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Dec 07, 2019 Press-releases

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

Dec 06, 2019 Events

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.

Nov 25, 2019 In-the-news

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.

Nov 20, 2019 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

'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.

Nov 12, 2019 Publications Police Reform

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

Oct 31, 2019 In-the-news Police Reform

Police must be sensitized in dealing with sexual assault survivors

Oct 30, 2019 By Ankur Otto (telegraphindia.

Oct 25, 2019 Press-releases

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

Oct 23, 2019 Press-releases

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

Oct 19, 2019 In-the-news

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.

Oct 18, 2019 Press-releases

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