CHRI calls recent Pune Police raids and arrests excessive, calls for transparency on charges
Aug 30, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today expressed deep concern on the recent raids and arrests of social and civil rights advocates, among whom are human rights activists, academics, lawyers and priests.
Bring back ballot papers, Opposition tells Election Commission
Ahead of the all-party meeting called by the Election Commission, the Congress announced its request for ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines which it had alleged were tampered. Aug 27, 2018 (hindustantimes.
Kashmir Encounter: Releasing Court Martial Details Will Cause Public Outrage, Says Army
New Delhi, India Aug 21, 2018 The Indian Army is using all available legal means to suppress the public release of documents relating to the trial that found six army personnel guilty of killing three Kashmiri civilians in the Macchil fake encounter, HuffPost India has found.
SBI admits, CPIO goofed up with Electoral Bond sale data, refuses to divulge details of donors and recipient political parties under RTI
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CHRI condemns the alleged torture of Talib Hussain, urges immediate release from custody
Aug 10 , 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) strongly condemns the alleged custodial torture of Talib Hussain, a lawyer and social activist, in Samba police station (Jammu) and urges his immediate release from police custody. Mr.
Right to Information: Concern grows over proposed changes to law
Aug 08, 2018 (aljazeera.com) As government tries to amend act which allows citizens to seek official data, RTI hailed as 'one of the best laws'.
NRC: Governments must show wisdom and statesmanship
Aug 05, 2018 (The Economic Times) By Sanjoy Hazarika There has been illegal or informal migration from Bangladesh into India — or for that matter to other countries of the region and elsewhere in the world. That’s not disputed, at least in this country.
RTI reveals Advisory Board under J&K Public Safety Act spent 75% of its budget upholding detention orders which J&K High Court quashed later on
Image courtesy: http://www.elections.in Aug 02, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak & Dr. Shaikh Ghulam Rasool Readers may recall recent media reports about the latest amendment made to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (J&KPSA) by H. E.
Untangling the knot of citizenship
July 31, 2018 (tribuneindia.com) By Sanjoy Hazarika Assam is tense; internet services have been suspended and security forces on standby with the final draft list of the controversial NRC out.