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Jun 28, 2017 Press-releases

Byculla jail killing represents collapse of institutions: CHRI demands National Commission to review prisons

June 28, 2017 New Delhi, The alleged beating and torturous death of 40-year-old Manjula Shetye in Mumbai’s Byculla Jail on Monday, 23rd June, is a stunning indictment of the internal rot and impunity that characterizes India's penal system.

Jun 25, 2017 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

‘India’s backing of human rights at UNHRC not consistent’

A new analysis of voting during a decade at the UN Human Rights Council suggests that India did not consistently support issues such as civil and political rights including the death penalty, reprisals, defamation of religions, torture, drones, and the right to peace and peaceful protests.

Jun 23, 2017 In-the-news Prison Reform

A Massive Human Rights Violation Is Denying Justice To 67% Of India’s Prisoners

"As citizens of this country, these statistics should concern us, because the Indian constitution states that no one ‘shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law’.

Jun 23, 2017 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Bangladesh’s votes contradict human rights pledges

The report said that Bangladesh either abstained from voting or voted against multiple resolutions that drew attention to the deteriorating human rights situations and matters of technical assistance in Belarus, Burundi, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Sudan and Sri Lanka.

Jun 20, 2017 Press-releases

Experts call on Commonwealth to build Human Rights capacity of members

CHRI’s HRC side event – Report Release of ‘Missed Opportunities: The Commonwealth at the Human Rights Council: A Decade of Voting (2006-2016)’ 20th June 2017 Geneva Senior international human rights experts have urged the Commonwealth to develop capacity and training

Jun 19, 2017 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL A Decade of Voting (2006-2016)

This report considers Commonwealth members’ voting patterns at the HRC and provides a basis for evaluating their engagement with the HRC to determine whether their voting behaviour is consistent with: HRC pledges, repeated commitments to Commonwealth values, votes of other Commonweal

Jun 20, 2017 Blog

In an RTI reply, CRPF says, the death of 25 personnel in the April 2017 ambush at Sukma, Chhattisgarh was not a violation of their human rights

June 20, 2017 By:Venkatesh Nayak Readers will recollect the dastardly attack on CRPF personnel that occurred in Chhattisgarh on 24 April, 2017.

Jun 19, 2017 Events

CHRI's report launch on The Commonwealth at the Human Rights Council

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Jun 13, 2017 Events

A Brown Bag lunch with Mr. Kishore Bhargava

  June 12, 2017 New Delhi The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) hosted an energetic discussion with Mr. Kishore Bhargava, CEO of Linkaxis Technologies and member of the Governing Board of the Society for Development Communications today.

Jun 13, 2017 In-the-news Access to Information

All talk, little information

An assessment of relevant data recorded in the CIC’s annual reports of top government departments was conducted by Venkatesh Nayak and John Mascrinaus of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international not-for-profit organisation, for Frontline in early May.