Human Rights Mission, Ranchi Chapter was started in the Ranchi on Sunday. The organisation aims to protect and provide legal aid to the people who are deprived and have been denied the basic rights. Though the organisation targets people from all strata of society it also pledges to protect the rights of tribal community members.
P K lala was appointed as the president of Human Rights Mission in Ranchi District. Approximately 28 members will be appointed in the Human Rights Mission to deal with the cases.
Addressing the people, lala informed, “70 to 80 percent people are not aware about their basic rights. Moreover, there is no organisation to make people aware about the basic human rights. Mostly in tribal areas, often lack of proper information creates hindrances in growth and development of community. Human Rights Mission for the promotion of legal and social justice will work for the welfare of people.”
Similarly, Secretary of Human rights mission, Rama Shankar Pandey informed, “It is a non-Government organisation and will deal with the cases in much faster way in comparison to National Human Rights commission (NHRC). We are also trying to conduct a campaign with the aim to create awareness about various aspects of human rights among the public and it may be started in January 2016.”
lala also highlighted on the article for the protection of Human Rights Act 1993, “The Act will provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights.” According to the NHRC report, maximum cases of human rights violation are registered from Jharkhand. The tribals continue to face serious human rights abuses. According to the NHRC, a total of 332 cases of crimes against Scheduled Tribes were reported in Jharkhand during 2006.
Jharkhand State human rights Mission president Dr. Siddharth Rai was present on the occasion along with other dignitaries like Pankaj Kumar, Rama Shankar Pandey, C S Gorath and Ratan Khanna.