CHRI, in a report, draws attention to dire situation in the Maldives
This submission from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) draws attention to serious failures of the Maldives government to make progress on priority areas identified by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in February 2016.
AFSPA’s Potential for abuse: What writers of the Constitution say
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CHRI revives monthly RTI news digest
This digest of Right to Information (RTI) related news stories across South Asia is a Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) effort to present a monthly compilation of online media coverage on use of public information in the region.
Security forces raid the Maldives Independent: A CHRI perspective
Posters calling for the freedom of the exiled former president of the Maldives can still be seen in the capital.
CHRI Examines AFSPA'S Potential for Abuse
At a time when demands are being raised from across the country to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Capital Cop-out: CHRI comments on Delhi crime
Delhi accounts for 25 per cent of the crime — 670,000 plus criminal cases in 2015, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — reported from the 53 mega cities in India. The city beat its own record of the previous year by three per cent.
CHRI sends submission to the National Human Rights Commission
This CHRI submission to the National Consultation of National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) for India’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) includes information on the following areas: overcrowding of prisoners, strengthening legal aid services, custodial violence, access to prison,
CHRI and PRW question the Maha Govt need for new proposed security legislation
Bilkulonline.com,Mumbai,Aug26:TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)andPoliceReformsWatchseriouslyquestionboththenecessityandthejustificationforanothernewinternalsecuritylawasproposedbytheMaharashtragovernment’sProtectionofInternalSecurityBill2016.
Following wide protests, Bill proposing sweeping surveillance powers to state, cops in Maharashtra withdrawn
Following wide protests and public pressure, including by two civil rights organizations, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch (PRW), a new internal security law in Maharashtra – Protection of Internal Security Bill 2016, seeking to give sweeping powers to
CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation
CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation Press Statement, 26 August 2016 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch seriously question both the necessity and the justification for another new internal security law as propose