Solma Begum finally reaches home!
CHRI celebrates the return of 38 year old Solma Begum to her home in Sunderganj, Bangladesh. It has taken almost a year and sustained effort on behalf of CHRI, police and the media to ensure her joyful reunion with her family.
Demonetization versus Transparency of Indian Political Parties’ Cash-in-Hand Declarations
By Venkatesh Nayak The dust has not yet settled on the demonetisation drive though more than 75 days have lapsed since the Government announced the pathbreaking 'notebandi' decision in November, 2016.
CHRI interacts with Guwahati print and electronic media on RTI law
On 05 December, 2016, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised an informal media interaction in Guwahati, Assam, on India’s Right to Information act (RTI) with senior representatives of print and electronic media.
Union Ministers with cash in Hand? A CHRI enquiry
By Venkatesh Nayak With the exception of the Vice President of the Indian National Congress (INC) who queued up before a bank branch in Delhi to exchange a small sum of the demonetised notes for new ones, people did not see any other political leader from any other political party queueing up bef
THE STATE OF POLICING IN INDIA, an informal Media Briefing on 30 November in Delhi
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Informal Media Briefing the State of Policing in India Accessing Information, Reviewing Reforms 30 November 2016, New Delhi India’s laws on policing are steeped in its colonial past.
Our Prison Reform team launched two RTI-based landmark publications
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AFSPA’s Potential for abuse: What writers of the Constitution say
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India’s Sedition Law: Keeping it to its Limits
09 Sept, 2016 By Yashasvi Nain and Devika Prasad The Supreme Court’s latest order, on September 5, should be seen as the last word on sedition cases.
Sri Lanka's RTI Law to be phased in
On 04 August, 2016, the Hon'ble Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka certified their RTI Bill as having been "duly passed by Parliament". With this certification, the RTI Bill has become law in Sri Lanka.
National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture
PRESS RELEASE From Horror to Healing Statement of the National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture New Delhi, June 24-25 2016 As the world observes June 26 in solidarity with victims of torture, the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving of