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CIC's latest Annual Report: Rising number of first appeals indicates dissatisfaction with GoI's RTI replies is highest ever
RTIs to GoI rose by 6.55% during the 2nd year of the pandemic, but how reliable is the data published in the CIC’s 2021-22 Annual Report
RTI Exposes Rise in Indian Prisoners in Pakistan Jails, Soldiers Missing Along Border Raise Concerns
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 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
(2023)
CIC’s latest Annual Report: Rising number of first appeals indicates dissatisfaction with GoI’s RTI replies is highest ever
(2023)
RTIs to GoI rose by 6.55% during the 2nd year of the pandemic, but how reliable is the data published in the CIC’s 2021-22 Annual Report
(2023)
RTI reveals: GoI’s directions to block Twitter URLs and other social and digital media content soared in 2022
(2023)
BBC film on the 2002 Gujarat communal violence: RTI reveals Parliament has not scrutinised the 2021 IT Blocking Rules; blocking orders denied on national security grounds
(2023)
Management Boards of Public Sector Banks: Publicly available data shows more than 35% vacancies; only 10% incumbent Directors are women
(2023)
PMSVANidhi scheme for street vendors: RTI reveals 0.01% beneficiaries are from minority communities and less than 1% beneficiaries are persons with disabilities
(2022)
RTI reveals OBC Street vendors have benefited the most and STs the least from the PMSVANidhi scheme
(2022)
PMSVANidhi Scheme for Street Vendors: geographical and demographic analysis of implementation data obtained through the RTI Act
(2022)
PMSVANidhi scheme for street vendors: RTI reveals 15.88% loans have turned into non-performing assets (NPAs)
(2022)
Reimagining pre trial justice: An overview of pre trial detention Sierra Leone
(2022)
Pre-trial detention as a punishment: The situation for LGBT persons in Uganda
(2022)
Pre-trial justice in the Commonwealth – challenges for 2022
(2022)
Pre-Trial Detention Time Limits: The Law on Paper and in Practice
(2022)
A petty legacy: Reducing pre-trial detention overcrowding by ending the criminalisation of poverty and status
(2022)
Pre-trial detention is structural violence
(2022)
How are global prison trends reflected in Commonwealth countries?
(2022)
How accurate are GoI’s Annual RTI receipt Figures? Evidence of multiple counting of RTI application figures
(2022)
Back to basics on human rights – the terrible lessons from Ukraine
(2022)
Why anti-human trafficking advocates should reflect on the death penalty today
(2021)
Findings from a preliminary study of the Central Information Commission’s latest Annual Report on the implementation of the RTI Act (2019-20)
(2021)
Himalayan blunders are ravaging ecology
(2021)
RTI reveals: More than 11 lakh PM-KISAN payouts failed during the COVID-19 lockdown period in 2020
(2021)
(2021)
RTI reveals: Government of India paid out more than Rs. 1,360 crores to undeserving persons under PM-KISAN
(2021)
Under the RTI Act- Union Health Ministry and ICMR plead ignorance about National COVID Vaccine Expert Group’s records
(2020)
PM-KISAN Beneficiaries- pattern analysis based on information obtained under the RTI Act and figures tabled in Parliament
(2020)
CHRI’s third rapid survey on working status of Information Commissions during Unlock 1.0 and Unlock 2.0
(2020)
Representation of societal diversity in higher judiciary: CIC remands 2.5 year old RTI query about process back to the Dept. of Justice
(2020)
Union Health Ministry appoints Nodal Officer to collect and publish country-wide COVID Hospitals List in compliance with CIC’s recent Advisory
(2020)
Denial of sanction for prosecution of cases under J&KAFSPA: CIC rejects access to detailed information in the name of public interest
(2020)
CIC issues advisory to the Health Ministry to publish a comprehensive list of designated COVID healthcare facilities across India- RTI Impact
(2020)
CHRI requests DoPT to issue advisories to State Governments ensuring resumption of work by State Information Commissions
(2020)
CIC issues advisory to the Chief Labour Commissioner to publish stranded migrant workers’ data within a week- RTI Impact
(2020)
Is transparency a burden on public authorities: Findings from a study of Central Government data as RTI completes 15 years?
