Press Releases

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