Two more RTI activists murdered; no end seen to this sordid saga
20 March 2018: Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist and youth leader of Nagaland, Poipynhun Majaw was killed in the State’s coal belt in the Jantia Hills district.
CHRI's first annual lecture on human rights,"The State of Human Rights and the Limits of Jurisprudence" By Justice Madan B.Lokur
SAMDEN: 'alarming pattern' in attacks on media, says ‘impunity recognizes no borders’
March 29, 2018 New Delhi, India Declaring that ‘impunity recognizes no boundaries’, 20 prominent editors and media figures from a media rights network across South Asia, including India, Bangladesh and Pakistan today slammed the recent killings of journalists in India and Pakistan
'Festival of Commonwealth Films- Human Rights' at CHOGM
A CHOGM first, the Festival of Commonwealth Films- Human Rights is being organised by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation.
States will benefit from an independent PCA
(Hindustan Times) By:Pavani Nagaraja An independent Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is being constituted for Delhi to inquire into complaints by the public against the police.
Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew appointed as Chair of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in London.
Lord Carlile has been appointed Chair of CHRI's regional office for the Western Hemisphere, with effect from 15th March 2018, at a key moment for the Commonwealth. Lord Carlile, appointed a Life Peer in 1999, now sits as a member of the United Kingdom’s upper chamber.
As Number of Murdered RTI Activists Rises to 67, It Is the Modi Government That Needs to 'Act Rightly'
Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.
CHRI’s second film festival: Special focus on Pacific
New Delhi, India March 9, 2018 The second edition of the “Matter of Right (s)” film festival organised by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will be on March 13 and 14, 2018, in New Delhi.
Broken ties: In custody`
March 09, 2018 By Madhurima Dhanuka For two years I received messages from Angeline every day. Some would be good morning messages, some would be about her family, sometimes pictures of her grandson.
The police force needs to include more women to make policing more effective
(Hindustan Times) The police is one of the most important institutions in any society, and must be representative of the society that it is tasked with protecting. Data from the Bureau of Police Research and Development has revealed that women account for only 7.28% of all police personnel.