Healing Wounds, Empowering Voices

Comprehensive Report on Human Rights Defenders’ Training Programme Strengthening Human Rights Protection through Constitutional, SDG, and UN Frameworks Organized by: People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) Supported by: Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation (GHRPF) Duration: 9 December – 12 December 2025 Location: PVCHR office, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India 1. Introduction and Rationale The four-day Human Rights Defenders’ Training Programme was organized by PVCHR to strengthen the capacity, safety, and effectiveness of human rights defenders working at the grassroots level. The programme brought together social activists, community leaders, and human rights practitioners to collectively address challenges such as repression, institutional barriers, communication gaps, and threats faced while defending human rights. The training was firmly grounded in: The Constitution of India , The United Nations human rights framework , and The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , r...

  A Test Case for Police Accountability and Child Rights in India On 16 December 2025 , the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi took cognizance of a grave allegation involving police brutality against a 15-year-old minor in Khunti district, Jharkhand . The Commission has formally called for an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Khunti , within four weeks, in Case No. 411/34/16/2025 . The complaint was filed by Lenin Raghuvanshi , a well-known human rights defender, highlighting a disturbing pattern of abuse of power by police personnel of Khunti Mahila Thana , allegedly in connection with a human trafficking investigation. Allegations at a Glance According to the complaint placed before the NHRC: On 6 October 2024 , police personnel from Khunti Mahila Police Station allegedly picked up a 15-year-old boy in search of his father. The child was reportedly taken to the police station and beaten severely . Police authorities lat...

  Lenin Raghuvanshi   < lenin@pvchr.asia > 3:14 PM (0 minutes ago) to  NHRC ,  Manoj ,  upendra ,  NHRC ,  NHRC-Registrar To The Hon’ble Chairperson National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Manav Adhikar Bhawan New Delhi – 110023 Subject: Follow-up regarding non-submission of the District Magistrate’s Report on Microfinance Violations in Case No. 21090/24/45/2024 Hon’ble Chairperson, I respectfully submit this follow-up representation regarding  NHRC Case No. 21090/24/45/2024 , related to my complaint concerning the death of  Shri Shailesh Bharti , a young man from the Musahar community of Kushinagar who died under suspicious circumstances on 17 September 2024 in the context of microfinance debt-related distress. I express sincere appreciation for the Commission’s order dated  4 December 2025 , directing the District Magistrate, Kushinagar, to release monetary relief to the victim’s family under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) ...