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Mar 18, 2016 Blog

Reforming Kenya's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: What Should the Commonwealth Do?

  18 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich On the night of 4th May 2015, around 9:00 pm, 48-year-old Affey Ali was sitting outside his home in Shalatey village, Wajir County, in North East Kenya, when men in military fatigues approached him and ordered him to lie face down.

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Training and Workshops

Training   RTI trainings for civil societies in Sri Lanka, Oct 28-31, 2018 Sharad Kumar (2004) AGNI Power Point Presentation on MRTI with Speaking Notes, first used at MRTI seminar organised by Mumbai Grahak Panchayat.

Dec 10, 2015 Press-releases

MEDIA STATEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – 10th December 2015

MEDIA STATEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – 10th December 2015 Today, December 10th, 2015, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative joins people, governments and organisations around the world in marking the 65th Human Rights Day.

Dec 07, 2015 Blog

Gaiety in the Commonwealth? By Jill Cottrell Ghai and Yash Ghai

It is not easy being gay or lesbian in many countries, formerly British colonies, as in the middle of the nineteenth century Britain imposed on them Victorian attitudes to sex, particularly against homosexuality, through law.

Jul 27, 2013 Staff Articles

Uhuru's Choice: either rule by consent or continue coercion

The British ruled Kenyan by coercion—massive coercion. The police were established not to protect the people or their rights (as in most countries) but to subjugate and exploit them.Coercion became the lasting British legacy to Kenya.

Feb 18, 2012 Staff Articles

Sinduhije arrest part of systematic harassment of Burundi regime critics

Recently the Burundi police arrested a prominent anti-corruption campaigner, Faustin Ndikumana, who reportedly claimed that judges were required to pay bribes prior to their appointment.