Thursday, November 28, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Interface and meeting with Parliamentarian on issue of Muslim minority in Uttar Pradesh
Greetings from PVCHR
In the south Asia region, spate of organised violence,
police torture, discrimination, physical and psychological attacks on religious
minorities have emerged as a real threat for the pluralist and secular
democracies. Attacks on Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan and
Bangladesh and targeting of Muslim and Christian communities in India are being
increasingly used as a political weapon by the communal and fascist forces. In
an attempt to strengthen the composite secular culture and establish rule of law in the country, People’s
Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), Varanasi and Human Rights Law
Network(HRLN), New Delhi have documented over 1500 cases of human rights
violations after comprehensive fact finding exercises in the last 3 years with
support of European Union and PVCHR. These cases relate to police torture and
communal violence which have affected the minority Muslim community most in
Uttar Pradesh. These organisations have legally intervened in these cases and
have prepared an analytical report based on the facts and ground experiences
during the course of action.
PVCHR had heightened its advocacy and had utilized the voices
of the people in the pursuit of policy changes at varying levels http://www.pvchr.net/2010/07/prevention-of-torture-bill-2010.html.
Such visibility of the organization had provided the leverage for its
positioning and proactive role in relation to the Torture Prevention Bill http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Torture/prevention%20of%20torture%20bill%202010.pdf.
It is significant to note that dignity provided substantial inputs to the draft
bill that PVCHR had utilized in its policy and advocacy interventions.
Such proactive role has made PVCHR one of the very few organizations
that are being consulted for inputs in the final framing of the bill http://www.scribd.com/doc/34430163/Prevention-of-Torture-Bill-2010-RCT-Comments. At the same time, PVCHR is now sitting as CSO
representative to the consultative body created by the NHRC for human rights
issues and concerns.
A video documentary titled
“Muslim & Police: A Perspective” has been prepared on the basis of
interactions for almost three months at the grass root level with the members of
Muslim community in various Muslim dominated districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Keeping in view the forthcoming
Lok Sabha elections in 2014, an interface is being organised with various
Members of Parliament and representatives of political parties from Uttar
Pradesh on the “International Human Rights defenders’ Day” and eve of “World
Human Rights Day” with the support from European Union and Dignity Danish Institute
Against Torture www.dignityinstitute.org. Progressive citizens, Human Rights defenders and survivors of Muslim
community from various parts of Uttar Pradesh are participating in this
dialogue. The dialogue will commence with the screening of the video
documentary, “Muslim and Police: A perspective”. It will be followed by dinner
at the end.
Date: 9 December, 2013
Time: Evening 5 pm, to be followed by dinner at 8 pm.
Place: Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.
Therefore in this regards we are inviting you for this programme. It is kind requests please take few minutes from your busy schedule for making program successful.
With regards
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Secretary General
PVCHR
Mobile No: +91-9935599333
Email: pvchr.india@gmail.com
www.pvchr.net
www.pvchr.asia
Harsh Dobhal and Mathew Jacob
Human Rights Law Network
c/o Socio-Legal Information Centre
576, Masjid Road, Jungpura
New Delhi - 110014
+91-11-24374501
http://www.hrln.org/
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Bonded labour and PVCHR
On the one side India is moving ahead to be
the superpower in the world and on the other side it is stated to be the
home for largest number of bonded labours. On October 25, 2013 the
People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) jointly
with the Danish Institute Against Torture (dignity) with the support
from Voice of People and QICAC, organised the public hearing against
bonded labour and child labour to protest human dignity.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Friday, November 08, 2013
Interface and meeting with Parliamentarian on issue of Muslim minority in Uttar Pradesh
Greetings from PVCHR.
In the south Asia region, spate
of organised violence, police torture, discrimination, physical and
psychological attacks on religious minorities have emerged as a real threat for
the pluralist and secular democracies. Attacks on Hindu and Christian
communities in Pakistan and Bangladesh and targeting of Muslim and Christian
communities in India are being increasingly used as a political weapon by the
communal and fascist forces. In an attempt to strengthen the composite secular
culture and establish rule of law in the country, People’s Vigilance Committee
on Human Rights(PVCHR), Varanasi and Human Rights Law Network(HRLN), New Delhi
have documented over 1500 cases of human rights violations after comprehensive
fact finding exercises in the last 3 years with support of European Union and PVCHR. These
cases relate to police torture and communal violence which have affected the
minority Muslim community most in Uttar Pradesh. These organisations have
legally intervened in these cases and have prepared an analytical report based
on the facts and ground experiences during the course of action.
