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Sep 12, 2018 Press-releases

Tanzania: Open letter to States for joint action to address crackdown on civic space and prevent a further deterioration of the situation

Excellency, Ahead of the 39th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“the Council”), which will be held from 10-28 September 2018, we write to call on your delegation to deliver statements, both jointly and individually, to address the ongoing crackdown on civic space and hum

Sep 10, 2018 In-the-news

“There is a genuine issue of illegal immigration in Assam … problem is what is to be done afterwards”

Sep 10, 2018 (The times of India) The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam has excluded 40 lakh people from its final draft list.

Sep 09, 2018 Press-releases

Legal aid lawyers are human rights defenders: Justice Muralidhar CHRI national report, ‘HOPE BEHIND BARS?’ on legal aid launched

Sep 09, 2018 New Delhi, India Justice S Muralidhar, Justice of the Delhi High Court, today defined legal aid lawyers as ‘human rights defenders’, and urged them to abide by laws addressing human rights issues and not solely depend on the IPC and CrPC.

Sep 09, 2018 Events

Concluded: Launch of CHRI national report on the state of legal aid in India entitled ‘Hope Behind Bars’

Below is the transcript of the speech given by CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika at the launch: Justice A.P. Shah, former CJ of the Delhi high court and member of CHRI EC, Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar, Dr. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice Chancellor of NLU Odisha, Mr. S.S.

Sep 07, 2018 Press-releases

SC verdict is ‘call for action’ to Commonwealth Nations bound to colonial laws: CHRI

Sept 09, 2018 New Delhi, India The unanimous Indian Supreme Court judgment which ended the ban on consensual gay sex in private is a landmark verdict which is a “call to action” for all countries in the Commonwealth which still use regressive, outdated colonial law, the Commonwealt

Sep 01, 2018 Events

Concluded: Workshop on RTI for civil society representatives in Bangladesh

CommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI),NewDelhiinpartnershipwithTheHungerProject(THP),BangladeshorganisedadaylongworkshoponRTIwithcivilsocietyrepresentativesfromBangladesh.Theworkshopheldon01st September2018inDhakaandwasattendedbyaround30participants.

Jul 31, 2018 Events

Concluded: Workshop on the use of RTI in Journalism in Bangladesh

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi in partnership with The Hunger Project (THP), Bangladesh organised a day long workshop on RTI with journalists from Bangladesh.

Aug 30, 2018 Press-releases Access to Justice

CHRI calls recent Pune Police raids and arrests excessive, calls for transparency on charges

Aug 30, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today expressed deep concern on the recent raids and arrests of social and civil rights advocates, among whom are human rights activists, academics, lawyers and priests.

Aug 28, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

Bring back ballot papers, Opposition tells Election Commission

Ahead of the all-party meeting called by the Election Commission, the Congress announced its request for ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines which it had alleged were tampered. Aug 27, 2018 (hindustantimes.

Aug 21, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

Kashmir Encounter: Releasing Court Martial Details Will Cause Public Outrage, Says Army

New Delhi, India Aug 21, 2018 The Indian Army is using all available legal means to suppress the public release of documents relating to the trial that found six army personnel guilty of killing three Kashmiri civilians in the Macchil fake encounter, HuffPost India has found.