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Jun 28, 2018 Blog

Transparent political party funding through Electoral Bonds: Government of India proposes, State Bank of India disposes- an RTI tale

Image courtesy: https://www.inkcinct.com.au June 28, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak Time and again, the Government of India has publicly said that donations to political parties made through Electoral Bonds (EBs) will increase transparency of political party funding.

Jun 22, 2018 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Decriminalising and Declassifying Petty Offences In Ghana

Petty offences have existed as part of the criminal law of England and were incorporated in the laws of Ghana following its colonisation.

Jun 20, 2018 Blog

HAVE WE FAILED THE ROHINGYA?

  June 20, 2018 By: Palak Chaudhari “yeh lo Rohingya ka bacha, photo le lo iska, sabko Rohingya ka bacha ka hi photo lena hota hai na.”(Here, this is the child of a Rohingya! Go ahead take a photo, everyone just wants to take pictures of a Rohingya child).

Jun 01, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

For 74 Indian activists, the punishment for seeking the truth has been death

(www.businessinsider.in) 68 Right to Information (RTI) activists have been killed since 2005, while 6 have committed suicide, according to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.There is no law to protect activists or to prevent their personal details from falling into the wrong hands.

Jun 01, 2018 Blog

Sterlite/Vedanta, Coal India and POSCO are among 17 Indian companies blacklisted by Norway from investment of its pension funds

Image courtesy: www.thehindu.com June 01, 2018 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may recall the gory incidents that took place at Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) in Tamil Nadu in the southern part of India on 22 May, 2018.

May 24, 2018 In-the-news Prison Reform

Time to Raise the bar

(mydigitalfc.com) By Madhurima Dhanuka The recent extradition hearings in the UK of alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla and liquor baron Vijay Mallya have highlighted the violence and overcrowding in Indian prisons.

May 11, 2018 In-the-news Police Reform

For Haryana Police, the Holy Cow Is an Excuse for Extra-Judicial Killings

May 10, 2018 (thewire.in) Nuh (Haryana): On the wintry night of December 6, 2017, as Shareef lay on the bed in his courtyard in Salaheri village in Nuh, flashes of memory from 25 years ago kept disrupting his sleep.

May 04, 2018 Press-releases

India: Reject death penalty for child rape cases, focus on ending impunity for sexual violence

FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organizations in India Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and People’s Watch   New Delhi, Paris 4 May 2018: The Indian Parliament should reject a Cabinet ordinance that would introduce the death penalt

Apr 29, 2018 Blog

Denial of sanction to prosecute defence personnel under J&KAFSPA: Defence Ministry and Indian Army deny they hold case-related records and procedural information

Image courtesy: https://www.indiatimes.com/ Last week, there was both good news and "not so good" news on the AFSPA front across the country.

Mar 30, 2018 Publications

Strangers Of The Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India's Northeast (1994)

Hazarika sheds light on numerous issues that are currently facing the states in North-east India through a collection of facts, and personal experiences.