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.

Concluded event: 'UN monitoring on Sri Lanka must continue', civil society calls on Human Rights Council

  Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) was part of a panel discussion on "Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka" on 28 February at the United Nation's Palais des Nations.

IT Amendment Rules 2018: Special Procedures, Human Rights Council writes to the govt of India expressing concerns over provisions

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) would like to present to its readers a communication from the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council to the Government of India regarding the Information Technology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018 and its potential

Pulwama: CHRI calls for swift action against perpetrators, urges international bodies to hold agencies responsible

Photo: PTI New Delhi, February 18: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has expressed deep grief at the terrible terror attack in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, which took a devastating toll of lives of over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel -- one of India's major pa

CHRI calls for peaceful, free and fair elections in Nigeria

  New Delhi, February 15: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called upon all stakeholders in Nigeria to ensure that Saturday's general elections will be free, fair and peaceful.

End persecution of journalists critical of the govt, SAMDEN urges the Philippines

AFP/Ghetty Images New Delhi, February 15: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) urges authorities in the Phillipines to drop all charges against noted journalist Maria Ressa  and to respect journalists' legitimate right to report on matters of public interest including all