Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. - Paulo Freire.
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झारखंड पीयूसीएल : A Website Dedicated to HUMAN RIGHTS
Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below. - Roger Nash Baldwin
Human Rights Internship in Dec 2008
WINTER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2008 : Form & Prospectus (Downloads)
With a view to spread awareness on human rights issues among University students, the National Human Rights Commission (India) has been conducting “Summer and Winter Internship Programmes”. ..more
NHRC Recommends Relief and Rehab of Displaced
The following important recommendations and suggestions emerged at the National Conference on Relief and Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons organized by the National Human Rights Commission. ..more
झारखंड पीयूसीएल का सम्मेलन जमशेदपुर में
रांची (झारखंड): पीयूसीएल (लोक स्वातंत्र्य संगठन) की झारखंड प्रदेश इकाई 18 और 19 अक्टूबर 2008 को जमशेदपुर में दो दिवसीय सम्मेलन कर रही है। वहां ‘मानवाधिकार : वस्तुस्थिति और चुनौतियां’ विषय पर आयोजित गोष्ठी में डा प्रभाकर सिन्हा मुख्य वक्ता होंगे। सिन्हा पीयूसीएल के राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष हैं। ..more
Jharkhand Govt ! Pay 50,000 to Medi-negligence Victim -NHRC
New Delhi June 05, 2008 :The National Human Rights Commission has asked Jharkhand Government to pay a monetary relief of fifty thousand rupees to the next of kin of a woman who died at a Health Centre due to doctor’s negligence. ..more
Visthapan Virodhi Andolan Leader Arrested by Ranchi Police
Ranchi : Damodar Turi has been arrested at 10 p m on 24.6.20089[tuesday] by Ranchi police.three others r also arrested with him. Damodar is member of steering commettieof VISTHAPAN VIRODHI JAN VIKAS ANDOLAN. - SHASHI BHUSAN PATHAK, JHARKHAND [pucl]
Jharkhand Headlines
Human Rights
... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.