If statistics are anything to go by, a host of steps to ensure women’s safety since the gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapist exactly three years ago have failed to bring about the desired changes in the national Capital.

The Supreme Court  in a landmark judgement about transparency in the banking sector announced  on December 16, expressed its concerns about the manner in which many Public Information Officers reject people’s requests for information under The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act). 

The Union government notified on Monday new foreign funding rules asking non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to affirm every year that the money they receive from abroad is not likely to “prejudicially” affect the security, strategic, scientific or economic interest of the country.

The 2015 edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which was held in Malta from November 27 to 29, marked the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth’s reincarnation as an intergovernmental association.

A large part of the public fear and distrust of the police is fed by little understanding of levels of crime, the police response, and the various reasons behind the perceived poor police performance, found in the study conducted Praja Foundation and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. 

What are the chances that your complaint against a Delhi Police personal would translate into a FIR? Less than 0.3 per cent if you complained against a policeman last year, says a study by some NGOs.

NGO NAGAR released a booklet listing all the important police, railway, traffic and other ancillary helplines. Its partner Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) also launched Virtual Police Station (VPS) that will allow the police and public to enter common rooms and learn the key procedures and processes.

As Malta prepares to chair the Commonwealth for the next two years, NGOs have called on the Prime Minister to promote the protection of civil society, prevent their bases from closing and ensure they have a voice.

The 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, which begins officially on Friday, opened on Saturday with the first pre-CHOGM event – the Commonwealth Youth Forum.

The Commonwealth’s human rights and democracy arm, the Ministerial Action Group, has placed the Maldives “under formal consideration,” according to UK Prime Minister David Cameron.