Close Encounters of Fatal Kind: Killing of 4 Rape-and-murder Accused in Hyde Raises Troubling Questions
Dec 10, 2019 (News 18) By: Sanjoy Hazarika While the matter needs thorough investigation, at first glance the police version of the events has numerous gaps, to say the least, because at the very fundamental level it strains credulity.
Encounter needs robust investigation, police accountability and strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines, legal procedures: CHRI
7 December 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the Telangana Police and state government to ensure exhaustive, impartial, and independent investigations into the police shooting of the four suspects in the Hyderabad gangrape and mur
CHRI's 3rd Annual Film Festival
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised its third annual film festival on human rights on December 10th-11th at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi. Our theme this year was - Article 19: Freedom of Expression.
The Northeast, India’s volatile periphery
Nov 21, 2019 (Nationalia.info) Surrounded by five countries and connected to the rest of India by a tiny corridor between Bhutan and Bangladesh, the Northeast symbolizes the distant and forgotten periphery of New Delhi.
'Enforced disappearance' of Pakistani HR defender
Nov 20, 2019 Islamabad, Pakistan It has now been a week since human rights defender and political activist Idris Khattak was abducted, allegedly by unidentified persons in Swabi.
CHRI, CSNSR in Odisha launch new report on Crime and Policing
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Centre for the Sustainable Use of Natural and Social Resources (CSNSR) have launched "The State of Crime and Policing in Odisha: Results of a Study Conducted in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal” on 7th Novembe
Police must be sensitized in dealing with sexual assault survivors
Oct 30, 2019 By Ankur Otto (telegraphindia.
Botswana activist Alice Mogwe elected new FIDH President
“The universality of human rights is under attack - we must fight back!” (Taipei) 24 October 2019 – Today, the member organisations of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) elected their new president, Botswana activist Alice Mogwe, during its 40th Congress in Tai
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.