Lawyers For Rights (LFR) is a registered NGO (Reg. No.: RS/KAM/240/A-7/295 dated: 24/04/2007), with the objective of finding justice for the common man and for getting rid of social malpractices. A professional team of seven young lawyers practicing at Guwahati High Court works for it.
Its office is located at Rudra Bhawan, Uzan Bazaar, Naozan Road, Guwahati – 1, Assam and is open from 9 AM to 12 Noon, 1 PM to 5 PM from Monday to Friday. In Saturdays the office is open from 9 AM to 12 Noon only.
Currently, LFR is working only within the state of Assam but would gradually cover all the North Eastern states when it has enough resources.
Within only five months of its registration, LFR has been able to network and provide trainings and hold awareness program to a large number of grass roots NGO’s including student’s union members, villagers, local political leaders and government officials.
LFR has seen itself and is also being told that these persons (the trainees) are now in action, using Right to Information to find out social welfare schemes. For instance after a recent training at Gossaigaon, student union members have applied RTI application in more than six government departments.
Almost every day LFR receives phone calls from people asking what should be done with regards to RTI, Domestic violence, Labour issues etc. LFR is also being invited by the individual and NGO’s to organize Right to Food and Right to information training program in their own areas, which suggests there was a need of such organization as LFR for a long time.
With such recognitions from the masses, LFR is reasonably happy with the achievements so far.
posted by Lawyers For Rights on Saturday, July 21, 2007 @ 10:43 PM
