CHRI’s Analysis and Recommendations on the draft notification setting up the Delhi Police Complaints Authority

This note presents Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s (CHRI) analysis and recommendations on the latest draft notification constituting the Police Complaints Authority for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Respect Supreme Court ruling, exercise restraint: CHRI to Maldives

Feb 4, 2018 New Delhi,India Disturbed by reports of clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the Maldives over the country’s Supreme Court verdict freeing political prisoners, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged the government to exercise restraint, respec

South Asian groups welcome Maldives Supreme Court order to release political prisoners

Feb 02, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN ) welcome the decision by the Maldives’ Supreme Court for the release of all political prisoners.

Post Brexit, Indian Subcontinent’s New Role in the Commonwealth

(Fair Observer) By Syed Muntasir Mamun and Yashasvi Nain With Brexit on the horizon, Britain’s relationship with the Commonwealth takes on renewed importance.

It’s Important to Make India’s Police Force More Welcoming for Women

(The Wire). A gender diverse police force will be more equitable and more approachable.

Kashmir’s information warriors

(The Hindu) Where the citizen-government gap is bridged by using the RTI Act for administrative reforms April 18, 2014 is a day the shepherds around Budgam town near Srinagar will not forget.

It’s Time India’s Police Reclaimed Its Lost Time

By Basant Rath (The Wire) The 73-page report was titled ‘8 Hours Dream of Police’. Constable Ravindra Pandurang Patil of Mumbai police had, in his 17 years of service, sent the same report to successive police commissioners.