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.

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.

Episode 1 RTI Video Series Water Comes to Savda Ghevra

Water Rights - Watch this video to hear the success story from a small village in Delhi called Savra Gevra where women used the Right to Information (RTI) Act to get information about water tankers from Delhi Jal board.

Episode 2 RTI Video Series Of Pensions and Pressures

Pensions and Pressure -  This video capture the success stories of women who have used information gathered through the Right to Information Act to fight for their basic rights like getting pensions from the social welfare department or getting toilets in the village.

Episode 3 RTI Video Series A Matter Of Rights

Central Information Commission - Watch this video to know more about the Central Information Commission (CIC). In this video former Information Commissioner, Mr Yashovardhanzad talks about the types of appeals which reach CIC and how getting information through RTI solves the problems of people.

‘Electoral Bonds don’t augur well for our democracy’

Jan 20, 2020 (Deccan Herald) Electoral bonds, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, have attracted criticism from various quarters for their opaqueness – India’s millions of ordinary voters will never know the identity of those who are donating large sums of money to the poli

Human rights group alleges “brutal, unlawful” state execution process in Changi Prison

Allegations concerning the “brutal” and “unlawful” process of execution by hanging in Changi Prison have surfaced in a statement by Malaysian human rights organisation Lawyers For Liberty.

Police inaction at JNU is complicity: CHRI calls for a judicial inquiry

Jan 09, 2019 New Delhi Denouncing the Delhi Police for its complicity in the violence unleashed at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the night of January 5, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) calls for a judicial inquiry to fully establish the perpetrators of the violence and t

Electoral bond scheme: Name those seeking secrecy of donors’ Info, CIC tells govt

Jan 07, 2019 (The Economic Times) In a landmark decision on the electoral bond scheme, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the government to divulge the names of individuals and entities who requested maintenance of confidentiality of donors’ identities and provide copi