A video documentary titled
“Muslim & Police: A Perspective” has been prepared on the basis of
interactions for almost three months at the grass root level with the members
of Muslim community in various Muslim dominated districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Keeping in view the forthcoming
Lok Sabha elections in 2014, an interface is being organised with various
Members of Parliament and representatives of political parties from Uttar
Pradesh on the “International Human Rights defenders’ Day” and eve of “World
Human Rights Day”. Progressive citizens, Human Rights defenders and survivors of
Muslim community from various parts of Uttar Pradesh are participating in this
dialogue. The dialogue will commence with the screening of the video
documentary, “Muslim and Police: A perspective”. It will be followed by dinner
at the end.
Date: 9
December, 2013
Time: Evening 5
pm, to be followed by dinner at 8 pm.
Place:
Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.
Therefore in this regards we are
inviting you as a guest of this programme. It is kind requests please take few
minutes from your busy schedule for making program successful.
Thanking You
Sincerely Yours,
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Secretary General,
+ 91 – 9935599333
Event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/255293181290040/
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
re: immediate action in the case of harassment of air india passenger Mr. Lenin Raghuvanshi
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shabana - <shabana@pvchr.asia>
Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Subject: re: immediate action in the case of harassment of air india passenger Mr. Lenin Raghuvanshi
To: bprasad.moca@nic.in, call.bom@airindia.in
Cc: "Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi" <lenin@pvchr.asia>
To,
Shri Ajit Singh
Honorable Minister
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Government of India
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
I (Lenin Raghuvanshi), founder and CEO of human rights organization Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights based in Varanasi. Sir, today i.e. 6th November, 2013 with the flight no. AI 433 of Indian Airlines PNR no. ETKT 098 4147015694 I was supposed to travel to Varanasi. (flight ticket enclosed)
Then I immediately proceed to another counter at 12:25 pm and she was issuing ticket to one Couple with two children. After 10 minutes when my turn came she said booking is closed for this flight and asked me to contact with counter supervisor.
I immediately rush to counter supervisor. In the counter there were one Male and one female. The female was talking with her relative on her mobile phone and after requesting for few minutes. The male counter supervisor took my e-ticket and checked on his system and wrote 12:42 pm in my e – ticket. But in the ticket the time latest check in time mentioned is 12:35 pm. It is a harassment of the passenger.
Now I am in airport and unable to return back to my home, because all flight are full. Due to the irresponsible attitude I am unable to return back and perform my work. They are not also providing me complain book to register my complain.
Therefore I request you please check in the CCTV of the Indira Gandhi International terminal 3 and take disciplinary action to stop the harassment of the passenger.
Thanking You
Sincerely Yours
(Lenin Raghuvanshi)
Founder & CEO
Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Member, NGO Core Committee
2007 Gwangju Human Rights Award, South Korea.
2010 International Weimar Human Rights Award.
Saturday, November 02, 2013
My Husband My Rapist
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From: PVCHR Communication <cfr.pvchr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Subject: "My Husband My Rapist"
To: covdnhrc <covdnhrc@nic.in>
Cc: "Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi" <lenin@pvchr.asia>, jrlawnhrc <jrlawnhrc@hub.nic.in>
To,
The Chairperson
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
I want to bring in your kind attention towards the news published in Tehelka "My Husband My Rapist" on 9th September, 2013 http://www.tehelka.com/my-
My Husband My Rapist
staying silent, society condones marital rape
Friday, November 01, 2013
Right to participation of children on stake
PVCHR in collaboration with Children Groups
with support of Global Fund for Children,CRY and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
organized the children theater on right to education on 30 October 2013
at Sanskrit Sankul,Varanasi. One of the guest called
me on mobile that it is problematic to you as legal complication to
involve the children. I was shocked.It is noted that it is not
involvement of children,but it is ownership and decision of
children,which is supported by PVCHR. Children after performance asked
the question against child right violation such as corporal punishment
etc. Mostly Adult do not support children voice. But Article 12 of the
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child lays down the principle and
purpose of meaningful participation of children and young people,and
Article 7 of CEDAW on women’s rights.
The Millennium Declaration in
Article 25 reaffirms the commitment to work collectively for more
inclusive political processes, allowing genuine participation by all
citizens (and in this case, children and young people included) in all
countries.
The World Fit for Children in para 32 (i) adopted at the
UN General Assembly Special Session on Children made a strong commitment
towards increasing participation of children.
I appeal to Government of India that to organize training of Government officials for child right.
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