The poor demand their fundamental rights. From charity to justice: The cry we hear from people who are poor, marginalised and who suffer injustices across the globe, even in our own backyard. Read More

At a two-day workshop on Catholic Social Teaching organised by the CBCI Office for Justice, Peace and Development (OJPD) called upon the Christian activists in North East India to demand ethics in economic development. The workshop was facilitated by a team of experts comprising Fr. Ravi Sagar SJ, director of Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR). Read More

For one month this summer, I had the privilege of working with LCHR and its executive director, Fr. Ravi Sagar, SJ. During this time, LCHR helped organize religious school administrators to defend and promote the rights of minority schools. Read More

The Director of Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) Fr. Ravi Sagar SJ, dealt on the Constitutional rights of every person and on some legal issues that affect our day to day lives. The importance of filing First Information Report (FIR) and how to follow it up was stressed much. Sr. Shoba, the Deputy Director of LCHR dealt with the dynamics of the seminar. Read More

In striving for justice and human rights, LCHR has set an example by reaching out to the most marginalized and vulnerable communities in the Northeast India. I congratulate the Director and the LCHR team that has been making tireless efforts to reach the objectives set before them. Read More

Ms. Manju Deka, staff of LCHR speaks on an awareness programme. Read More

A Seminar on “Socio-Economic Justice and Functional Transparency with Special Reference to National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 and Right to Information Act, 2005” has been organized by the Gauhati High Court Legal Services Committee (GHCLSC) is association with Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR). Read More

Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) organised its first ever “Public Hearing on Right to Education”, on September 24, 2011 at 11a.m. at Salonah under Kaliabor Sub-Division in Nagaon district of Assam, which was facilitated by the Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR). Read More

Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) organized a five days training programme on ‘Para-Legal and Advocacy skills’ at JAGRITI, Christianbasti, from 27thSept to 1 Oct, 2013. There were 65 participants from Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur, Nagaon and Udalguri from 65 Tea Gardens. Read More

The second day started with Fr. Ravi Sagar SJ, the Director of Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) dealing with Human Rights, on the Constitutional rights of every person and on some of the legal issues that affect our day to day lives. Half day was spent on mainly legal issues like the importance of filing First Information Report (FIR) and how to follow them up etc. Read More

These laborers live in inhuman conditions and unfortunately their plight has not improved even after the nation gained independence from the British in 1947, said rights activist and lawyer JesuitFather RaviSagar.The priest started the Legal Cell for Human Rights in Guwahati archdiocese in the state in 2007 to assist underprivileged people. Read More

Jesuit Father RaviSagar, a lawyer, filed civil and criminal defamation cases against both papers May 28 in the state High Court on behalf of the priests. The court told the newspapers to file responses by June 23. Read More

Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) trained about 50 young adults in various legal matters, including "The Right to Information Act, 2005," criminal procedure, and due process. These young adults were participating in a one-month leadership training called "YouthBuild" through the Salesians’ Don Bosco Institute in Guwahati, India. Ravi Sagar, LCHR’s executive director, is a Jesuit priest and an advocate in the High Court of Guwahati. Read More

A team consisting of Jesuit Father Ravi Sagar, Director of Legal Cell for Human Rights and a practising Advocate at the Gauhati High Court, and Sister Felcita D’ Souza UFC a social worker, presented the salient features of the RTE and explained its implications for all the stakeholders in education –government, school managements, parents, teachers, students and communities. Read More

Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR), a Guwahati based voluntary organization yesterday facilitated a public hearing on the implementation of the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 at Gandhi Bhavan in Morigaon which was conducted by Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR). Read More

Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) an NGO has recently approached the Assam State Minority Commission for pursuing the matter with the state government. "A total of 118 applications from various schools in Assam run by missionaries are so far pending with the educational (Secondary) department for issuance of certificates," said LCHR director Ravi Sagar. Read More

In order to promote Good Governance in Church and religious life a seminar on “Good Governance, Law and Equal Discipleship for participative Leadership” was held at Bishop’s House, Dibrugarh from 7-8 May, 2012. It was jointly organized by Streevani, Pune, Montfort Social Institute, Hyderabad and Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR), Guwahati in collaboration with Seva Kendra, Dibrugarh, the social development wing of the diocese for priests, sisters and brothers. Read More

The guest of honour Ravisasgar SJ the Director of Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR) Guwahati, spoke to the children on how education can achieve for them a better future. Read More

About 500 people participated in a “Public Hearing” on Right to Education at the Community Centre, in Nagaon, Assam. It was organized by Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) and facilitated by Legal Cell for Human Rights (LCHR), a Guwahati based voluntary organization, September 24. Read More