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Aug 26, 2020 Press-releases

North East India's oldest broadsheet is victim of pandemic, SAMDEN urges need to ensure no other extraneous factors barring health in closure

Aug 25, 2020 New Delhi,India Last week, COVID-19 claimed an unlikely victim: The Shillong Times, North East India’s oldest broadsheet newspaper, was ordered by the Government of Meghalaya, under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Meghalaya Epidemic Diseases, Regulations 2020, to clo

Aug 16, 2020 Press-releases

Prashant Bhushan case reflects state of free speech in India: CHRI

Aug 16, 2020 New Delhi, India The Supreme Court verdict slamming senior lawyer and human rights advocate Prashant Bhushan's critical tweets of it is “a sign of the current deterioration in the state of free speech in the country,” the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)

Aug 13, 2020 In-the-news

Explained: Who is Assamese? A proposed definition, and several questions

Aug 13, 2020 Indian Express Sanjoy Hazarika, CHRI's International Director, is quoted in this Indian Express piece which explains the challenges and controversy over issue of the Assamese identity and how it is linked to the larger question of citizenship and residency The question, 

Aug 10, 2020 Press-releases

Foreign prisoners at risk, enquire into death of Ugandan national in Tihar: CHRI

  New Delhi, August 9, 2020 – Calling on state governments, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to work closely with diplomatic missions in ensuring the safety and well-being of foreign national prisoners, the Commonwealth Human Rights Ini

Aug 06, 2020 Press-releases

SAMDEN: Sierra Leone repeal of defamation law shows govts can create safe media environment

New Delhi/Kathmandu/Dhaka/Colombo/Boston, August 6, 2020 – The recent repeal of Sierra Leone’s infamous criminal defamation law marks a major victory for media freedom, even as many journalists continue to be harassed, intimidated and detained for critical COVID-19 reporting, the South A

Jul 30, 2020 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Eradicating Modern Slavery: An assessment of Commonwealth governments' progress on achieving SDG Target 8.7

    1 in every 150 people in the Commonwealth are living in modern slavery.     This publication highlights Commonwealth government action and inaction to tackle contemporary forms of slavery.

Aug 05, 2020 Press-releases

Constitutional Process key to Political Transition in Guyana – CHRI

New Delhi, August 5, 2020 – The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said today that upholding of the Constitutional process helped Guyana in its political transition, ending a long dispute over the result of the general elections.

Jul 30, 2020 Press-releases

Commonwealth 8.7 Network Statement: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

July 30, 2020 This World Day Against Trafficking in Persons marks the seventh day of its kind. Human trafficking, a widespread violation of the most basic human rights, touches communities the world over. There are approximately 40.

Jul 30, 2020 Press-releases

Commonwealth countries must act urgently to meet modern slavery targets

July 30,2020 New Delhi/London/Perth Commonwealth countries have made little progress towards their commitment to eradicate modern slavery by 2030, despite an estimated 1 in every 150 people in the Commonwealth living in conditions of modern slavery.

Jul 23, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

Report of the National Consultation on Prisons: Ensuring an Effective Response to COVID-19

Madhya Pradesh Prisons and Correctional Services and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) jointly organised the National Consultation on Prisons: Ensuring an Effective Response to COVID-19 on the 20th of June, 2020.