The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) held a two-day socio-legal training workshop for its volunteers at Ranchi, Jharkhand on 25-26 January 2014. The workshop was attended by around 65 selected volunteers from across the state and they were given training on protection of Civil Rights, use of RTI, filing of First Information Report (FIR), etc. Besides, the volunteers were briefed about the prerequisite of ‘Investigation and Arrest’ and were given instructions on “Defending Civil Rights while Dealing with Terror Cases”. The Association also asked the volunteers not to hesitate in approaching the Government organisations working to safeguard Human Rights like National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Council for Protection of Child Rights and others whenever the time demands.
Dr Shakeel Ahmad(Secretary APCR), Akhlaq Ahmad(National Coordinator APCR), Abubakr Sabbaq (Assistant National Coordinator APCR), Abrar Ahmed (Ameer-e-Halqa Jharkhand JIH), Adv. Shamse Qamar (Jharkhand), Adv. Khaleel (Jharkhand), Mahendra Yadav (Patna), Adv. Manilal (Patna) were the resource persons who provided the training for the participants.