Petition to Paralympic Committee of India

 

Submitting petition to the Chief Minister demanding immediate ban of Made Snana ritual

Mr. Manohar, Head of Programs and Mr. Nirmal, Program Coordinator from SICHREM along with a representative from CRT submitted a petition to the Chief Minister of Karnataka demanding the immediate ban of Made Snana ritual with 1287 signatures that SICHREM collected online. The petition was handed over to Mr. Dayashankar, IAS, Additional Secretary to Government Ex-office Private Secretary to the Chief Minister Karnataka on 6th February 2012.

Attack on Police Inspector

http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=2&edcode=860009&eddate=2012-1-31

Mobile Human Rights Legal Clinic

SICHREM in collaboration with Department of Social Work, Christ University organised a Mobile Human Rights Legal Clinic at Janakiram Layout Slum in Bangalore on 25th January 2012.

The Self-Help group members and representatives from the community actively participated in the clinic. 33 cases of various categories of human right violations including, property issues, women rights violation, issues relating to registering birth, widows pension, matrimonial issues, domestic violence, issues in getting ration cards and voters identity cards were registered at the clinic. Adv. Eunice Mercy and Adv. Manohar Hosea gave legal counseling to the victims.

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Leonnel and Nona (Students, Christ University)

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Community Meeting at Chamarajpet

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Mr. Mathews Philip, Executive Director and Mr. Manohar, Head of Programs as Chief Guests at the 44th Annual Day celebration of Nehru English High School

Workshop on ‘Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council’ by Karnataka Social Watch

 

Community Meeting at VKO Urudu School, Vasanthnagar

Ms. Margaret as Chief Guest on the Sports Day of Saraswathi Vidhyalaya School, Hennur Bande

22 minors lodged in central prison In Bangalore

Members of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) made a surprise visit to the central prison and found that 22 minors have been lodged there for several months.

Acting on a complaint, a team headed by commission chairman Vasudeva Sharma visited the jail premises and reviewed case files of all the 22 inmates. During the review, the team found the records of their dental examination, which suggest that all 22 of them are below 18 years of age.

“The complaints received by KSCPCR are grave in nature. Nine juveniles at the observation home in Madiwala revealed that they had spent a few weeks to more than 12 months in judicial custody without proper hearings despite of repeated efforts made by their families to establish their minor status. SICHREM, a human rights organisation, also filed a complaint with the KSCPCR, alleging that two inmates released on bail from the central prison had spent several months in judicial custody despite being minor,” a press release from the child rights commission said.

The team also gathered information about the minor inmates to conduct a detailed inquiry.

The young inmates, including the 22 minor boys, were not put to hard labour and were able to continue education. The prison authorities expressed sensitivity to the needs and problems of the young detainees and had initiated measures to ascertain their true age.

The observation home for the boys was shifted from Parappana Agrahara central prison to Madiwala recently.
Caught gambling

The prison authorities in a surprise visit caught four undertrials and 24 convicts gambling inside the jail premises on Friday.
The inmates were also using marijuana.

Based on the directions of the additional director general of prison, Gagandeep, a detailed probe was conducted and the authorities identified 60 inmates involved in nefarious activities.
All the 60 inmates have been transferred to different jails across the state.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_22-minors-lodged-in-central-prison-in-bangalore_1637738