(2020)
RTI reveals CPIO of Chief Labour Commissioner’s Office has no Data about Stranded Migrant Workers despite April 2020 Enumeration Circular
(2020)
Inactive State Information Commissions must resume work on the CIC model: CHRI’s rapid telephone survey findings
(2020)
Combating Coronavirus in Small States: Leaving No One Behind – International Frameworks and the Threat to ESC Rights in SIDS
(2020)
RTI data reveals huge mismatch in J&K apple procurement claims of governments
(2020)
Opaque Electoral Bonds edge out transparent funding routes for seven political parties
(2020)
RTI-ed records reveal J&K’s General Admin Dept. works at cross purposes with DoPT delaying application of Central RTI Act in J&K
(2020)
ECIL directs disclosure of information about EVM and VVPAT deployment in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections while BEL and Election Commission equivocate under the RTI Act
(2019)
Central Government’s 2019 RTI Rules: Making a mess of things to gain a stranglehold on Information Commissions after misleading Parliament
(2019)
RTI reveals MEA put a lid on the Kashmir files of 1947-49 which the 2nd Indian Army Chief gave to Teen Murti Library: Archives reveal Pt. Nehru intended to invade Pakistan in 1947 to save Kashmir
(2019)
Agra Central Prison refuses details of J&K detenues under the RTI Act calling it “third party” information
(2019)
MHA confirms restrictions in J&K are only in the mind: RTI reveals it has no papers about shutdown orders even as Kerala High Court says internet access is a fundamental right
(2019)
BEL refuses to disclose EVM/VVPAT info under RTI after demanding fees: Randomisation as a safeguard is questionable based on manufacturer data supplied under RTI
(2019)
RTI amendments: Questionable Legislative competence, dual control and other legal quagmires arising out of a one-night stand with the RTI Act
(2019)
RTI Amendment Bill 2019: Government is trying to fix something that ain’t broke?
(2019)
GoI’s RTI Amendment Bill to control salaries and tenure of Information Commissioners Contradicts its 2017 Policy for other Tribunals, Law Commission’s Views and may fall foul of Article 14 of the Constitution
(2019)
CHRI’s RTI Intervention reveals details about detention centres and the NRC process in Assam
(2019)
Remembering Rautelaji and paying tribute to a valued member of the CHRI family
(2019)
NHRC to inquire into the alleged murder of Gujarat’s Rajesh Sondharva who fought for justice in the murder case of his father- RTI activist Nanjibhai Sondharva
(2019)
A historical background of Ghana’s struggle to enact the Right to Information Act
(2019)
EVMs and VVPATs: RTI reveals- micro-controller used is not OTP type as claimed by the Election Commission, BEL and ECIL refuse to reveal software audit reports citing national security and commercial confidence
(2019)
Women in Police: India needs more than just tokenism by political parties
(2019)
Committees to inquire into complaints against CIC: DoPT claims secrecy over the proposal and sends a copy of the RTI Act free of charge
(2019)
RBI compelled to disclose demonetisation meeting minutes after CIC’s penalty show cause notice under RTI Act
(2019)
Lok Sabha Q&A based on CIC directive to CBDT regarding compliance with its orders based on CHRI’s advocacy
(2019)
The Comptroller and Auditor General’s performance audit report of capital acquisitions — including the Rafale fighter aircraft purchase
(2019)
Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry claims: Cabinet Note and materials regarding 10% quota law cannot be disclosed under RTI
(2019)
Computers intercepted, Transparency interrupted: MHA’s CPIO refuses information about December 2018 authorisation order under the IT Act
(2019)
Latest appointments to the Central Information Commission: a critical assessment of the processes involved based on DoPT’s documents
(2019)
Prison Reforms and Democracy
(2019)
Central Government’s flip-flop in the Lok Sabha over death statistics of Indians in Gulf countries: An analysis
(2018)
Read reports on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accessed from the Maharashtra Legislature under the RTI Act, while the Union Home Ministry denies access
(2018)
RTI reveal: More than 10 Indian workers died every day in Gulf countries in the last six years; 117 deaths for every US$ 117 remitted
(2018)
Killings return in Assam, so does AFSPA tussle
(2018)
Book review, ‘India after Naxalbari’: D’Mello combines the honesty of his feelings with compelling stories of the fighters
(2018)
NHRC: A Toothless Tiger?
(2018)
CIC directs the disclosure of two Joint Operational Doctrines used by the Defence Forces, in a 7-year old RTI case
(2018)
Charging GST on fees payable under India’s RTI Act is blatantly illegal
(2018)
SBI admits, CPIO goofed up with Electoral Bond sale data, refuses to divulge details of donors and recipient political parties under RTI
(2018)
Assam’s NRC process mired in ad hocism and prejudice
(2018)
(2018)
RTI reveals Advisory Board under J&K Public Safety Act spent 75% of its budget upholding detention orders which J&K High Court quashed later on
(2018)
RTI Amendment, Bill 2018: Contradicts GOI’s 2017 Policy for other Tribunals, Law Commission’s Views and Article 14 of the Constitution
(2018)
Transparent political party funding through Electoral Bonds: Government of India proposes, State Bank of India disposes- an RTI tale
(2018)
HAVE WE FAILED THE ROHINGYA?
