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Sep 22, 2018 Press-releases

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative: The Big Picture on Small States, Chatham House, London

  [Address by Senator the Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Liberal senator for New South Wales and Minister for International Development an the Pacific] Thank you, thank you very much. Can I start by acknowledge my panellists, and thank Chatham House for this opportunity.

Nov 16, 2018 Press-releases

Shahidul Alam bail: CHRI welcomes court decision but urges Dhaka to facilitate his release

  New Delhi, November 16: Welcoming the decision of the Bangladesh High Court, which granted bail to international photographer and human rights defender, Shahidul Alam who has spent over 100 days in police custody, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) called upon the government o

Nov 19, 2018 Events

Concluded: Workshops on the Implementation of Access to Information Act, 2016, in Kenya

CHRI and the Katiba Institute concluded two intensive workshops on the Implementation of Access to Information (ATI) Act, 2016, in Nairobi and Nakuru Kenya this past week, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation.

Dec 20, 2017 Publications Prison Reform

Report on Proceedings - Welfare Behind Bars- Recent Developments

 "The Prison Reforms Programme of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised a one-day workshop on 18 th December at Floatel, Kolkata, West Bengal on ‘Welfare Behind Bars: Recent Developments’.

Nov 13, 2018 In-the-news Police Reform

Mumbai conviction rate: Figures tell a different story

Latest figures belie Maharashtra government’s claims of a crime conviction rate of over 55%.... However, human rights and police reforms experts said the government has not presented a real picture on the conviction rate data for some time.

Nov 13, 2018 In-the-news Police Reform

Six years and counting…

Convictions for those accused of sexual assault are steadily falling and in fact an all-time low rate was recently recorded (18.9 per cent in 2016) in this decade.

Nov 13, 2018 In-the-news Prison Reform

A common mission

CJI Gogoi [said], “I am trying to make justice accessible while acting as executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) for the last one year. I do not know how far I have succeeded.

Nov 10, 2018 Press-releases

CHRI welcomes release of Cameroon TV host, urges govt to stop using terror laws to silence journalists

  New Delhi, November 10: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today welcomed the release of popular Cameroonian TV host Mimi Mefo who was detained earlier this week on charges of “publishing and propagating information that infringes on the territorial integrity"  

Nov 10, 2018 Press-releases

CHRI calls on Cameroon government to release journalist Mimi Mefo

  New Delhi, November 10: Condemning the arrest of the Cameroonian journalist Mimi Mefo who had been reporting on alleged military killings of civilians, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called for her immediate release and demanded that the Cameroons