Protect Maldives human rights defenders, international rights groups tell Government

Oct 23, 2019 Taipei, Taiwan,  Deeply concerned by the threat to life and liberty of the members of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN), a leading civil society organisation in the Maldives, 16 prominent Asian human rights groups today called on President Solih to ensure their protection

Assam's Tangled Web of Citizenship and the Importance of a Consensus

Oct 18, 2019 By Sanjoy Hazarika (thehinducentre.com) Villagers check their names in the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Pabhokati village in Morigaon district, in Assam.

CHRI condemns killing of Bangladeshi student

Oct 18, 2109 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the killing of Abrar Fahad, a second year student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) who was allegedly beaten to death by leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing

Cameroon urged to expand National Dialogue Process

Oct 17 , 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland to continue using her good offices to encourage the Cameroonian authorities to adopt further confidence-building and reconciliation measures during that cou

CHRI asks Maldives to cancel revocation of civil society group license

Oct 12, 2019 New Delhi,  India Terming Maldives Government action against a prominent civil society group as “excessive and arbitrary”, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the Maldives to restore the license of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)

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Trafficking in Pacific will end only if Govts and CSOs work together: CHRI

Sept 12, 2019 Geneva With moving testimony about the challenges of rising human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery, civil society leaders from Fiji and Vanuatu called on governments and international stakeholders here to work with civil society in the Pacific to address the issue an

Anti-women violence: CHRI asks Ramaphosa to spell out plans

Sept 6, 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on South African authorities to take strong action within the law to stop the escalation of violence against women in that country, noting that a major nationwide strike on the issue was gathering extens

Physical Abuse, Electric Shocks and Torture: What a Supreme Court Ordered Study Found in Haryana Jails

The methods of torture stated in the report include verbal abuse and slapping, as well as more extreme methods such as giving electric shocks, water boarding, sleep deprivation, harm to sexual parts of the body. New Delhi, India  Aug 28, 2019 (news18.