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Feb 18, 2020 Press-releases

CCTV footage indicts Delhi Police: CHRI demands full accountability for police brutality

February 18, 2020 New Delh, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) called for the immediate registration of a First Information Report (FIR) on complaints filed against police and uniformed personnel for excessive force against students at Jamia Milia Islamia on 15th December 2019

Feb 09, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Maharashtra tops list for most assaults, killings of RTI applicants

Feb 09, 2020 (Free Press Journal) The Common Wealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), a rights body that monitors ‘right to access of information’ in India, compiles attacks on users of the ‘Sunshine Act’ in four different categories.

Feb 08, 2020 Press-releases

Joint civil society statement on outcomes of the UNGA’s Third Committee

Joint statement  by CHRI and 14 other CSOs on  human rights issues before UNGA's Third Committee session To mark the conclusion of the United Nation's General Assembly's 74th session of its Third Committee session, also  known as the  

Feb 04, 2020 Press-releases

As Maldives returns to Commonwealth, CHRI urges protection of human rights defenders

Feb 04, 2020 New Delhi, India Welcoming the return of the Maldives to the Commonwealth after a three-year break, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the island nation to adhere to human rights and adopt the Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principle

Jan 26, 2020 In-the-news Prison Reform

India’s prison system needs urgent reform

Jan 26, 2020 Madhurima Dhanuka andiddharth Lamba (Hindustan Times) Earlier this month, the ministry of home affairs released the Prisontatistics India (PSI) 2018 report. The report revealed that 1,845 inmates died in custody in 2018, the highest in Indian prisons in the last 20 years.

Jan 20, 2020 Commonwealth_news commonwealth_news

Human Rights Watch criticises Australia’s media raids

Human Rights Watch said Australia’s national security laws had a “chilling effect” on journalists and their sources and the nation’s “overly broad” national security laws could be misused.