The RTI law turns 11: A CHRI Perspective in the Media
October 12, 2016, marked the 11th anniversary of the Right To Information law in India. The strength of the law is impressive enough that it has been ranked among the top five in the world.
Jail mail - Revisiting Reforms Through Under Trial Review Committees
“Prison reforms have been the subject matter of discussion and decisions rendered by this Court from time to time …Unfortunately, it seems that the views of this Court over the 50 years (since Prabhakar Pandurang Sangzgiri in 1966) have continuously fallen on deaf ears and the situation
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.
EPIC- Evaluation of Prisoner Information and Cases
Under-trial prisoners constitute a significant majority of the prison population in India.However, in a huge number of cases, pre-trial detention is avoidable and unnecessary. There exist several provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (Cr.P.C.
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.
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.