Diplomat Says India Detached from Gross Abuses in Maldives

The Maldives has come under the scrutiny of two international human rights organizations, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Amnesty International.

CHRI on preventing death in custody

Seven weeks after a 25-year-old inmate allegedly hanged himself in the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai, P. Ramkumar, the sole accused in the murder of Infosys techie Swathi, also allegedly committed suicide in the same prison by “pulling and biting into a live electric wire”.

CHRI urges Centre, states to effect police reforms

Highlighting lack of concrete steps taken towards police reforms, a human rights group body today urged the Centre and the state governments to take measures in this direction.

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.

CHRI Right to Information on use of pellet guns refused

Indian Ordnance Factory has refused to make public information on efficacy of the infamous anti-riot “12 Bore Pump Action Gun” used as pellet guns, saying it will adversely affect the security of the country.

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.

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.