End persecution of journalists critical of the govt, SAMDEN urges the Philippines
AFP/Ghetty Images New Delhi, February 15: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) urges authorities in the Phillipines to drop all charges against noted journalist Maria Ressa and to respect journalists' legitimate right to report on matters of public interest including all
Computers intercepted, Transparency interrupted: MHA's CPIO refuses information about December 2018 authorisation order under the IT Act
Image courtesy: Counter Currents Feb 03, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may remember the furore caused by an order issued by the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 20 December, 2018, authorising 10 security and intelligence age
Latest appointments to the Central Information Commission: a critical assessment of the processes involved based on DoPT's documents
ImagefromThePrint Thedawnof2019sawthefillingupoffivevacanciesintheCentralInformationCommission(CIC).ServingInformationCommissioner,ShriSudhirBhargavawasappointedChiefInformationCommissioner. FourretiredcivilservantswereappointedInformationCommissioners.
View: Govt should read warning signs and put passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill on hold
Economic Times | January 17, 2019 The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed earlier this month in the Lok Sabha, has created a furore across Assam and other states across India.
Read reports on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accessed from the Maharashtra Legislature under the RTI Act, while the Union Home Ministry denies access
Image courtesy: https://www.dnaindia.com/ (Mumbai Attacks) Next Monday (26 November, 2018), marks the completion of a decade since a group of armed militants launched attacks at multiple places in Mumbai in 2008.
Four Commonwealth countries elected to HRC: CHRI expresses concern over lack of accountability, ‘Clean Slate Syndrome’
New Delhi, October 17 Noting that the UN General Assembly recently elected 18 countries to the Human Rights Council (HRC) at Geneva, including Cameroon, Bangladesh, Fiji and India from the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) expressed concern about unconte
Submission to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG)
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) joined by the undersigned Commonwealth, international, and regional civil society groups draw the attention of CMAG to the number of indiscriminate killings, arbitrary arrests, detention without recourse to justice, and torture in Cameroon.
India Code Website: Laws Just a Click Away
India Code Website, which will be a digital version of all central and state laws, is an important first step in ensuring legal empowerment of all citizens Sept 24, 2018 (indialegallive.
CHRI and partner organisations urge UN member states to refrain from voting for candidates that are unfit for membership
To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the UN General Assembly 18 September 2018 Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership Excellencies, Ahead of the next UN Human Rights Council (“HRC&
Concluded: Launch of CHRI national report on the state of legal aid in India entitled ‘Hope Behind Bars’
Below is the transcript of the speech given by CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika at the launch: Justice A.P. Shah, former CJ of the Delhi high court and member of CHRI EC, Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar, Dr. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice Chancellor of NLU Odisha, Mr. S.S.