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Jun 05, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Coronavirus lockdown | 26 lakh migrant workers in halfway houses, says official data

June 5, 2020 (The Hindu) The Chief Labour Commissioner’s office has counted over 26 lakh migrant workers stranded across the country, of which 10% are in relief camps or shelter homes, while 43% are in situ at workplaces and 46% are in other clusters.

Jun 05, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

Handbook of Formats: Ensuring Effective Legal Services

The Handbook has been prepared by CHRI, in collaboration with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), India.

Jun 03, 2020 Blog

CHRI requests DoPT to issue advisories to State Governments ensuring resumption of work by State Information Commissions

Image courtesy: World bank June 3, 2020 By:  Shikha Chhibbar, Programme Officer, Access to information During the first and the second phase of the lockdown imposed by government to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, CHRI had conducted a Rapid Telephonic Survey of Information

May 31, 2020 Blog

CIC issues advisory to the Chief Labour Commissioner to publish stranded migrant workers' data within a week- RTI Impact

PTI Photo accessed at- https://www.deccanherald.

May 26, 2020 Press-releases

COVID-19: Governments must protect the rights of migrants during the pandemic and beyond, UN experts urge

May 26, 2020 Geneva UN human rights experts today called on States to protect the rights of migrants and their families, regardless of their migration status, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 03, 2020 Events

Media at a Time of the Pandemic: Better Reporting, Better Health?

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) celebrates media freedom during COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, May 3, 2020, marking World Press Freedom Day.

May 28, 2020 In-the-news

The echo of migrant footfalls and the silence on policy

May 28, 2020 By: Sanjoy Hazarika (The Hindu) When we hear the word migration, we think of Kerala and West Asia, or the United States and the West.

May 26, 2020 Press-releases

Arrests, Beatings and Dismissals of Journalists Underline Official and Corporate Arbitrariness: SAMDEN

May 26, 2020 New Delhi, India The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) today cited detention of media professionals in Bangladesh, attacks on journalists in the Punjab, and the dismissal of a pregnant reporter in Assam state as part of a pattern of official and corporate arbitrariness a

May 27, 2020 Publications Police Reform

CHRI’s Compilation of Deaths Following Alleged Police Excesses During COVID -19 Lockdown

In the course of the national lockdown imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, excessive force by police has been captured in videos across states.

May 14, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Former CIC Points Out Lapses In J&K Reorganisation Act

Mr Wajahat Habibullah (Chairperson of Executive Committee, CHRI India) May 14, 2020 (kashmirobserver.