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Three-day NHRC sitting in Thiruvananthapuram from Wednesday

Thiruvananthapuram : An NHRC delegation led by its chairperson, Justice (retired) K.G.Balakrishnan will hold a three-day open hearing, and camp sitting of the commission on the matters related to Kerala here, beginning on Wednesday.

On the first day, the commission will hear the grievances and complaints related to atrocities committed by a public servant or of negligence by a public servant in preventing atrocities against scheduled castes and the problems they face in seeking justice from government agencies.

Senior state government officials will be present during the of hearing.

In the afternoon, the commission will meet NGOs on human rights issues.

On the second day, the commission will take up 24 cases in the full and division benches.

These will include hundreds of matters relating to endosulfan as well as issues of death in judicial custody/police action, vandalization of churches, exploitation and torture of tribal migrant victims of Waynad district, trafficking of children from other states to Kerala for admission in orphanages.

On the concluding day, the commission will hold discussions with the chief secretary, director general of police and other top officials.