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Four-year-old raped in New Delhi, locals protest and organise public meeting

 A four-year-old child was raped in New Delhi when she had gone for tuition lessons. The child was raped by the 34-year-old brother of her tuition teacher. Local residents have protested and even organised a public meeting with police officials.

Freedom of press under threat from SLAPP suits: SC sets aside Saket Court Order in Bloomberg vs Zee Entertainment case

Setting aside the ex-parte order of Saket District Court which ordered Bloomberg to take down defamatory article against Zee, SC cautions against SLAPP suits and pre-trial censorship

February 2024: Report card on communal violence, India

The build up to the 18th Lok Sabha election witnessed communal churning in India. According to the monitoring of Centre for Study of Society and...

Budaun Double murder case communalised by Zee News during its debate segment, CJP sends complaint

On March 19, a salon owner, who happened to be Muslim, reportedly killed two minor boys who were brothers and belonged to the majority Hindu community; difference in faiths of the accused and victim gave an opportunity to mainstream media to communalise the issue

Films building up  a majoritarian narrative: Swatantraveer Savarkar

Films are a very powerful medium which create a social understanding in various ways. Till a few decades ago we had films which reflected social realities...

IPMIE Bulletin on Elections 2024: Appointment of Election Commissioners, arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, EVM failure, media bias, voter registration

An Independent Panel for Monitoring Indian Elections 2024, has been formed to address concerns of civil society on the upcoming general elections; its first release points out a catalogue of concerns

Fulfill Promises Made To People Of Ladakh: Sonam Wangchuk In Fresh Appeal To Modi

Women activists of Ladakh begin fresh batch of 10-day long hunger strike in Leh

Constitution sets benchmark for both inclusive governance & social justice: Justice B.V. Nagarathna

Justice B.V. Nagarathna, speaking at a virtual address to the Columbia Law School, said that the Constitution of India sets a benchmark for inclusive governance and social justice; LiveLaw has posted the entire video of the speech

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Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows

The Supreme Court has said that AFSPA is not a license to kill, sovereign immunity does not protect the State from liability for custodial death, and rape by a soldier requires no special court. At the same time, the number of armed forces personnel convicted by an ordinary civilian criminal court for rape in a conflict area is, on the available record, low.

The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice

The appeal by the Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi has called on all Indians to support and join the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; advocating for the protection of Palestinian healthcare workers, hospitals, ambulances, and medical facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Though sewer deaths have crossed the 100 mark this year, government is silent: SKA

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The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters

A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.

Rajasthan: From Giral to Islampur, how locals are contesting development and historical identity

The author traces similarities of people’s mobilisations in Giral, Barmer and Islampur, Jhunjunu wherein both involve local communities asserting agency against decisions made elsewhere. In Giral, villagers have been robustly protesting the “benefits from mineral extraction in the name of development,” while in Islampur, residents have been questioning the communal (read majoriatrian moves to re-name and thereby, re-define a region’s identity
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