Committees to inquire into complaints against CIC: DoPT claims secrecy over the proposal and sends a copy of the RTI Act free of charge
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Important how to cover news
April 26, 2019 (DH news service) While freedom of the press is important, media personnel should follow a set of principles, Sanjoy Hazarika, Director of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), said.
OPINION | Politicians Flexing Muscles as EVMs Expose the Very Voter Privacy They Were Designed to Protect
April 22, 2019 (news18.com) By: Venkatesh Nayak “A man without a vote is a man without protection”, said Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th US President, arguably the oldest surviving democratic republic on the planet.
Nusrat killing: A spotlight on sexual violence in Bangladesh
[Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina with Nusrat Jahan Rafi's family on April 15, 2019.
NCRB releases its latest report on Prison Statistics India (PSI, 2016)
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has published the 22nd edition of the ‘Prison Statistics India, 2016’.
WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION for stakeholders in Kenya supported by the Commonwealth Foundation 14-15 Nov 2018
CHRI visited Kenya in November 2018 and conducted one national level workshop in Nairobi in collaboration with Katiba Institute with government representatives and other stakeholders on challenges to the implementation of the Access to Information Act in Kenya.
WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION for civil society representatives in Kenya supported by the Commonwealth Foundation 16 Nov 2018
CHRI visited Kenya in November 2018 and conducted a workshop with the representatives from civil society in Nakuru County, Kenya in collaboration with Katiba Institute and MidRift Human Rights Network.
Road to Release- Fourth Watch Report on Rajasthan’s Periodic Review Committees
Rajasthan's Periodic Review Committees (PRCs) or Avadhik Samiksha Samitis, established by a government order in 1979, have been pivotal in monitoring pre-trial detention in the state.
Your Guide to Using The Right to Information Act 2005 (2018)
One of the surest ways of ensuring that the RTI Act 2005 is properly implemented and serves its purpose of making the government more responsive, is for all of us to use it frequently responsibly and effectively. It is with this aim in mind that CHRI has developed this User’s Guide.
RTI Trumps Over Official Secrets – But Govt Remains Unyielding
MoneyLife | 22 March 2019 States Venkatesh Nayak, RTI research scholar and programme coordinator of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). "Several government-appointed committees including the H. D.