What's New (Archives) for the year 2007

CMAG has important duty towards Pakistani people by Iniyan Ilango, The Statesman, 27 December 2007.

To be or not to be: Commonwealth and Pakistan by Iniyan Ilango, The Financial Express, 27 December 2007.

CMAG and Pakistan by Iniyan Ilango, The Daily Star, 27 December 2007.

Commentary: To be or not to be: The Commonwealth and Pakistan by Iniyan Ilango, Caribbean Net News, 26 December 2007.

Corruption In Tonga: Is Right To Information The Way Forward by Claire Cronin, Pacific Magazine, 09 December 2007.

The professor must tell Gujarat’s Muslims... Peace with honour? Or peace of the grave? by Maja Daruwala, Indian Express, 06 December 2007.

Taking shelter under RTI - Transparency makes slow but sure progress by Venkatesh Nayak, The Tribune, 02 December 2007.

Raj Bhawan, Govt differ on RTI provisions by Muzaffar Bhat, Kashmir Times, 01 December 2007.

Commentary: The Universal Periodical Review: Time to occupy the space allocated to civil society by Arnaud Chaltin, Caribbean Net News, 20 November 2007.

Know the right by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Etalaat, 10 November 2007.

Orders issued in office must be implemented on ground by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Greater Kashmir, 09 November 2007.

Civil society's demarcated interaction within the Commonwealth by Arnaud Chaltin, Ansa-Africa.Net, 09 November 2007.

Tracing the Line: Civil Society’s Demarcated Interaction within the Commonwealth by Arnaud Chaltin, Pambazuka News, 07 November 2007.

Commentary: Tracing the line: Civil society's demarcated interaction within the Commonwealth by Arnaud Chaltin, Caribbean Net News, 06 November 2007.

Tracing the Line: Civil Society`s Demarcated Interaction within the Commonwealth by Arnaud Chaltin, Accra Daily Mail, 06 November 2007.

Culture of encounters - Time to fix accountability on the police by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 06 November 2007.

Crime in Uniform by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Jansatta, 06 November 2007.

Use your right under RTI by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Greater Kashmir, 05 November 2007.

RTI Act and our responsibility by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Etalaat, 05 November 2007.

Controlling the Police- Models in the Commonwealth published by the International Police Executive Symposium in their Working Paper Series- October 2007.

RTI Act and custodial disappearances by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Etalaat, 25 October 2007.

Imperative of police reforms- It holds the key to good governance by Maja Daruwala, The Tribune, 21 October 2007.

We have right to be well informed by Maja Daruwala & Venkatesh Nayak, Daily Excelsior, 20 October 2007.

Right to Information by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Etalaat, 20 October 2007.

Don't convene meetings during timings meant for public by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Greater Kashmir, 04 October 2007.

Global: Commonwealth Ministers meet - a real opportunity or more rhetoric by Maja Daruwala, Pambazuka News, 03 October 2007.

Commonwealth Ministers Meet - a real opportunity or more rhetoric? by Maja Daruwala, 02 October 2007.

RTI, the most precious right by Venkatesh Nayak and Reshmi Mitra, The Tribune, 30 September 2007.

Commonwealth Ministers Meet - a real opportunity or more rhetoric? by Maja Daruwala, Stabroek News, 29 September 2007.

Commonwealth Ministers Meet: Real Opportunity or More Rhetoric by Maja Daruwala, Accra Daily Mail, 28 September 2007.

Commentary: Commonwealth ministers meet - a real opportunity or more rhetoric? by Maja Daruwala, Caribbean Net News, 28 September 2007.

Ghana: Commonwealth Ministers Meet - Real Opportunity or More Rhetoric by Maja Daruwala, AllAfrica.Com, 28 September 2007.

Human rights at Commonwealth summits by Richard Bourne, The Daily Star, 26 September 2007.

Prisoner’s dignity? That’s a joke, The Indian Express, 25 September 2007.

Human rights at Commonwealth summits by Richard Bourne, First director of CHRI, Dhivehi Observer, 25 September 2007.

Human rights at Commonwealth summits by Richard Bourne, First director of CHRI, Caribbean Net News, 25 September 2007.

Human rights at Commonwealth summits by Richard Bourne, First director of CHRI, Accra Daily Mail, 25 September 2007.

Human rights at Commonwealth summits by Richard Bourne, First director of CHRI, AllAfrica.Com, 24 September 2007.

The Commonwealth and Human Rights: Progress and Setbacks since 2000 by Rt Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General on CHRI’s 20th Anniversary, 14 September 2007.

The Ujjai Shocker by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 09 September 2006.

Policing the bribe by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 05 September 2007.

CHRI Chair honoured - Sam Okudzeto, Chairperson of the International Advisory Commission of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative was awarded The Order of the Volta (Member Division) by the President of Ghana, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufour, at a public ceremony on July 6, 2007 for distinguished service to the nation. Uncle Sam, as he is universally and affectionately called, is well known for his outspoken nature on national issues, and richly deserves this award.

RTI Act in J&K by Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Greater Kashmir, 29 August 2007.

Whose Police Is It? by Shobha Sharma, Indian Voter, August 2007.

Cases missing from police files by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 11 August 2007.

The reality of right to information by Navaz Kotwal, The Hindu, 06 August 2007.

Guaranteed jobs or guaranteed corruption? by Maja Daruwala, The Statesman, 01 August 2007.

Fake encounters and the Indian state by K.S. Dhillon, The Hindu, 08 July 2007.

Death sentences without convictions by Murali Karnam, The Indian Express, 03 July 2007.

HELP US TO HELP YOU: The need to empower us all through the right to information by Alison Ryan and Cecelia Burgman, Solomon Star & Samoa Observer, 29 June 2007.

CAT Twenty Years On: Basic Protection Against Torture Still a Long Way Off, Media release from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 25 June 2007.

Another Missed Opportunity? The UN Human Rights Council holds its Fifth Session on 11-18 June 2007, Media Release from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 12 June 2007.

Beasts in uniform- Make policemen accountable for every wrongdoing by Navaz Kotwal, The Tribune, 24 June 2007.

Security at what price? by Tessa Boyd Caine and Arnaud Chaltin, Jamaica Observer, 23 June 2007.

Implement RTI in J&K by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Kashmir Times, May 2007.

A Law to Legalise the Illegal by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 30 May 2007.

RTI Act in J&K: Ignorance is bliss, stonewalling at every level by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Kashmir Times, 22 May 2007.

An informed citizenry is a condition precedent on democracy by Venkatesh Nayak, Good Governance, May-June 2007.

Newsrack.in is a research site to keep an e-track of various issues emerging in the media by monitoring electronic versions of various newspapers (and other sources with RSS feeds). Thanks for Dr.Subramanya Sastry who has devoted part of his energies to find solutions for the civil society in India.

Foreign contribution Bill not in NGOs’ interest by Maja Daruwala and Aditi Datta, The Tribune, 29 April 2007.

Injuries as visible as police misconduct – Dead body of suspect discovered floating in Male harbour, Media release from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 17 April 2007.

Stalled police reforms by Rajan Kumar, 17 April 2007.

Right to information in South Asia by Reshmi Mitra and Zahid Abdullah, 26 March 2007.

Missing – the Model Police Bill by Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 21 March 2007.

RTI changes the life in a village by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, The Tribune, 21 January 2007.

RTI in J&K: A distant dream! by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Kashmir Times, 08 January 2007.