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What's New (Archives) for the year 2008

Not shortcuts, please by Maja Daruwala, Hindustan Times, 23 December 2008.

Papua New Guinea, Corruption, and Freedom of Information by Laura Halligan, PACNEWS, 10 December 2008.

Why Every One Loves CBI ? by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Hindustan, 30 November 2008.

Commentary: Barbados Freedom of Information Bill: A great step forward by Maja Daruwala, Venkatesh Nayak and James M. Ferguson, Caribbean Net News, 24 November 2008.

No One Cares For Constabulary by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Hindustan, 23 November 2008.

People’s Police is a Dream without Political Will by Maja Daruwala, Dainik Bhaskar - Raipur, 19 November 2008.

Police Must Get Out of Political Stranglehold by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Hindustan, 16 November 2008.

More police reform required in Rajasthan by Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Nerve News, 09 November 2008.

Police must transform from force to service by Maja Daruwala, Hindustan, 09 November 2008.

When will police complaint authorities be established by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Hindustan, 09 November 2008.

How can we root it out? by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Rising Kashmir, 06 November 2008.

Police in Madhya Pradesh need drastic reform by Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, TwoCircles.Net, 02 November 2008.

Police in Madhya Pradesh need drastic reform by Maja Daruwala, The Indian News, 02 November 2008.

Where is the will to reform the police by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Hindustan, 02 November 2008.

Politicians think the police force belongs to them by Maja Daruwala, The Deccan Herald, 20 October 2008.

Good governance will help combat terror by Maja Daruwala, The Tribune, 20 October 2008.

Ineffective policing - ‘Special laws’ will not stop blasts by Maja Daruwala, The Tribune, 09 October 2008.

"Citizens Have A Right To Know" by Claire Cronin, Pacific Magazine, 27 September 2008.

"Citizens Have A Right To Know" by Claire Cronin, Newstin, 27 September 2008.

International Right to Know Day, 28 September by Claire Cronin, Matangi Tonga Online, 26 September 2008.

How Saeda Apa fuelled change by Navaz Kotwal, RTI Network - West Bengal, 18 September 2008.

Access to information can benefit the Pacific by Claire Cronin, Matangi Tonga Online, 17 September 2008.

Don’t blame the human rights defenders by Maja Daruwala, The Hindu, 14 September 2008.

Access To Information Key As Region Marks 'Day Of Democracy' by Claire Cronin, Pacific Magazine, 13 September 2008.

A functioning democracy requires an informed citizenry, by James M. Ferguson (CHRI), Royal Gazette, 06 September 2008.

It’s Mayawati’s chance to reform police by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, Times of India - Lucknow Edition, 03 August 2008.

The Right to Information and Human Rights in the Pacific by Claire Cronin, Just Change, Development Resource Centre, Wellington, July 2008.

'Cautious and narrow’ Freedom of Information Act in danger of ‘falling short’ – CHRI by James M Ferguson, Malta Independent Online, 28 July 2008.

What statistics wont tell - all that is wrong with India’s police by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, Garhwal Post, 10 July 2008.

Roadblocks in the RTI Act by Maja Daruwala and Venkatesh Nayak, NewIndPress, 08 July 2008.

The story of a little woman by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, The Tribune, 04 July 2007.

Social circumstances and judicial backlog ‘forcing’ guilty pleas by Frederick Piggott, CHRI, July 2008.

Apathy to Empathy: Reforming India’s ‘Criminal’ Justice System by Frederick Piggott, CHRI, June 2008.

Prison Modernisation: Does it bring change? by Murali Karnam, CHRI, June 2008.

What Statistics Wont Tell - All That is Wrong with India's Police by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, Boloji.Com, 29 June 2008.

The Killing of an Encounter Specialist by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, Kashmir Times, 19 June 2008.

Policing in Haryana - Internal complaint mechanisms don’t exist by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 18 June 2008.

What is the Expiry Date on an Ordinance? by Sanjay Patil, 12 June 2008.

The tell-tale of red tapism by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Etalaat, 12 June 2008.

Weak states make bad laws and kill the messenger by Maja Daruwala, The Tribune, 07 June 2008.

Is there really anything called Right to Information Act by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Rising Kashmir, 07 June 2008.

There is more to Good Administration than Statistics by Shobha Sharma & Pushkar Raj, Dainik Bhaskar, 02 June 2008.

One Year of Mayawati in Office by Shobha Sharma & Pushkar Raj, Times of India - Lucknow, May 2008.

It’s Politics As Usual With Policing by Arif Virani, CHRI, May 2008.

Police reforms in Karnataka: Time for implementation by Ebba Martesson, Deccan Herald, 20 May 2008.

What transpired between J&K Govt, Raj Bhavan? No response to query under RTI Act by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Kashmir Times, 14 May 2008.

RTI: restore full rights by Venkatesh Nayak & Sohini Paul, Deccan Herald, 06 May 2008.

Binayak Sen in solitary confinement by Murali Karnam, April 2008.

It’s just another day... by Navaz Kotwal & Maja Daruwala, The Hindu, 20 April 2008.

How Many Encounter Specialist are There in Our Police? by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Dainik Bhaskar - New Delhi, 02 April 2008.

Why this indifference towards police reforms by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Dainik Bhaskar - New Delhi, 03 March 2008.

Too important to neglect, too urgent to delay by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, Kashmir Times, 28 February 2008.

Voice to the voiceless in India by Venkatesh Nayak, Daily Star - Dhaka, 18 February 2008.

Long Way to Touch the Spirit of Police Reform by Anshuman Jha, Dainik Bhaskar, 07 February 2008.

Controversy: Trial by ordeal by R Iniyan Ilango, Daily Times-Pakistan, 30 January 2008.

Commentary: Trial by Ordeal: 2008 & International Human Rights Mechanisms by Iniyan Ilango, Caribbean Net News, 19 January 2008.

Commentary: Trial by Ordeal: 2008 & International Human Rights Mechanisms by Iniyan Ilango, Cocorioko.Net, 19 January 2008.

Illusion of police reforms - Punjab, Haryana and HP laws augur little change by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 01 January 2008