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
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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.
Delhi top cop attracts rebuke: Wants to brutally beat criminals & shoot alleged rapists on spot
Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi said that the police was nowadays “committed to human rights” but bemoaned that the 1960s and 1970s were a bygone era in which criminals still feared the police, reported the New Indian Express.
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
CHRI expresses concern over Delhi Police chief's comments to 'shoot or hang perpetrators'
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is deeply perturbed by the comments of the Delhi Police Commissioner, BS Bassi at the police's annual press conference on 4 January 2016, that Delhi Police personnel would "shoot or hang" perpetrators of crimes against women on the spot,
Shoot or hang rapists: BS Bassi’s remark sparks protest
Concerned over Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi’s recent statement about “shooting or hanging” the perpetrators of crime against women, a Human Rights organisation today said that police are not meant to judge and punish but to uphold the law.
Rape comment: Rights group flays Bassi
Police commissioner O J Bassi got here beneath flak from a world human rights group for his remark through the annual press convention on Tuesday during which he stated the division is prepared to kill rapists if the Constitution permits it.
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