Chanda observes need to focus on promotion of Human Rights

Executive Director Smart Chanda

Hope for Human Rights has called on both the government and other relevant stakeholders to next year focus on promoting human rights in the country.

Executive Director Smart Chanda says the ending year 2016 has been a challenging year as far as where human rights are concerned.

Mr. Chanda says 2016 being an election year, saw cases of political violence on the increase which was an hindrance to the promotion of human rights.

He says the year also saw a sharp increase in cost of living resulting in people failing to afford three descent meals a day.