Annual Report 2013-14 methods for sharing its information on activities conducted by it, interventions made and recommendations forwarded to different stakeholders. These include press releases, select media briefings, press conferences, and interviews of Chairperson and Members. Media persons are also invited to NHRC seminars, conferences, workshops and other events. 2.17 During the period under review, 196 press releases/statements were issued by the Commission on various activities undertaken by it and interventions made. Special efforts were made to organize press conferences and day to day media briefings as well as coverage of all the camp sittings and open hearings organized by the NHRC in different parts of the country. Besides, 13 press conferences and 11 interviews of Chairperson and Members were organized in the All India Radio and Doordarshan for listening and viewing of the general public. Number and Nature of Complaints 2.18 As in the past, the Commission continued to receive complaints from different parts of the country on a wide range of issues where rights of the people had been violated or negligence was shown by a public servant in the prevention of such violations. These complaints included cases alleging custodial deaths, torture, fake encounters, police high-handedness, violations committed by security forces, conditions relating to prisons, atrocities committed on women and children and other vulnerable sections, communal violence, bonded and child labour, non-payment of retiral benefits, negligence by public authorities, etc. The Commission also took cognizance of the intimations received regarding deaths in police encounters and police custody, judicial custody and in the custody of defence/para military forces. Suo motu cognizance of many incidents based on reports in print and electronic media was taken including those cases which came to the notice of Chairperson, Members, Special Rapporteurs and senior officers of the Commission during their visits to different parts of the country. Human Rights Violation Cases 2.19 A total of 98,136 cases were registered in the Commission (Annexure-1) during 2013-2014. It disposed of 92,292 cases which included cases of previous years as well. Of the total number of cases disposed of by the Commission during the year under review, 49,776 were dismissed ‘in limine’ while 26,964 were disposed of with directions to the appropriate authorities for remedial measures. A total of 5,787 cases were transferred to the State Human Rights Commissions for disposal in accordance with the provisions of the PHRA. For details of State/Union Territory-wise cases disposed of by the NHRC during 2013-2014 see (Annexure-2). At the end of the reporting period, i.e. on 31 March 2014, the total number of cases pending with the Commission was 28,886. These covered 2,316 cases awaiting preliminary consideration and 26,570 cases of previous years in respect of which reports were either awaited from the authorities concerned or the reports 6 | NHRC