govt to monitor phone calls, internet
24th August 2009
The government, in the wake terror threats, is planning to set up a centralised system to monitor communications on mobile phones, landlines and the internet.
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Parents want mercy killing for disabled son
12th August 2009
A farmer and his wife in Uttar Pradesh have sought President Pratibha Patil’s permission for the mercy killing of all their four sons who have turned into virtual vegetables. |
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45 cases of police torture in Karnataka so far this year
26th June 2009
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM), has released documents pertaining to 45 cases of illegal detention, torture, encounters, deaths in police and judicial custody from January 2009 to June 2009, in Karnataka. |
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Sichrem to submit list of demands
26th June 2009
South India Cell Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) will present a petition with a list of demands to various government authorities on June 26, the UN International Day in support of torture victims.
The demands include immediate ratification of the Convention against Torture without any reservations, and signing and ratification of the optional protocol to the convention against torture.
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45 cases of police torture in Karnataka so far this year
26th June 2009
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM), has released documents pertaining to 45 cases of illegal detention, torture, encounters, deaths in police and judicial custody from January 2009 to June 2009, in Karnataka. |
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Disabled man ends life after being released
20th June 2009
Mani, a 23-year-old disabled person, who had consumed poison on June 15 after allegedly being harassed by the Hebbagodi police, died on Thursday.
In connection with this case, the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SCHIREM) has filed a case against the Hebbagodi police with the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission. |
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SHRC asks police not to detain boy [Bangalore]
12th June 2009
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked K R Puram police not to detain a 17-year-old boy accused of theft. The commission suggested that the police act in the `spirit of the law', which is to send him to the juvenile justice home. |
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14 rescued from police station
1st June 2009
Officials of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) raided the K.R. Puram police station here on Wednesday and rescued 14 persons, including a 17-year-old boy, who were illegally detained for their alleged involvements in various crimes. |
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Human rights activists cry foul over SHRC vacation
28th April 2009
The commission will remain closed from April 28 to May 22.
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Human rights activists cry foul over SHRC vacation
28th April 2009
Human rights activists here are crying foul at the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) deciding to remain closed for nearly a month from April 28. For the second time after it came into existence, the commission will remain closed, causing concern among the activists. |
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Juvenile delinquents rescued
2nd April 2009
he State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) officials on Wednesday evening raided the Ulsoorgate police station here and rescued four juvenile delinquents, who were allegedly detained illegally at the station. |
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