CHRI Oral statement to High Commissioner for Human RIghts at the HRC
June 19, 2018 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Oral Update by the High Commissioner – General Debate, Oral Statement Delivered by Mr. Yashasvi Nain on behalf of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Thank you, Mr. President.
CHRI condemns recent killings in Bangladesh, demands timely investigation
New Delhi, June 5, 2018 The Commonwealth Human Right Initiative (CHRI) condemns the recent deaths of scores of suspected drug dealers in shootouts with security forces in Bangladesh.
CHRI concerned over deaths in 'shootouts'
(thedailystar.net) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has condemned the recent deaths of scores of people in so-called shootouts in Bangladesh. As many as 136 alleged drug dealers have been killed in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive in the last 21 days.
For 74 Indian activists, the punishment for seeking the truth has been death
(www.businessinsider.in) 68 Right to Information (RTI) activists have been killed since 2005, while 6 have committed suicide, according to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.There is no law to protect activists or to prevent their personal details from falling into the wrong hands.
CHRI demands NHRC investigation, end to police excesses in Tuticorin
New Delhi, May 28, 2018 Calling for an immediate investigation by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the police firing that killed 13 protesters at the Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the continuing repressi
Memorandum on the Ghana RTI Bill, 2018 to the Joint Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Communications
Ghana recently introduced the Right to Information Bill, 2018. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has submitted a Memorandum on the Bill to the Joint Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Communications in Ghana.
Press briefing on Status Update : Shabbirpur Caste Violence, Lucknow, 19th May 2018
From Left to Right: Mr. Harish Chandra, Retd IAS, Former Secretary to Govt of India, Dr. P S Krishnan, Retd IAS, Former Secretary to Govt of India, Ms. Devyani Srivastava, Senior Programme Officer, CHRI, Mr. S.R.
Africa leg aid report urges prosecution of former Gambian dictator
May 20, 2018 (Modernghana.
CHRI at CHOGM 2018
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has long been a major target of CHRI’s advocacy work for the upholding of Commonwealth States’ human rights commitments. This CHOGM, in London in April 2018 was special for CHRI.