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.

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 invited by the North-Eastern Police Academy, Meghalaya, to be part of the Training Module on 'Human Rights in Prison Administration'

CHRI's Prison Reforms Programme was invited by the North-Eastern Police Academy, Meghalaya, to be part of the Training Module on 'Human Rights in Prison Administration'.

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)

Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment

FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Joint press release Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment Click here to read the report: https://bit.