Important how to cover news
April 26, 2019 (DH news service) While freedom of the press is important, media personnel should follow a set of principles, Sanjoy Hazarika, Director of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), said.
Nusrat killing: A spotlight on sexual violence in Bangladesh
[Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina with Nusrat Jahan Rafi's family on April 15, 2019.
RBI compelled to disclose demonetisation meeting minutes after CIC's penalty show cause notice under RTI Act
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End persecution of journalists critical of the govt, SAMDEN urges the Philippines
AFP/Ghetty Images New Delhi, February 15: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) urges authorities in the Phillipines to drop all charges against noted journalist Maria Ressa and to respect journalists' legitimate right to report on matters of public interest including all
Computers intercepted, Transparency interrupted: MHA's CPIO refuses information about December 2018 authorisation order under the IT Act
Image courtesy: Counter Currents Feb 03, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may remember the furore caused by an order issued by the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 20 December, 2018, authorising 10 security and intelligence age
Latest appointments to the Central Information Commission: a critical assessment of the processes involved based on DoPT's documents
ImagefromThePrint Thedawnof2019sawthefillingupoffivevacanciesintheCentralInformationCommission(CIC).ServingInformationCommissioner,ShriSudhirBhargavawasappointedChiefInformationCommissioner. FourretiredcivilservantswereappointedInformationCommissioners.
View: Govt should read warning signs and put passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill on hold
Economic Times | January 17, 2019 The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed earlier this month in the Lok Sabha, has created a furore across Assam and other states across India.
Read reports on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accessed from the Maharashtra Legislature under the RTI Act, while the Union Home Ministry denies access
Image courtesy: https://www.dnaindia.com/ (Mumbai Attacks) Next Monday (26 November, 2018), marks the completion of a decade since a group of armed militants launched attacks at multiple places in Mumbai in 2008.
Four Commonwealth countries elected to HRC: CHRI expresses concern over lack of accountability, ‘Clean Slate Syndrome’
New Delhi, October 17 Noting that the UN General Assembly recently elected 18 countries to the Human Rights Council (HRC) at Geneva, including Cameroon, Bangladesh, Fiji and India from the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) expressed concern about unconte
Submission to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG)
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) joined by the undersigned Commonwealth, international, and regional civil society groups draw the attention of CMAG to the number of indiscriminate killings, arbitrary arrests, detention without recourse to justice, and torture in Cameroon.