Maldives’ former President Mohamed Nasheed is free at last, but the future of Maldivian democracy is uncertain
By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Kai Reddy Prompted by alarming reports of human rights violations1, threats to democracy and the rule of law in the Maldives, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) mounted a fact-finding mission to the Maldives in November 2015 and will soon be rel
Inauguration of E-History Ticket for Prisoners
Jaipur Central Prison: 31 January 2016 For the first time in the prison history of the country, prisoners, both undertrials and convicts, of Rajasthan’s Central Jail of Jaipur are now given access to all important information pertaining to their lives inside prison through the use of
Jaipur central jail inmates to know their case through 'E-history'
In order to facilitate the prisoners of the Jaipur central jail the Rajasthan state legal services authority and jail administration in association with commonwealth human rights initiative, an NGO started E-history facility on Sunday.
CHRI demands prompt inquiry into ‘police-politician nexus’ in Sanjit killing
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI has viewed with deep concern the admission made by Manipur Police head constable Thounaojam Herojit Singh on January 25 to the media on the alleged fake encounter which took place in July 2009.
CHRI: Manipur killing is 'obstruction of justice', calls for investigation of nexus
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T. Herojit Singh's admission that he shot and killed Sanjit Meitei, an unarmed suspected member of an anti-State group, on the alleged instructions of a senior police officer.
CHRI demands prompt inquiry into ‘police-politician nexus’ in Sanjit killing
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI has viewed with deep concern the admission made by Manipur Police head constable Thounaojam Herojit Singh on January 25 to the media on the alleged fake encounter which took place in July 2009.
Imphal fake encounter: CHRI seeks probe in police-politician nexus
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has termed the 2009 fake encounter of Sanjit Meitei, a suspected member of the PLA, in Imphal as an “obstruction of justice” and called for investigation of the “senior police officers and any higher authority, bureaucrat or politicia
ACCESS TO LEGAL AID: THE ELUSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Equality before the law demands that those who cannot afford to engage a lawyer, for reasons of impoverishment, should be provided legal representation by the state, at its cost.
CHRI: Manipur killing is ‘obstruction of justice’, calls for investigation of nexus
Press Statement New Delhi 30 January 2016 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) views with deep concern Manipur Police Head Constable T.
Human rights group picks on Bassi’s comment on ‘shooting rapists’
Taking exception to the comments of Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi where he had expressed his willingness to 'shoot' a rapist if the Constitution allows him, Commonwealth Human Rights Intiative (CHRI), an international non-governmental organisation, working to ensure the realisation of