SICHREM flays amendment to police act

Two schizophrenic men, who were illegally housed in unsanitary conditions by a couple, were rescued on Friday with the help of the South Indian Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM). The caretaker Marigowda is allegedly a former ...

South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) is providing free human rights counselling and legal advice for victims of human rights violation. Call 25473922/ 25804072/ 3/ 9449816942 between 3.30 and 5.30 pm on weekdays for ...

The Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) has demanded a CBIinquiry into the allegation that a woman volunteer with the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (Sichrem) was "involved" in the kidnap and torture of a minor girl. A memorandum in this ...

The inmates of Parappana Agrahara Central Prisons and Mysore central jail have written to National Human Rights Commission urging it to help remove mobile phone jammers installed in these two prisons citing deaths due to radiation emitted by them. The deaths ...

Homes for juvenile offenders in the state may be the first resort for many boys and girls in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection, but some of these shelters built to reorient these children have proved to be hell holes.

Just how ignorant, or even dismissive, our political leadership can be of people's needs was on full show on Tuesday where major political parties conveniently relegated a charter drafted by civil society. The release of the manifesto by Civil ...

Students from different colleges of Karnataka have listed more than 50 demands urging political parties to include them in their election manifesto. The "Students' Manifesto' enlists quality education, protection of children, better healthcare, focus on ...

Child rights activists and non-governmental organisations in the City, who came together to observe the third year of Right to Education Act on Sunday, called for keeping a close watch on any dilution of the legislation. The NGOs including South India Cell ...

Children studying in government schools in Bangalore perform menial tasks on a regular basis according to a study conducted by a city-based human rights organisation. South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (Sichrem), which conducted a ...