News Digest

• Video clippings on the police excess and brutal attack on lawyers in the Chennai High Court Premises on 19 February 2009. (Click here to know more …)

• 1^st Meeting of the IHRE’s National Advisory Committee Meeting-The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee meeting of the Institute of Human Rights Education took place at the Conference Hall, Council for Social Development, New Delhi on 15^th October 2008 from 10.00 am till 1.30 pm. (Click here to know more …)

• Towards Human Rights Education in all schools - A national level event “Towards Human Rights Education (HRE) in all schools” was held in the afternoon on the same day at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi. There were about 40 HRE children and 20 HRE teachers from the 9 program states.  (Click here to know more …)

• Recognition for Human Rights Defenders-Two District Human Rights Monitors of the Orissa unit of the EU – FNSt supported National Project on Preventing Torture, Mr. Kalicharan Singh and Prakash Bebarta, were awarded for their work as Human Rights Defenders by Social Welfare Aid for Harijans and Adivasis (SWAHA) on the occasion of 117^th Birth Centenary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on 14.04.08.  (Click here to know more …)

• Summer Programs of IHRE-The Institute of Human Rights Education is holding a series of 11 summer programs spread over the 10 program states of the country. A summer camp for HRE students was conducted for the 1^st time in Tamil Nadu with the objective of enabling formation of human rights clubs in HRE Schools.  (Click here to know more …)

• Decennial Celebrations of Human Rights Education Program:
  The Human Rights Education Program of People's Watch’s Institute of Human Rights Education that was initiated in Tamil Nadu in 1997 completed 10 years in 2007. A function has been organized in Lakshmi Sundaram Hall, Madurai on the 7th of March, 2008 to celebrate a decade of learning and success of the program. (Click here to know more …)

• RCTV’s building inaugural and Dedication of land for housing for STF Victims at Mettur
  On the 7th of January, 2008, the newly erected building of the Mettur unit of the Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims was inaugurated in the august presence of Mr. Pazha. Nedumaran, President, Tamizhar Desiya Iyakkam, Mr. Thol. Thirumavalavan, President, D.P.I., Dr. Senthil, M.P., Mr. G.K. Mani, M.L.A., Mr. Kolathur Mani, President, Periyar Dravida Kazhagam, Mr. Mahaboob Batcha, Executive Director, SOCO Trust and Prof. Xavier Arockiasamy, Executive Trustee - C.P.S.C. The event also saw the dedication of land to the STF victims for their housing. (Click here to know more...)

• Press Release issued by People's Watch in condemnation of the indefinite closure of American College following dispute between two groups, one of which is led by the Bishop

• Long March for Justice for STF Victims,  20 – 30 April, 2008 From Sathyamangalam to Chennai

• A Press Release from the Peoples' Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)