Press Releases

E.g., 01-03-2025
E.g., 20-03-2025
S.No. Title Release Date Action
1 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported attacks on three journalists in Kerala, Manipur and Tripura 22-Oct-2025 View
2 NHRC, India’s National Conference on the ‘Human Rights of Prison Inmates’ comes up with several suggestions for improvements 17-Oct-2025 View
3 Former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addresses the NHRC’s 32nd Foundation Day function in New Delhi 16-Oct-2025 View
4 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported torture of a boy in police custody at the Gandhigram Police Station in Rajkot district of Gujarat 15-Oct-2025 View
5 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two men due to alleged police brutality in Madhya Pradesh 15-Oct-2025 View
6 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of seven workers and injuries to four others in an explosion at a fire cracker manufacturing unit in Ambedkar Konaseema district, Andhra Pradesh 14-Oct-2025 View
7 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of eight patients and critical injuries to three others in a fire at the trauma centre ICU of the Government run Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan 14-Oct-2025 View
8 Curtain raiser: The Former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind to be the Chief Guest on the 32nd Foundation Day of the National Human Rights Commission, India 14-Oct-2025 View
9 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two workers and the critical injuries to another due to collapse of an advertising hoarding in Ahmedabad, Gujarat 13-Oct-2025 View
10 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported deaths of two children due to electrocution at a Durga Puja pandal in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 06-Oct-2025 View
11 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a worker at the IGI Airport Delhi after falling from 10 feet height 06-Oct-2025 View
12 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported branding of three children by a faith healer in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh 06-Oct-2025 View
13 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a 5-year-old student due to alleged beating by a teacher at a residential school, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand 06-Oct-2025 View
14 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a sanitation worker and hospitalisation of two others due to inhalation of toxic gases while cleaning a sewer in Satna, Madhya Pradesh 06-Oct-2025 View
15 NHRC, India’s Online Short Term Internship Programme- September 2025 concludes 04-Oct-2025 View
16 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two sanitation workers due to asphyxiation while working in an underground drainage pipeline in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 29-Sep-2025 View
17 NHRC, India’s fourth ITEC Executive capacity-building programme on human rights for NHRIs of the Global South concludes in New Delhi 26-Sep-2025 View
18 NHRC, India’s ITEC Executive capacity-building programme on human rights in partnership with the MEA for senior functionaries of NHRIs of the Global South begins in New Delhi 22-Sep-2025 View
19 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported struggle of the victims of an LPG tanker blast in rebuilding their houses and shops even after a month of the incident in Mandiala village, Hoshiarpur, Punjab 29-Sep-2025 View
20 NHRC, India’s two week Online Short Term Internship Programme for September-2025 begins 22-Sep-2025 View
21 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a newborn due to lack of facilities at IHBAS, Delhi 23-Sep-2025 View
22 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported difficulties being faced by the patients due to lack of doctors and infrastructure at the super speciality ESIC hospital in Faridabad, Haryana 18-Sep-2025 View
23 NHRC, India organises National Conference on the ‘Rights of Transgender Persons’ in New Delhi 04-Sep-2025 View
24 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl by the caretaker of a garden in Maner area of district Patna, Bihar 03-Sep-2025 View
25 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported poor condition of the medical services at a government-run primary health center in Barela, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 18-Sep-2025 View
26 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported incident of a stray dog carrying the severed head of an infant near the Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala district, Punjab 03-Sep-2025 View
27 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported assault on a media person by a group of some anti-social elements in Lumding, Assam 13-Sep-2025 View
28 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported piling up of unclaimed dead bodies in the mortuary of Raipur District Hospital, Chhattisgarh, due to lack of space for their last rites 18-Sep-2025 View
29 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a villager and injuries to others in a police lathi charge while protesting against installation of electricity poles in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh 18-Sep-2025 View
30 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of one worker and serious injuries to three others while cleaning sewer in Ashok Vihar area of North West Delhi 22-Sep-2025 View
31 NHRC, India in partnership with Ministry of External Affairs to organise ITEC Executive Capacity Building Programme on human rights for senior-level functionaries of NHRIs of the Global South 21-Sep-2025 View
32 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported attack on a journalist by a drug addict in Nabarangpur district, Odisha for filing a complaint against him 03-Sep-2025 View
33 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 17 people in a building collapse incident in Virar East area of Palghar district, Maharashtra 03-Sep-2025 View
34 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported burning of a woman by a group of people in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh 18-Sep-2025 View
35 Curtain Raiser: NHRC, India to organise a National Conference on Rights of Transgender Persons: Revamping Spaces, Reclaiming Voices in New Delhi on 4th September 2025 02-Sep-2025 View
36 NHRC, India organises Open House Discussion on ‘Re-examining Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions: Creating Safer Campuses through Awareness, Accountability and Action’ 28-Aug-2025 View
37 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported branding of students with a hot iron rod by their teacher at a hostel inside a temple complex in Barmer district, Rajasthan 28-Aug-2025 View
38 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported sexual abuse of a 7-year-old boy by the Imam of a mosque in the Jhabreda area of Roorkee district, Uttarakhand 28-Aug-2025 View
39 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported corporal punishment to several students by a teacher after locking them inside a room of a government school in Haflaganj area of Katihar district, Bihar 28-Aug-2025 View
40 NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a woman due to medical negligence at a hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan 28-Aug-2025 View
41 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a speech and hearing impaired gang rape victim in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh 27-Aug-2025 View
42 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a Zimbabwean student due to injuries sustained in an assault by a group of people in Bathinda, Punjab 27-Aug-2025 View
43 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of four workers and injuries to two others after inhaling leaked Nitrogen gas at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Palghar, Maharashtra 27-Aug-2025 View
44 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a man amidst allegations of torture at a De-addiction centre in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 27-Aug-2025 View
45 NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of three labourers in a building collapse incident in Daryaganj area of Delhi 26-Aug-2025 View