SAMDEN expresses solidarity with the Shillong Times

Photo credit: Facebook New Delhi, March 15: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) expresses relief at the Supreme Court of India’s decision to stay a contempt of court order issued by the Meghalaya High Court against its member, Patricia Mukhim, the editor of The Shillon

Statement at the UN Human Rights Council by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu for CHRI

  Geneva: Leading Civil Social Organisations (CSOs) from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu made a rare appearance at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and called on their governments to abide by their national and international commitments to rule of law, citizens ri

Find out about CHRI's International Advocacy Programme work at the Human Rights Council in Geneva [2019]

  This year at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is collaborating with activists from the Pacific nations of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu to bring to the fore human rights issues in their countries.

As Tanzanian paper resumes publishing, CHRI places weight behind The Citizen

  New Delhi, March 13: The independent Tanzanian news organisation ‘The Citizen’, which resumed operations after a seven-day government-imposed ban, today received support from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the South Asia Media Defenders Network (S

CHRI among over 50 human rights groups calling for immediate release of female Saudi rights defenders

  Over 50 interantional human rights groups have come together to seek the release of female human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia who have been detained for peacefully campaigning against gender discrimination in their country, focusing on issues such as women's right to drive and

CHRI's Audit of Delhi Police's All Woman Police Control Vans

On 9 September 2016, the Delhi Police rolled out a pilot project to operate five All Women Police Control Room (AWPCR) vans in Delhi.

CHRI: UK decision to revoke citizenship of ‘ISIS bride’ violates national law, international obligations

Photo: BBC/Screengrab New Delhi, March 7: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) expresses grave concern over the decision of the UK Government to revoke the citizenship of Shamima Begum, described in media reports as an ‘ISIS bride’, saying the decision by Home Sec

Activists Criticise Rahul's Defence of Parties Not Complying With RTI

  February 28 | The Wire Venkatesh Nayak of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative termed Gandhi’s statement “half-hearted and ill-informed”.

State PCA a big let-down, fails to meet its objectives

Photo: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times Following the 1857 revolution and its unsettling impact on the colonial rulers, in 1861 the British established the police as an organised institution in India, not to serve the people but to protect, perpetuate and consolidate their oppressive rule in the