CHRI Expresses Concern Over Delhi Police Chief’s Comments to ‘shoot or hang perpetrators' Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Press Statement, 6 January, 2016
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is deeply perturbed by the comments of the Delhi Police Commissioner in which he said, at the police’s annual press conference on 4 December 2016, that Delhi Police personnel would “shoot or hang” perpetrators of crimes against women on the
Launch of the Roundtable special issue on Freedom of Information in the Commonwealth
LAUNCH FUNCTION FOR THE ROUND TABLE SPECIAL ISSUE ON ‘FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH’ 21 December 2015, 4.00-6.
RTI activists see red over SIC’s ban on postal order
The State Information Commission’s (SIC) order that Indian Postal Orders (IPO) are not a valid mode of payment for submitting Right to Information applications has irked RTI activists.
Of 12,872 Plaints Against Delhi Police Personnel, Only 35 Turned FIRs
Just 35 complaints received in 2014 against Delhi Police personnel transformed into FIRs out of the total of 12,872, with chargesheet being filed against nine of them so far, a report on Delhi law & order revealed.
Outer Delhi takes ‘heinous’ spot on crime map: Study
Most cases of heinous crimes were reported from outer Delhi in 2014 while it came a close second, after south, on rape and molestation, according to a crime-mapping study released by a human rights NGO on Tuesday.
Numbers paint a grim picture of rape Capital
If statistics are anything to go by, a host of steps to ensure women’s safety since the gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapist exactly three years ago have failed to bring about the desired changes in the national Capital.
Bureaucracy is stumbling block on road to accountable governance: Kerala SIC rejects use of IPOs to pay RTI fees
The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement about transparency in the banking sector announced on December 16, expressed its concerns about the manner in which many Public Information Officers reject people’s requests for information under The Right to I
Will the Commonwealth finally step up in Sri Lanka?
The 2015 edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which was held in Malta from November 27 to 29, marked the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth’s reincarnation as an intergovernmental association.
Police turn a blind eye to their own men
What are the chances that your complaint against a Delhi Police personal would translate into a FIR? Less than 0.3 per cent if you complained against a policeman last year, says a study by some NGOs.
Virtual tool to understand policing
NGO NAGAR released a booklet listing all the important police, railway, traffic and other ancillary helplines.