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As Christians we have The Bible and the following 10 major principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) to guide us to be perfect followers of Christ: 1.       Dignity of the Human Person : This is typically the protection and promotion on human rights. Thus, every Christian has to promote and protect the rights the people especially the targeted groups whose rights are being violated every day. 2.   Common Good and Community: Everyone is entitled with some responsibilities for the good of the society. Some people have completely dedicated their lives for the service of the society. Others are partially dedicated for serving people. But all people have personal responsibility to serve for the common good in the community. 3.     Option for the Poor: When we serve the community we have to always look for the most poor, the neediest and the most marginalized people in the community and society. Very often we serve the society in the name ...

Bhubaneswar: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion visited Bhubaneswar on 21st Februbary 2014. The Special Rapporteur Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt met the various victim survivals from all over Odisha at Hotel Swasti Premium from morning 10.00 AM to 5. 00 PM. The main topic of sharing was the problem of how the right tribal, dalit, women, children and minority are being violated by some fundamentalist forces. There were many prominent community leaders and Civil Society leaders present in the gathering. From left: Fr. Ajay Kumar Singh (Director OFSA), Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt (UNSR), Mr. William Stanly (Chair Person) and Mr. Dhirendra Panda (Director CSNR) Some of the prominent leaders from left in the attached photo were: Fr. Ajay Kumar Singh (Director OFSA), Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt (UNSR), Mr. William Stanly (Chair Person) and Mr. Dhirendra Panda (Director CSNR). Mr. Jugal Kirshore Ranjit presented the issues of minority as a whole in the state of Odisha. Fr....

Bhubaneswar: There was two days state level workshop on Human Rights at Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar on 8th and 9th February 2014. There were about 60 participants who were youth from throughout Odisha. Mr. Sandeep Pattnayak a social activist and Humar Right Acitivist handle 1st day sessions. Mr. Chandranath Dani an Advocate and Human Rights Defender animated the second day sessions. Between the sessions Fr. Nicholas Barla and Fr. Ajay Kumar Singh gave encouraging talks for the youth. In the first day, the youths were taught about the history of Human Rights, International definition of Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR), Indian Constitutional provisions of Human Rights and the explanation of the Indian Preamble. In the afternoon there was group discussion where the youths came out with various Rights of  Adivasi, Dalit, Women and the rights of persons who are differently abled. On the second day, the youths learnt about the various duty bearers and s...

Suppose, somebody buys a beautiful gift for you, and you aren't aware about it. What will happen!!!  Obviously you will not be asking for it even if someone else takes away. This is the scenario in our governance system in our country. Our Cabinet prepares a lot of Acts and provision for the development of the economically backward communities, however, it is not known to these communities. This is because the beneficiaries are not involved in the decision making. And this  kind of negligence is   violation to the fundamental rights of the targeted communities, which is the violation of Human Rights. Thus, a Networking Forum is organizing a two days state level Human Rights training on 8th and 9th February, 2014 at Bhubaneswar for 50 selected youths of Odisha. They will be working for protection and promotion of Human Rights at their respective places. Extend your supports through valuable suggestions, which will be included in the action plan, for pr...

Tigga Amritlal: Two Days State Level Workshop on Minority Rights : Date: 1 st and 2 nd February 2014 Venue: Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Organized by Odisha Regional Organization for Social ...

Date: 1 st and 2 nd February 2014 Venue: Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Organized by Odisha Regional Organization for Social Action (OROSA) Bhubaneswar: 1 st Feb 2014 : The Minority communities from different parts of Odisha have gathered at Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar, to discuss   rights and issues of the minority communities of Odisha. Mr. Dhirendra Panda (Director of CSFHR), Fr. Ajay Kumar Singh (Director of OROSA) and Mr. Jugal Kishor Ranjit (from NCDHR) were the facilitators of the day. Mr. Dhirendra Panda explained about three pillars of the minority rights are: Non-discrimination, Protection of Identity and Effective Participation. Fr. Ajay spoke about the hate Campaign that is carried out since 1930 by Sangha Parivar killed many Christians in 2007 and 2008 in Odisha. Mr.Jugal led the participants to identify the issues related to discrimination, loss of identity and non-participation in the decision making.  He explained about the variou...