(2018)
Sterlite/Vedanta, Coal India and POSCO are among 17 Indian companies blacklisted by Norway from investment of its pension funds
(2018)
Denial of sanction to prosecute defence personnel under J&KAFSPA: Defence Ministry and Indian Army deny they hold case-related records and procedural information
(2018)
CIC reports more than 6% dip in the total number of RTI applications received by Central Government
(2018)
Broken ties: In custody
(2018)
In the age of RTI, information about Black Money seems to be hiding inside a black hole
(2018)
Once again Central Govt tells Parliament: no mechanism to monitor compliance with its own monthly transparency directive
(2018)
No rules, SOPs for ordering preventive detentions under J&K PSA
(2018)
On the Brink of a Disaster, India’s Quest for Climate Justice
(2017)
Building bridges instead of walls: Why celebrating Human Rights Day in 2017 is more important than ever
(2017)
Ease of doing business studies are incomplete without the parameter of “corruption”- RTI intervention reveals poor state of action taken on corruption in major cities
(2017)
Virtual Justice: Journey of woman who spends 20 years in jail despite bail
(2017)
Bonding political party donations with secrecy: FinMin, ECI and RBI have no information about Electoral Bonds scheme
(2017)
Negotiations for return of J&K Hydel Projects: CIC rejects request for transparency treating NHPC as both
(2017)
Supreme Court and CHRI’s Legal Aid Report
(2017)
Black Money SIT is public authority under the RTI Act: CIC directs appointment of CPIO and Appellate Authority
(2017)
MHA refuses to share SOPs on human shields sighting security interests
(2017)
Crammed cells jam Indian jails
(2017)
Behind Bars
(2017)
CHRI helps kick start a broad coalition for democratic policing in Tanzania
(2017)
Three instances where their Lordships stepped in to protect their right to privacy- it was not a vague concept then
(2017)
How Mobile Data Collection Can Aid Prison Reform
(2017)
A Review of India’s Voluntary National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals
(2017)
(2017)
50% of AFSPA-related human rights complaints are from J&K, monetary relief recommended in 3% cases- RTI data from MHA for 2012-16 (upto January)
(2017)
In an RTI reply, CRPF says, the death of 25 personnel in the April 2017 ambush at Sukma, Chhattisgarh was not a violation of their human rights
(2017)
CIC upholds GoI’s decision to keep Naga Framework Agreement confidential under the RTI Act in the face of public
(2017)
Question for the Government: Should Suhas Haldankar’s pending RTIs abate because he was murdered last Sunday?
(2017)
Abatement clause in Draft RTI Rules contradict CIC Resolution of 2011
(2017)
Central Government justifies the Draft RTI Rules based on CIC’s Management Regulations that Delhi High Court struck down in 2010
(2017)
Central Govt’s proposal to amend RTI Rules can increase attacks on RTI users and activists
(2017)
Government of India tells Parliament it does not monitor poor compliance
(2017)
Cry freedom: long road to open journalism in the Commonwealth
(2017)
Making Aadhaar mandatory for IT returns: Gross violation of constitutional provisions
(2017)
Revelations from Central Information Commission’s 2016 Annual Report
(2017)
Bridging Gaps in SDG 16
(2017)
Political Party Funding through Electoral Bonds – Backward Leap to the Era of Secrecy
(2017)
CHRI and partners convene conference for Commonwealth Parliamentarians in London
(2017)
Demonetization versus Transparency of Indian Political Parties’ Cash-in-Hand Declarations
(2017)
The police we have and where it came from: An Analysis
(2017)
The Constitution-making process in Nepal strikes closer to home than one might think
(2016)
Maldives departs the Commonwealth: An in-depth analysis
(2016)
A take on issues including deaths of eight Bhopal prisoners
(2016)
(2016)
AFSPA’s Potential for abuse: What writers of the Constitution say
(2016)
Security forces raid the Maldives Independent: A CHRI perspective
(2016)
India’s Sedition Law: Keeping it to its Limits
(2016)
Leave No One Invisible: Data for SDG Accountability
(2016)
Sri Lanka’s RTI Law to be phased in
(2016)
Problems in labelling NGO officers, staff
(2016)
CHRI’s Jail Mail Hits Home
(2016)
Cabinet Secretariat endorses CIC recommendation for monthly disclosure of Ministries’ performance reports
(2016)
CHRI requests Telangana CM to set up State Information Commission and CIC directs disclosure of all background materials relating to land acquisition law amendments
(2016)
Sri Lanka Parliament approves the RTI Bill
(2016)
A few steps onto the Rough Roads to Equality: Women Police in Bangladesh by Cheryl Blake
(2015)
CHRI urges the lifting of the state of emergency and restoration of constitutional rights and freedoms in the Maldives By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Devika Prasad
(2015)
Gaiety in the Commonwealth? By Jill Cottrell Ghai and Yash Ghai
(2015)
Classically British Fudge: Codified Rights in an Unwritten Constitution By Sashy Nathan
(2015)
The Virtual Police Station – A Groundbreaking Training Tool for the Police and Empowerment Tool for the Public
(2015)
