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Jan 21, 2019 In-the-news Prison Reform

How a jailed schizophrenic inspired prison reform in India

Ozy | January 21, 2019 Roy Varghese refused to be called by his name. Instead, he asked fellow inmates in ward No. 10 of India’s Jaipur Central Jail, where he was serving a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, to call him Hitler Baba Khan.

Jan 21, 2019 In-the-news

3,908 foreigners in prisons across India

DNA | January 21, 2019 As many as 871 foreign nationals are languishing in prisons across India for want of confirmation of their nationality. Only 222 out of the 3,908 foreign nationals in jail have received consular access.

Jan 14, 2019 In-the-news

CAB likely to strike down BJP’s prospect

BJP and its ruling coalition partners would have to pay heavy price in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls if what the experts dealing with the north eastern affairs say are any indication.

Jan 14, 2019 In-the-news Access to Information

Migrant workers and their misery

Photo:;Nashirul Islam/Dhaka Tribune Dhaka Tribune,;January 13, 2019 Recent Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) intervention and research of proceedings in parliament has revealed that between 2012 and mid-2018 more than 24,570 Indian Workers died in these Gulf countries.

Jan 02, 2019 Press-releases

Probe allegations of rigging, intimidation: CHRI urges Bangladesh

  New Delhi, January 2: A prominent international civil society group today called on the newly-elected government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed in Bangladesh to investigate allegations of vote rigging and intimidation in the recent elections.

In-the-news Access to Justice

GBA must spearhead the formation and enforcement of Paralegal Act

Dec 31, 2018 || News Ghana The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Report on “Turn-around Time in Criminal Justice Administration in Ghana” has recommended that the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) leads discussions on enacting and enforcing a Paralegal Act in Ghana.

Dec 13, 2018 Publications Prison Reform

JAIL MAIL: Human Rights Day 2018 -Prison Reforms: “Has anything changed on the ground?”

On the 70th Human Rights Day, celebrated to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), CHRI  reviewed the critical issues which were deliberated on during the last six years in the 'Re Inhuman Conditions in 1382 jails' of this case.

Dec 07, 2018 Press-releases

Launch of landmark ‘Roadmap’ to end contemporary slavery in the Commonwealth by 2025

7th December 2018 At April’s Commonwealth Summit, a firm commitment was made to “eradicating forced labour, ending modern slavery and human trafficking, and securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour in all its forms by 2025.

Dec 06, 2018 Press-releases

SAMDEN calls upon Manipur CM to release journalist and withdraw defamation suit

(Express file photo) To, Mr. N.