Stranded African footballer thanks CHRI for his return home
Twenty-two-year-old African footballer, Yinkita Kone, was stranded for three years in India, unable to buy a ticket to return to his native land. He was apprehended by officials for visa overstay in Kolkata.
Crowd funding helps African footballer go home
Kolkata, India Oct 4, 2017 A unique crowd funding initiative enabled a 22-year-old footballer from the Ivory Coast to return home. Yinkita Kone was stranded for three years in India, unable to buy a ticket to return to his native land.
Seminar on beyond prison walls - conversation on prisoners' rights
Tihar Prisons in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi organised a one-day seminar on 23 September 2017 at NDMC Convention Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi to discuss issues concerning
CHRI Director joins media protest against Shantanu Bhowmik murder
New Delhi, Sep 23, 2017 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Director Sanjoy Hazarika took part in a public gathering of journalists at the Press club of India on Sept 22,2017, to express grief and sympathy with Shantanu Bhowmik, the Tripura Television reporter, who was killed by a mob
Killing of journalist Shantanu Bhowmik in Tripura condemned by media rights group
New Delhi Sep 21 2017 The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) condemns the killing of journalist Shantanu Bhowmik, in Mandai in Tripura, saying that the issue goes beyond media freedom and involves the right to life.
CHRI draws attention to serious rights violation by Australia, Cameroon
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has filed two submissions to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), drawing their attention to serious and persistent violation of the Commonwealth’s fundamental political values and UN Treaty Body obligations by its member states
CHRI expresses concern at encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh, seeks strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines
New Delhi, Sep 19, 2017 Expressing deep concern at the seeming regularity of encounters in UP, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) draws the attention of the UP state government to Supreme Court and NHRC guidelines, referring to the spate of “encounter deaths” of allege
CHRI director interacts with Global Youth
CHRI Director Sanjoy Hazarika gave an inaugural address at an event organized by Global Youth, an apolitical, not-for-profit organization looking to empower youth ambassadors for a global generation, on Sep 19, 2017.
Commonwealth Small States highlight challenges, calls for support from the community
Geneva, Sep. 12, 2017 Leading Small States of the Commonwealth today called for a more inclusive approach to human rights in the UN Human Rights Council that reflected their concerns, development interests and priorities.
Commonwealth Secretariat, CHRI to hold panel discussion on ‘Ending modern slavery’ in Geneva
The Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, in partnership with the governments of Australia and the UK, will hold a panel discussion on "Ending Modern Day Slavery - Achieving Goal 8.