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.
AFSPA’s Potential for abuse: What writers of the Constitution say
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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.
India’s Sedition Law: Keeping it to its Limits
09 Sept, 2016 By Yashasvi Nain and Devika Prasad The Supreme Court’s latest order, on September 5, should be seen as the last word on sedition cases.
Activists oppose Mumbai's new security bill
Mumbai: India's Maharashtra state plans to introduce its own security law to check terrorism, insurgency, caste-related violence and sectarianism in an area that includes Mumbai, the nation’s commercial hub, but many rights activists question the move.
CHRI and PRW question the Maha Govt need for new proposed security legislation
Bilkulonline.com,Mumbai,Aug26:TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)andPoliceReformsWatchseriouslyquestionboththenecessityandthejustificationforanothernewinternalsecuritylawasproposedbytheMaharashtragovernment’sProtectionofInternalSecurityBill2016.
Govt. U-turn on internal security Bill, to seek consensus
Facing criticism that the proposed new internal security legislation could undermine democratic freedoms, the Maharashtra government on Friday decided to withdraw the draft, posted on its official website, and evolve a political consensus before placing it for Cabinet approval.
Following wide protests, Bill proposing sweeping surveillance powers to state, cops in Maharashtra withdrawn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
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