Police inaction at JNU is complicity: CHRI calls for a judicial inquiry

Jan 09, 2019 New Delhi Denouncing the Delhi Police for its complicity in the violence unleashed at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the night of January 5, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) calls for a judicial inquiry to fully establish the perpetrators of the violence and t

‘Why don’t they protest for better police force?’

Dec 22, 2019 (Deccan Herald) Reforms and delays in the justice delivery system were recurring subjects at a discussion on ‘Encounter deaths, police reforms and human rights’ organised here on Saturday by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the Karnataka State Human Rights

Dy Chairman Rajya Sabha launches CHRI publications, calls for legal awareness, media partnerships

December 17, 2019 New Delhi, India The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has called for media partnerships with civil society and stakeholders, especially vulnerable groups, to help develop legal literacy and understanding of fundamental rights.

'Encounter' killings: India must honour its pledges to the UN Human Rights Council`

Dec 18, 2019 (South Asia Monitor) By: Sanjoy Hazarika & Sarthak Roy India was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a three-year term, its fourth since the UNHRC was formed in 2006 to hold governments to account on their human rights record.

CHRI demands swift investigation of violence in Jamia Millia, AMU, Says NHRC must act 'decisively'

Dec 16, 2019 New Delhi, India The tragic set of events in South Delhi yesterday evening, marked by severe violence, demands strict action against the police personnel who were complicit in perpetrating the violence against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University.

CHRI says CAB passage without adequate dialogue, concerned about legal confrontation

 Dec 10, 2019 New Delhi, India A momentous law like the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has been rushed through the Lok Sabha and is to go to the Rajya Sabha without adequate debate and public discourse,  CHRI's India Executive Committee said today.

Close Encounters of Fatal Kind: Killing of 4 Rape-and-murder Accused in Hyde Raises Troubling Questions

Dec 10, 2019 (News 18) By: Sanjoy Hazarika  While the matter needs thorough investigation, at first glance the police version of the events has numerous gaps, to say the least, because at the very fundamental level it strains credulity.

Encounter needs robust investigation, police accountability and strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines, legal procedures: CHRI

7 December 2019 New Delhi,  India  The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the Telangana Police and state government to ensure exhaustive, impartial, and independent investigations into the police shooting of the four suspects in the Hyderabad gangrape and mur