Abuse Of Force: Outrage over police assault on students is meaningless till it leads to disciplinary action
By Maja Daruwala There are many ways to interpret the video footage of the recent brutal police beating of protesters in Delhi.
Parrikar sought opinion of Goa Governor to be given in RTI
While governments oppose in courts the disclosure of Governor's reports to the Centre, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, as Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly in 2007, had filed an RTI application seeking disclosure of state Governor's report.
Decade-old Right to Information regime
A senior Right to Information (RTI) activist has taken strong exception to the way RTI rules of state governments failing to clearly indicate in whose favour non-cash payment instruments for filing RTI applications must be drawn.
Jaipur central jail inmates to know their case through 'E-history'
In order to facilitate the prisoners of the Jaipur central jail the Rajasthan state legal services authority and jail administration in association with commonwealth human rights initiative, an NGO started E-history facility on Sunday.
CHRI: Manipur killing is 'obstruction of justice', calls for investigation of nexus
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T. Herojit Singh's admission that he shot and killed Sanjit Meitei, an unarmed suspected member of an anti-State group, on the alleged instructions of a senior police officer.
ACCESS TO LEGAL AID: THE ELUSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Equality before the law demands that those who cannot afford to engage a lawyer, for reasons of impoverishment, should be provided legal representation by the state, at its cost.
CHRI's preliminary observations on and recommendations for improving the UP RTI Rules 2015
In March 2015, the State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh invited people's comments on a set of Draft RTI Rules that were intended to replace the Rules notified in 2006.
CHRI: Manipur killing is ‘obstruction of justice’, calls for investigation of nexus
Press Statement New Delhi 30 January 2016 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T.
CHRI expresses concern over Delhi Police chief's comments to 'shoot or hang perpetrators'
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is deeply perturbed by the comments of the Delhi Police Commissioner, BS Bassi at the police's annual press conference on 4 January 2016, that Delhi Police personnel would "shoot or hang" perpetrators of crimes against women on the spot,
Rape remark: Rights group flays Bassi
Police commissioner B S Bassi came under flak from an international human rights group for his comment during the annual press conference on Tuesday in which he said the department is willing to kill rapists if the Constitution allows it.