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

Concluded event: SAMDEN's second convening on journalism and "The Perils of the Internet" in New Delhi

  The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) conducted its second convening on March 2, 2019 -- with prominent journalists, lawyers and IT experts/activists from across India in attendance.

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

Access to public information an uphill struggle in Kenya despite law

Photo: NMG According to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), a lobby which has been at the forefront of helping Commonwealth countries in coming up with ATI laws as well as overseeing its implementation, indicates that by 2010, more than 85 countries in the world had this law.

Illuminating Government’s Dusty Corners: CHRI and the Right to Information

  Venkatesh Nayak, coordinator of the Access to Information-team at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has spent a career illuminating bureaucracy’s dusty corners.