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Sep 18, 2018 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

CHRI and partner organisations urge UN member states to refrain from voting for candidates that are unfit for membership

To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the UN General Assembly 18 September 2018 Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership Excellencies, Ahead of the next UN Human Rights Council (“HRC&

Sep 09, 2018 Events

Concluded: Launch of CHRI national report on the state of legal aid in India entitled ‘Hope Behind Bars’

Below is the transcript of the speech given by CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika at the launch: Justice A.P. Shah, former CJ of the Delhi high court and member of CHRI EC, Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar, Dr. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice Chancellor of NLU Odisha, Mr. S.S.

Sep 07, 2018 Press-releases

SC verdict is ‘call for action’ to Commonwealth Nations bound to colonial laws: CHRI

Sept 09, 2018 New Delhi, India The unanimous Indian Supreme Court judgment which ended the ban on consensual gay sex in private is a landmark verdict which is a “call to action” for all countries in the Commonwealth which still use regressive, outdated colonial law, the Commonwealt

Aug 21, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

Kashmir Encounter: Releasing Court Martial Details Will Cause Public Outrage, Says Army

New Delhi, India Aug 21, 2018 The Indian Army is using all available legal means to suppress the public release of documents relating to the trial that found six army personnel guilty of killing three Kashmiri civilians in the Macchil fake encounter, HuffPost India has found.

Aug 17, 2018 Blog

SBI admits, CPIO goofed up with Electoral Bond sale data, refuses to divulge details of donors and recipient political parties under RTI

Image courtesy: Ashish Asthana, https://www.governancenow.

Aug 02, 2018 Blog

RTI reveals Advisory Board under J&K Public Safety Act spent 75% of its budget upholding detention orders which J&K High Court quashed later on

Image courtesy: http://www.elections.in Aug 02, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak &  Dr. Shaikh Ghulam Rasool Readers may recall recent media reports about the latest amendment made to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (J&KPSA) by H. E.

Aug 02, 2018 Blog

Assam’s NRC process mired in ad hocism and prejudice

Credit: Carol Mitchell / Flickr Aug 02, 2018 By: Sanjoy Hazarika Millions of people becoming stateless in their own land is totally unacceptable The first thing that strikes us about the numbers that have emerged from the protracted exercise, spread over several years and known simply by

Jul 31, 2018 In-the-news

Untangling the knot of citizenship

July 31, 2018 (tribuneindia.com) By Sanjoy Hazarika Assam is tense; internet services have been suspended and security forces on standby with the final draft list of the controversial NRC out.

Jul 31, 2018 Blog

RTI Amendment, Bill 2018: Contradicts GOI's 2017 Policy for other Tribunals, Law Commission's Views and Article 14 of the Constitution

Image Courtesy: Scroll.

Jul 30, 2018 In-the-news

Defining Citizenship : Assam on the Edge Again

July 28, 2018 (epw.in) By: Sanjoy Hazarika Much has been written and spoken about the issue of illegal immigration into Assam and other parts of India.