Petition filed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 26 2020:
Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE) and User Society for Effective Response (USER), Manipur have filed a petition to the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) for framing a regulatory guideline to uphold human rights at rehabilitation centres today.
The petition urged the commission to list the MHRC complaint case No 91 of 2019 (Human rights violations in rehabilitation centres) and take up actions which the commission feels necessary to protect human rights.
The petition also urged the commission to call the compliance report in respect of MHRC Case No 63 of 2020 (illegal inspection visit to rehabilitation centres by unauthorised organisations amid COVID-19 outbreak) and further call a report from DGP, Manipur if any action has been initiated in connection with the representation submitted by CoNE and USER Manipur on May 23 .