{"id":88768,"date":"2019-12-24T01:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=88768"},"modified":"2019-12-24T01:16:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:46:27","slug":"respond-to-the-voices-of-the-people-ihrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/12\/24\/respond-to-the-voices-of-the-people-ihrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Respond to the voices of the people: IHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>ITANAGAR, Dec 23:<\/strong> In view of the situation prevailing in the Northeast and other parts of the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the International Human Rights Council\u2019s (IHRC) North East Zonal Board (NEZB) has appealed to the state governments and the central government to \u201crespond to the voices of the people and come out with amicable, harmonious and cordial solutions.\u201d<br \/>\nConcurrently, it appealed to all sections to raise their voices \u201cconstructively and without violence.\u201d<br \/>\nThe IHRC\u2013NEZB urged all sections of the society, including student organisations, community organisations, civil society groups, NGOs, forums, and others to work hand-in-hand to restore peace and harmony in the region and the country.<br \/>\nIt expressed deep condolences to the families who lost their loved ones as a result of the ongoing situation in the country.<br \/>\nThe IHRC\u2013NEZB also urged the state human rights commissions, as well as the National Human Rights Commission, \u201cto immediately inquire into the matter and take appropriate measures to curtail further violations of human rights and ensure protection of human rights of each and every individual residing within the Northeast and India.\u201d<br \/>\nRegarding the arrest of activist Akhil Gogoi and others from Assam and other parts of the country, the IHRC-NEZB pleaded with the respective authorities to deal with these cases without violating human rights.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is pertinent that the government take appropriate and immediate actions against those propagating open incitement for violence, but let those raising voices democratically and peacefully not be harassed,\u201d IHRC\u2013NEZB president Christopher Hembrom and general secretary Wilson Hasda said.<br \/>\nThey also said that the actions taken against students of different universities raising their voices against the CAA and the NRC have further flared up the situation.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is our humble plea to the government to deal with such situations cautiously and responsibly. We also appeal to all the religious leaders, institutions and organisations to play a proactive role in promoting peace and harmony,\u201d they said.<br \/>\nThe IHRC\u2013NEZB further urged the leaders and representatives of all political parties \u201cto work and engage towards promotion of peace and harmony in the region and the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Dec 23: In view of the situation prevailing in the Northeast and other parts of the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the International Human Rights Council\u2019s (IHRC) North East Zonal Board (NEZB) has appealed to the state governments and the central government to \u201crespond to the voices of the people and come out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}