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May 31, 2018 Multimedia Access to Information

Interview with Mr Venkatesh Nayak RTI movement INDIA (Sri Lanka)

Special Interview with Mr.

May 28, 2018 Press-releases

CHRI demands NHRC investigation, end to police excesses in Tuticorin

New Delhi, May 28, 2018 Calling for an immediate investigation by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the police firing that killed 13 protesters at the Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the continuing repressi

May 25, 2018 Publications Access to Information

Memorandum on the Ghana RTI Bill, 2018 to the Joint Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Communications

Ghana recently introduced the Right to Information Bill, 2018. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has submitted a Memorandum on the Bill to the Joint Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Communications in Ghana.

May 25, 2018 Publications Police Reform

Shabbirpur caste violence: Fact finding and Status update

Fact-finding (May 2017)  CHRI was part of a national fact-finding organised by the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) to assess the situation in the aftermath of caste violence that took place on 5th May 2017 in Shabbirpur village of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

May 24, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

The Bare Lives in Kashmir's Bountiful Gurez Need More Than a Dam, Mr PM

(thewire.in) By Wajahat Habibullah On a cold, rainy day, a contrast to Delhi’s heat and dust, I drove from Srinagar around the Wular, once Asia’s largest fresh water lake, now little more than a vast marshland, to the picturesque Bandipore across slushy potholed roads.

May 24, 2018 In-the-news Prison Reform

Time to Raise the bar

(mydigitalfc.com) By Madhurima Dhanuka The recent extradition hearings in the UK of alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla and liquor baron Vijay Mallya have highlighted the violence and overcrowding in Indian prisons.

May 16, 2018 In-the-news

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Why is Assam burning?

May 16, 2018 (Delhipostnews.com) The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 was proposed by the Government as a response to the influx of illegal immigrants from neighboring countries into India.

May 15, 2018 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Cameroon: UN Review should condemn crackdown on rights

15 May 2018 Geneva Cameroon’s human rights situation is to be reviewed at the United Nations' Human Rights Council in Geneva today, under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.

May 12, 2018 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Canada defends human rights record during UPR

May 11, 2018 Geneva During Canada’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) last week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), members of the Council urged Canada to improve its treatment of Indigenous people, in particular women and girls.

May 14, 2018 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

CHRI lauds Bangladesh for sheltering Rohingyas

(Thedailystar.net) Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has lauded Bangladesh for sheltering some 700,000 Rohingya refugees since the latest influx from Myanmar, but expressed deep concerns over growing attacks on secular bloggers and journalists.