Media at a Time of the Pandemic: Better Reporting, Better Health?
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) celebrates media freedom during COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, May 3, 2020, marking World Press Freedom Day.
Arrests, Beatings and Dismissals of Journalists Underline Official and Corporate Arbitrariness: SAMDEN
May 26, 2020 New Delhi, India The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) today cited detention of media professionals in Bangladesh, attacks on journalists in the Punjab, and the dismissal of a pregnant reporter in Assam state as part of a pattern of official and corporate arbitrariness a
BANGLADESH: Government must stop enforced disappearances and provide special care to families of the disappeared during COVID-19
25 May 2020 Dhaka/Manila/Hong Kong/Paris, To commemorate International Week of the Disappeared (the last week of May), the Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),and Odhikar reme
CHRI Petitions NHRC to investigate 15 deaths following alleged police excesses during COVID-19 lockdown
In the course of the national lockdown imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, excessive force by police has been captured in videos across states.
Sneh Aurora
Sneh Aurora is the Director of the London Office, and oversees all work including strategy development and planning, international advocacy, and CHRI’s Contemporary Forms of Slavery programme.
Is transparency a burden on public authorities: Findings from a study of Central Government data as RTI completes 15 years
Image courtesy: https://www.thedailystar.net/ May 12, 2020 By: Venkatesh Nayak Even as we cope with pressures of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, The Right to Information Act (RTI Act) is quietly turning 16.
CPJ, 191 partner organizations urge UN Secretary General to take action to secure release of jailed journalists amid COVID-19
May 5, 2020 Secretary-General António Guterres United Nations Room NL-3019 New York, NY 10017 Sent via email Dear Mr.
Recognition of fearless work by Pulitzer Prize winning photographers: SAMDEN
May 5, 2020 Delhi/Kathmandu/Dhaka/Colombo/Boston Congratulating the three Indian photojournalists for winning the 2020 Pulitzer prize in the feature photography category for their images of Jammu and Kashmir, the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) described it as a recognition fo
Coronavirus: Resource NCCE to educate the public - CSOs
May 04, 2020 Some 59 Civil Society Organisations have urged the government to resource the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to enable the commission to effectively educate the Ghanaian public on the Coronavirus pandemic.
Rise in Virus Cases in Crowded Indian Jails Prompts Concerns
May 02, 2020 (The New York Times) NEW DELHI — The spread of the coronavirus in India's notoriously crowded prisons has prompted authorities to impose jail lockdowns and release thousands of pretrial detainees on parole, as health experts worry that the cramped facilities are serving