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RTI reveals shocking details of Indian Prisoners languishing in Pakistan’s jails and also the worrisome phenomenon of soldiers who go missing on both sides of the border

Image courtesy: https://www.deccanherald.com/ May 26, 2023 By: Venkatesh Nayak According to recent media reports, prison authorities in Pakistan released and sent back 198 jailed fishermen who are Indian nationals as a “goodwill gesture” earlier this month. While their families might be celebrating the reunion with their loved ones, the families of another

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CEHAT and CHRI: Urge Govt of India and NHRC to issue guidelines on medico legal examination of custodial torture and death

Mumbai/New Delhi, December 14, 2021 – The Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)  urged the Government of India and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to issue detailed guidelines in conformity with international standards on strengthening the role of health

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CHRI in the News

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) urges Commonwealth leaders to prioritise eradication of child labourWhat Needs to Be Disclosed by March 31: 5 Charts to Gauge the Cash Flow Through Electoral Bonds

Feb 15, 2024 (thewire.in) The Supreme Court has declared electoral bonds, which allowed individuals and companies in India to donate anonymously to political parties, unconstitutional. It has ordered the State Bank of India to furnish details on donations and the political parties which received them, to the Election Commission,

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RTI reveals: GoI's directions to block Twitter URLs and other social and digital media content soared in 2022
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RTI reveals: GoI’s directions to block Twitter URLs and other social and digital media content soared in 2022

Readers may remember from earlier this week, a detailed write-up about the refusal of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoI&B) to publicly disclose orders to block content on social and digital media platforms under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (2021 Rules) notified under the Information

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