Rough Roads To Equality WOMEN POLICE IN MEGHALAYA

Police institutions need to be representative of the society they serve, in order to command public respect and credibility. Diversity in police organisations, besides being a value to be upheld in and of itself, is a vital attribute of effective and impartial law enforcement.

Authoritarianism and Radicalisation Undermine Maldivian Democracy: CHRI Fact-Finding Reveals

  By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Kai Reddy Prompted by alarming reports of human rights violations, threats to democracy and the rule of law in the Maldives, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) commissioned an independent fact-finding mission to the Maldives in November 2015 and

Uganda's Elections - An Experiment in Democracy

  By Kai Reddy Uganda is a country with a troubled and violent past that has steadily stabilized under the rule of President Yoweri Museveni. In 1986 Museveni usurped a leadership he has successfully held for 30 years to date and has been generally uncontested thus far.

Central Information Commission wakes up to thousands of missing case files

Have you filed an appeal under Right to Information (RTI) Act and have been waiting for years for your turn at Central Information Commission? Chances are that your file is lost and CIC has no record of it.

The 'sedition' row at JNU - the law, how it's been applied in the past, and omissions by Delhi Police

  By Venkatesh Nayak   Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where I spent a decade studying and researching history, is in the news all over again.

The Grave Need to Make Our Prisons Humane

  By Madhurima Dhanuka In 1984, a prisoner aggrieved of deplorable prison conditions at the Bangalore Central Jail sent a letter to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act

The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a Delhi high court verdict which said the court registry couldn’t be directed to collect information on how long judgements on cases remained pending under the Right to Information Act.

J&K rejects RTI plea, but Centre obliges

In a strange situation, information sought under RTI from the J&K government relating to President's rule in the state was met with a denial but the same information was disclosed by the Union home ministry.