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Uttar Pradesh: Police action to deter fight for Dalit rights, says jailed activist and former IPS officer

sabrangindia - November 3, 2023

A peaceful protest that took place on October 10 for the right to land for Dalits in several Gorakhpur, led to criminalising of the protest and arrest of activists. In the days following the protest activists, including retired public servant S. R. Darapuri, were arrested. Activists have alleged that the arrests and the consequent murder charges are only to deter people from fighting for justice

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Supreme Court gives two journalists interim protection from Gujarat police arrest over article against Adani Group (Hindenburg issue)

sabrangindia - November 3, 2023

The Supreme Court on Friday, November 3 granted journalists Ravi Nair and Anand Mangnale interim protection from being arrested by the Gujarat police over an article they wrote about the Adani-Hindenburg row reported LiveLaw after their counsel pointed out that the legal parameters of the “notice” were not revealed

Politics

‘Electoral Bond Scheme must be abrogated, favours ruling party, threats of money laundering,’: Coalition Report tells FATF

sabrangindia - November 3, 2023

The NGO report, compiled by anonymous civil society actors calling themselves the Global NPO Coalition on FATF, looks at the many-layered and complex threat that the electoral bond scheme poses in a democracy.

India

How corruption in rural development leads to floating ‘undesirable, unsafe’ projects

Bharat Dogra - November 3, 2023

Recently I was in a very remote village to inquire about the impact made by of a very well-intentioned housing scheme of the government....

Politics

Withdraw “politically motivated” summons, need to campaign for state elections: Arvind Kejriwal

sabrangindia - November 2, 2023

Chief Minister, Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, has, in a two page letter, asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to withdraw the summons sent to him in the Delhi liquor policy case

Gender and Sexuality

IIT-BHU: Female student molested, abused and stripped by three bike-borne men inside campus

sabrangindia - November 2, 2023

Hundreds of students sit on protests inside campus, raise demand for justice and safer campus for women

Rule of Law

SC directs UP government to immediately sanction prosecution of teacher accused of instructing students to beat Muslim child

sabrangindia - November 2, 2023

The accused teacher has been booked under Sec. 295A of IPC and Sec. 77 of JJ Act; order states bench might consider appointing expert agency for counselling as victim’s father files affidavit stating that victim is “severely traumatised”

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

“Dalits banned for social gatherings,” Harrowing incidents of violence against Dalits

sabrangindia - November 2, 2023

Death threats for attending Garba in Gujarat; robbed, tortured urinated upon in Tamil Nadu: a saga of unending violence against Dalits continues unabatedly

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