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Oct 18, 2019 Press-releases

CHRI condemns killing of Bangladeshi student

Oct 18, 2109 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the killing of Abrar Fahad, a second year student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) who was allegedly beaten to death by leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing

Oct 18, 2019 Press-releases

Cameroon urged to expand National Dialogue Process

Oct 17 , 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland to continue using her good offices to encourage the Cameroonian authorities to adopt further confidence-building and reconciliation measures during that cou

Oct 13, 2019 Press-releases

CHRI asks Maldives to cancel revocation of civil society group license

Oct 12, 2019 New Delhi,  India Terming Maldives Government action against a prominent civil society group as “excessive and arbitrary”, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the Maldives to restore the license of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)

Oct 10, 2019 Events

Launch of Maharashtra Police Complaints Authorities: A User Guide (English, Hindi And Marathi)

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is launching the Maharashtra Police Complaints Authorities: A User Guide (English, Hindi and Marathi) on 11 October, 2019, from 2:30pm - 3:30 pm at Conference Hall, Mumbai Press Club, Glass House, Azad Maidan, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai.

Oct 03, 2019 About Us

Programme Officer, Access to Information Programme

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working for human rights across the Commonwealth.

Sep 12, 2019 Press-releases

Trafficking in Pacific will end only if Govts and CSOs work together: CHRI

Sept 12, 2019 Geneva With moving testimony about the challenges of rising human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery, civil society leaders from Fiji and Vanuatu called on governments and international stakeholders here to work with civil society in the Pacific to address the issue an

Sep 06, 2019 Press-releases

Anti-women violence: CHRI asks Ramaphosa to spell out plans

Sept 6, 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on South African authorities to take strong action within the law to stop the escalation of violence against women in that country, noting that a major nationwide strike on the issue was gathering extens

Aug 28, 2019 In-the-news Prison Reform

Physical Abuse, Electric Shocks and Torture: What a Supreme Court Ordered Study Found in Haryana Jails

The methods of torture stated in the report include verbal abuse and slapping, as well as more extreme methods such as giving electric shocks, water boarding, sleep deprivation, harm to sexual parts of the body. New Delhi, India  Aug 28, 2019 (news18.

Aug 30, 2019 Press-releases

CHRI Among 28 International Ngos Calling On The Un Hrc To Address The Human Rights Crisis In Cambodia At Its 42nd Session

  Aug 30, 2019:  CHRI and 27 international human rights organisations working within and outside Cambodia have published a letter calling on States to address the ongoing human rights crisis in Cambodia and to support a resolution ensuring strengthened scrutiny of the situation in th

Aug 29, 2019 Press-releases

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Africa Office calls for Police to be Properly Equipped to Fight Crime

Aug 29, 2019 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Africa Office condemns in the strongest possible terms the spate of attacks and killings of officers of the Ghana Police Service (GPS).