Manjula Shetye and the Horrific State of Indian Prisons
Following the death of Manjula Shetye in Mumbai's Byculla Prison and allegations of special facilities being provided by prison administration to AIADMK's V Sasikala in Bengaluru, the inequality within and poor state of India's prisons has come to the fore once again.
Make transparency a patriotic duty
Soon after the GST regime was rolled out, the Hon’ble Prime Minister announced that the Registrars of Companies (RoC) had struck 100,000 shell companies off their rolls.
Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur event: Photos
Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi in collaboration with National Constitution Club (NCC), Thalassery organised a Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur, Kerala on 16th July 2017. Shri.
50% of AFSPA-related human rights complaints are from J&K, monetary relief recommended in 3% cases- RTI data from MHA for 2012-16 (upto January)
July 14, 2017 By:Venkatesh Nayak Last week, the media reported on the likelihood of The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) being withdrawn from certain parts of Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining parts of Assam.
"[In Today's Time], The Best Way To Prevent Someone Refusing To Withdraw A RTI Is To Murder Them."
" The Government of India wants to amend the 2012 RTI Rules (Hindi version) Watch this video to understand how dangerous some of these proposed rules are.
In an RTI reply, CRPF says, the death of 25 personnel in the April 2017 ambush at Sukma, Chhattisgarh was not a violation of their human rights
June 20, 2017 By:Venkatesh Nayak Readers will recollect the dastardly attack on CRPF personnel that occurred in Chhattisgarh on 24 April, 2017.
A Brown Bag lunch with Mr. Kishore Bhargava
June 12, 2017 New Delhi The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) hosted an energetic discussion with Mr. Kishore Bhargava, CEO of Linkaxis Technologies and member of the Governing Board of the Society for Development Communications today.
All talk, little information
An assessment of relevant data recorded in the CIC’s annual reports of top government departments was conducted by Venkatesh Nayak and John Mascrinaus of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international not-for-profit organisation, for Frontline in early May.
$235 will help me come home
Thirty two year old Adams Benson Oladetan, a Nigerian national continues to remain incarcerated in Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata, India well past the official date of his release for lack of funds to return to his home country, Nigeria.