Pellet Guns in J&K: Queries on manufacture, sale, efficacy, not in public interest says government: A CHRI report
By Venkatesh Nayak Readers will remember my despatch from September this year, describing my efforts to find out details about the sale and the efficacy of anti-riot weapons- particularly pellet guns which have caused severe injuries to hundreds of youth in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir
A CHRI Examination: Demonitisation 1978 vs 2016
By Venkatesh Nayak Readers will remember, on 8th November, 2016, the Government of India announced its decision to pull high value currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 denomination out of circulation, with immediate effect.
Union Ministers with cash in Hand? A CHRI enquiry
By Venkatesh Nayak With the exception of the Vice President of the Indian National Congress (INC) who queued up before a bank branch in Delhi to exchange a small sum of the demonetised notes for new ones, people did not see any other political leader from any other political party queueing up bef
A CHRI Intervention: Army told to disclose court martial details of 2010 Macchil encounter deaths
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the army to disclose all proceedings related to the general court martial that was constituted by it in 2013.
The Legal Aid Lifeline: A CHRI opinion
The recent escape of eight SIMI members from Bhopal Central Jail, and their subsequent deaths at the hands of local police, raise stark issues relating to persons in custody. These include the lack of access to a lawyer that could make the difference between life and death for someone in custody.
Our Prison Reform team launched two RTI-based landmark publications
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Maldives has left The Commonwealth. Our comment asks for continued monitoring
Democratic values and human rights in the Maldives have been severely compromised in recent times, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has found. In light of the country’s recent decision to leave the Commonwealth, the situation in the island nation needs closer scrutiny than ever before.
CHRI Deplores Attacks on RTI Activists
A few days ago the media reported yet another gruesome instance of murder of an RTI user in Mumbai. The Mumbai Police are said to have arrested two suspects including an ex-Corporator during their investigation of this incident.
Right To Information Activists From India and Afghanistan Exchange Ideas
Afghanistan’s Right To Information Law went into effect in December 2014. A country just emerging from nearly 40 years of war has given its citizens access to information on how their government works.
Most ministries, government departments fail to obey transparency directive: CHRI finds
Only four central ministries and eight departments have complied with a cabinet secretariat transparency directive to proactively publish monthly summary of their work, a CHRI study has found.