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.
Centre exposes PDP's double speak, says Mehbooba Mufti was ready to take oath as chief minister
In an RTI reply, ministry of home affairs (MHA) has released Vohra's letter to President Pranab Mukherjee informing him about his meeting with two PDP leaders –Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla and Nizam-ud-din Bhat, PDP general secretary –after the death of Mufti Mo
Maldives’ former President Mohamed Nasheed is free at last, but the future of Maldivian democracy is uncertain
By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Kai Reddy Prompted by alarming reports of human rights violations1, threats to democracy and the rule of law in the Maldives, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) mounted a fact-finding mission to the Maldives in November 2015 and will soon be rel
Abuse Of Force
There are many ways to interpret the video footage of the recent brutal police beating of protesters in Delhi. The first and most charitable version is that the police were faced with hoards of rioters bent on arson and loot and had no choice but to defend life and property as is their solemn duty.
Abuse Of Force: Outrage over police assault on students is meaningless till it leads to disciplinary action
By Maja Daruwala There are many ways to interpret the video footage of the recent brutal police beating of protesters in Delhi.
Parrikar sought opinion of Goa Governor to be given in RTI
While governments oppose in courts the disclosure of Governor's reports to the Centre, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, as Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly in 2007, had filed an RTI application seeking disclosure of state Governor's report.
Decade-old Right to Information regime
A senior Right to Information (RTI) activist has taken strong exception to the way RTI rules of state governments failing to clearly indicate in whose favour non-cash payment instruments for filing RTI applications must be drawn.
Jaipur central jail inmates to know their case through 'E-history'
In order to facilitate the prisoners of the Jaipur central jail the Rajasthan state legal services authority and jail administration in association with commonwealth human rights initiative, an NGO started E-history facility on Sunday.
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.
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.