All talk, little information
An assessment of relevant data recorded in the CIC’s annual reports of top government departments was conducted by Venkatesh Nayak and John Mascrinaus of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international not-for-profit organisation, for Frontline in early May.
CHRI Brown Bag with Mr. R. K. Mathur
(L-R) Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika (Director), Mr. R. K. Mathur and Venkatesh Nayak New Delhi, 29th May 2017-- The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) hosted a brown bag lunch with Mr. R. K.
CHRI demands independent inquiry on UP Police role in the ongoing Saharanpur violence
NewDelhi, 29May2017 On14-15May2017,CommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)visitedviolence-affectedShabbirpurandneighbouringvillagesinSaharanpurdistrict,UttarPradesh,aspartofanationallevelfact-findingteamledbytheNationalCampaignonDalitHumanRights(NCDHR).
JAIL MAIL - PRESENTING THE REPORT OF CHRI’S NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON PRISON MONITORING
CHRI presented its two groundbreaking reports on prison monitoring titled ‘Looking Into the Haze – A Study on Prison Monitoring in India’ and ‘Circle of Justice – A National Report on Undertrial Review Committees’ to the representatives of the National Human Right
Cameroonian Flies Free, to Hope & Home
New Delhi, 27th April 2017: Forty five year old Cameroonian national, Sergelain Alain Betegue flew home to a new life and freedom after five years in an Indian jail. During transit at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, en-route to Yaoundé, Mr.
CHRI condemns killing of Maldives Human Rights Defender
NEW DELHI April 24, 2017 The murder of Yameen Rasheed, a popular social media blogger and activist, on 23rd April 2017 is the most recent in a series of attacks against government critics in the Maldives.
CHRI asks NHRC to monitor ongoing police investigation in Pune activist murder case
Criticising the killing of RTI activist Suhas Haldankar, CHRI has sent a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission to monitor the police investigation.
Question for the Government: Should Suhas Haldankar's pending RTIs abate because he was murdered last Sunday?
April 11, 2017 By Venkatesh Nayak "Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust uh.. and another one, and another one".
NHRC must monitor investigation of Maharashtra RTI activist’s murder: CHRI
April 11, 2017 New Delhi Condemning the murder of a prominent RTI activist from Pune, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative today demanded that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) monitor the ongoing police investigation.
Abatement clause in Draft RTI Rules contradict CIC Resolution of 2011
April 06, 2017 By Venkatesh Nayak Even though yesterday was a holiday, the Central Government worked over time to clarify the confusion caused by some media reports containing statements of some political leaders, about their views on the Draft Right to Information Rules, 2017.