Human rights forum
- Telangana
HRF urges Telangana CM to review Maoist-linked prisoners’ cases
Hyderabad: Pointing to recent prisoner releases and Maoist rehabilitations, the Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to review the cases of individuals jailed over alleged Maoist…
- India
Rights lawyer flags poor awareness of SC sex workers ruling
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court‘s 2026 judgment in Prajwala v. Union of India, which introduced safeguards to protect the rights and agency of adult voluntary sex workers, remains poorly understood by many magistrates,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Independent probe sought for custodial death of Dalit woman in AP
Andhra Pradesh: Human Rights Forum (HRF) and the Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) have demanded an independent enquiry over the alleged custodial death of a 40-year-old Dalit woman in Andhra Pradesh’s…
- Telangana
Chenchu Adivasis not willing to leave Amrabad Tiger Reserve: Fact-finding team
Hyderabad: Two civil society organisations have demanded an immediate halt to the relocation of Adivasi communities from villages falling within the Amrabad Tiger Reserve area in Telangana, alleging that the displacement drive is…
- Hyderabad
Musi rejuvenation: HRF demands Telangana govt to halt Gandhi Sarovar Project
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has demanded that the state government withdraw its plans to construct the Gandhi Sarovar Project under the Musi Riverfront Development Project’s phase 1 work, suggesting it…
- Telangana
Telangana to free 102 life-term prisoners, rights group seeks faster action
Hyderabad: A prominent human rights organisation has praised the Telangana government’s decision to release 102 life-term prisoners ahead of schedule, but called on authorities to move faster and stick to legally mandated deadlines.…
- Telangana
Telangana’s Narayanpet facing kidney health crisis: Human Rights Forum
Hyderabad: A fact-finding team of the Human Rights Forum (HRF) has reported a significant rise in kidney failure cases in Makthal and Narva mandals of Narayanpet district, Telangana and has called for…
- Telangana
Release eligible life convicts as per SC directions: HRF to Telangana govt
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has demanded that the Government of Telangana immediately begin the process of prematurely releasing all eligible life-convict prisoners, in line with directions issued by the Supreme…
- Telangana
HRF demands judicial inquiry into Nizamabad ‘encounter’
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has demanded that the alleged encounter killing of Sheikh Riaz in Nizamabad be investigated by a sitting judge of the Telangana High Court. The forum raised…
- Hyderabad
16th Balagopal memorial meet to be held in Hyderabad on Sunday
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) will organise the 16th commemorative meeting of human rights activist K Balagopal from 10 am to 5 pm at the main hall of the Sundarayya Vignana…
- Hyderabad
HRF exposes inadequacies in Hyderabad’s homeless shelter system
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum has addressed a letter to the Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), highlighting serious deficiencies in the homeless shelter system in Hyderabad. The organization, which…
- Hyderabad
HRF seeks protection of migrant workers in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the Telangana labour department to protect the rights of migrant workers, highlighting the worsening conditions at labour camps near construction sites in Hyderabad and…
- Telangana
Release prisoners who completed 14 years: HRF to CM Revanth
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has penned a letter to Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy, urging the release of all life convicts who have completed 14 years of sentence as…
