RTI Amendment Bill 2019: Government is trying to fix something that ain't broke?
Image courtesy: www.orissapost.com July 22, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”- is an age-old saying that has guided many a practical person, including governments.
Release all imprisoned journalists: International media rights groups tell governments
[Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attend a news conference on media freedom.
CHRI among human rights organisations petition for probe into alleged torture of Ghanian journalist
GhanaWeb | July 4 Human Rights Organisations have hinted of petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate and take necessary action in an alleged manhandling and torture of a journalist who is also the editor of an online news portal, Moder
CHRI's delivers Oral Statement at the 41st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
3 July, Geneva CHRI made an Oral Statement at the General Debate in the UN Human Rights Council's 41st Regular Session under Agenda Item 4 on 3 July 2019. This was a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council's attention.
Human Rights Groups want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Deaths of Two Youth
July 2 | Sikh Siyasat Bureau Read the full story.
Advocacy, Transparency, Challenges and Successes: CHRI's second quarterly newsletter for 2019
We bring to you the second CHRI Quarterly newsletter for 2019. In this newsletter, we share with you some good news and some bad. As always, our team remains committed to its mandate of securing human rights and access to justice for all, especially the vulnerable.
Oral statement delivered by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative at 41st Regular Session of the UNHRC
CHRI made a statement on the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the Special rapporteuR on Freedom of Assembly. The statement was made by Mr.
Women in Police
June 25 | Next IASA Model Policy on Women in Police in India was recently prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). Read the full article.
Easier Said Than Done Report for the 40th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
This Easier Said Than Done (ESTD) report is a part of the series started in 2007 to review the voting patterns of Commonwealth member states at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.