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Jan 31, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

CHRI: Manipur killing is 'obstruction of justice', calls for investigation of nexus

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T. Herojit Singh's admission that he shot and killed Sanjit Meitei, an unarmed suspected member of an anti-State group, on the alleged instructions of a senior police officer.

Jan 31, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

CHRI demands prompt inquiry into ‘police-politician nexus’ in Sanjit killing

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI has viewed with deep concern the admission made by Manipur Police head constable Thounaojam Herojit Singh on January 25 to the media on the alleged fake encounter which took place in July 2009.

Feb 01, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Imphal fake encounter: CHRI seeks probe in police-politician nexus

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has termed the 2009 fake encounter of Sanjit Meitei, a suspected member of the PLA, in Imphal as an “obstruction of justice” and called for investigation of the “senior police officers and any higher authority, bureaucrat or politicia

Feb 01, 2016 Blog

ACCESS TO LEGAL AID: THE ELUSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT

Equality before the law demands that those who cannot afford to engage a lawyer, for reasons of impoverishment, should be provided legal representation by the state, at its cost.

Jan 30, 2016 Press-releases

CHRI: Manipur killing is ‘obstruction of justice’, calls for investigation of nexus

Press Statement New Delhi 30 January 2016 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T.

Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Delhi top cop attracts rebuke: Wants to brutally beat criminals & shoot alleged rapists on spot

Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi said that the police was nowadays “committed to human rights” but bemoaned that the 1960s and 1970s were a bygone era in which criminals still feared the police, reported the New Indian Express.

Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Human rights group picks on Bassi’s comment on ‘shooting rapists’

Taking exception to the comments of Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi where he had expressed his willingness to 'shoot' a rapist if the Constitution allows him, Commonwealth Human Rights Intiative (CHRI), an international non-governmental organisation, working to ensure the realisation of

Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

CHRI expresses concern over Delhi Police chief's comments to 'shoot or hang perpetrators'

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is deeply perturbed by the comments of the Delhi Police Commissioner, BS Bassi at the police's annual press conference on 4 January 2016, that Delhi Police personnel would "shoot or hang" perpetrators of crimes against women on the spot,

Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Shoot or hang rapists: BS Bassi’s remark sparks protest

Concerned over Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi’s recent statement about “shooting or hanging” the perpetrators of crime against women, a Human Rights organisation today said that police are not meant to judge and punish but to uphold the law.

Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Rape comment: Rights group flays Bassi

Police commissioner O J Bassi got here beneath flak from a world human rights group for his remark through the annual press convention on Tuesday during which he stated the division is prepared to kill rapists if the Constitution permits it.