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Sep 22, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

Ten Years and waiting: A wasted initiative on Police reform

Maja Daruwala, director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, laments the wasted opportunity of the Prakash Singh judgment, passed 10 years go today by the Supreme Court.

Sep 20, 2016 Events

Ten Years Since Supreme Court Verdict on Police Reform

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in partnership with Indian Police Foundation is organising a conference to mark 'Ten Years of the Supreme Court Verdict on Police Reforms' on 23rd September, 2016 at Mavalankar Auditorium, Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg (Behind Reserve Bank of

Sep 19, 2016 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

CHRI, in a report, draws attention to dire situation in the Maldives

This submission from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) draws attention to serious failures of the Maldives government to make progress on priority areas identified by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in February 2016.

Sep 15, 2016 Publications Access to Information

CHRI revives monthly RTI news digest

This digest of Right to Information (RTI) related news stories across South Asia is a Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) effort to present a monthly compilation of online media coverage on use of public information in the region.

Sep 14, 2016 Blog

Security forces raid the Maldives Independent: A CHRI perspective

Posters calling for the freedom of the exiled former president of the Maldives can still be seen in the capital.

Sep 13, 2016 In-the-news Access to Information

CHRI Examines AFSPA'S Potential for Abuse

                                                   At a time when demands are being raised from across the country to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

Sep 09, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

Capital Cop-out: CHRI comments on Delhi crime

Delhi accounts for 25 per cent of the crime — 670,000 plus criminal cases in 2015, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — reported from the 53 mega cities in India. The city beat its own record of the previous year by three per cent.

Aug 27, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

CHRI and PRW question the Maha Govt need for new proposed security legislation

Bilkulonline.com,Mumbai,Aug26:TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)andPoliceReformsWatchseriouslyquestionboththenecessityandthejustificationforanothernewinternalsecuritylawasproposedbytheMaharashtragovernment’sProtectionofInternalSecurityBill2016.

Aug 26, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

Following wide protests, Bill proposing sweeping surveillance powers to state, cops in Maharashtra withdrawn

Following wide protests and public pressure, including by two civil rights organizations, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch (PRW),  a new internal security law in Maharashtra – Protection of Internal Security Bill 2016, seeking to give sweeping powers to

Aug 26, 2016 Press-releases

CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation

CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation  Press Statement, 26 August 2016  The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch seriously question both the necessity and the justification for another new internal security law as propose