CHRI: protect journalists, minority rights, end impunity, high praise for handling of Rohingya crisis
Geneva / Delhi May 12, 2018 Bangladesh needs to show it is taking action to protect journalists and bloggers, human rights defenders, strongly defend minority rights and tackle issues arising from impunity around enforced disappearances when its human rights record comes up on for review Monda
For Haryana Police, the Holy Cow Is an Excuse for Extra-Judicial Killings
May 10, 2018 (thewire.in) Nuh (Haryana): On the wintry night of December 6, 2017, as Shareef lay on the bed in his courtyard in Salaheri village in Nuh, flashes of memory from 25 years ago kept disrupting his sleep.
CHRI: Tuvalu should adopt recommendations in UN Review
May 10, 2018 Geneva Noting that Tuvalu has declared at the Third UN Universal Periodic Review here that it had taken steps to meet international concerns raised at the last UPR to improve its human rights situation, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the country’
South Asia Media Defenders Network concerned about attack on Ghanaian journalist
May 8, 2018 Accra Expressing solidarity with local media organizations about the reported assault on Ghanaian journalist Ohemaa Sekyiwa by Hajia Fati, a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party in Ghana, the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) has also called for an independent investi
CHRI at CHOGM 2018 Event: Photos
CHRI director, Sanjoy Hazarika, on a panel on 'Reducing Pre-Trial Detention in the Commonwealth', organised by CHRI in partnership with UNODC, Penal Reforms International, OSJI, ICPR and Fair Trials Anika Holterhof of @UNODC stresses the importance of access to Legal Aid Catherine He
India: Reject death penalty for child rape cases, focus on ending impunity for sexual violence
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organizations in India Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and People’s Watch New Delhi, Paris 4 May 2018: The Indian Parliament should reject a Cabinet ordinance that would introduce the death penalt
Denial of sanction to prosecute defence personnel under J&KAFSPA: Defence Ministry and Indian Army deny they hold case-related records and procedural information
Image courtesy: https://www.indiatimes.com/ Last week, there was both good news and "not so good" news on the AFSPA front across the country.
Rajinder Sachar: A Courageous Heart
New Delhi, 22 April, 2018 Remembering the late Justice Rajinder Sachar as a relentless fighter for truth and justice, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), described him as a “generous, reflective and courageous heart and mind “.
Sanjoy Hazarika, International Director's remarks at CHRI's 30th anniversary reception at the House of Lords on 18th April
Lord Carlile, Baroness Stern, Richard Bourne, Maja Daruwala, members of the house of Commons and members of the House of Lords, distinguished colleagues and friends: Thank you for being here.
PHD Chamber Women’s Car Rally 2018: Women wheeling to power
(Hindustantimes.com) Fun coupled with adventure, TDS (Time/Speed/Distance) rally is no easy feat as it requires calculation, and puts to test car’s reliability and responsiveness, a driver’s ability and a navigator’s accuracy in interpreting specific route instructions.