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Sweet Smiles of Freedom: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haidar, Mohammad Saleem Khan, and Shifa Ur Rehman walk out of jail

sabrangindia - January 8, 2026

These were four were among five under trials who were given bail by the Supreme Court after five years of incarceration earlier this week.

Communalism

From Media Stages to Religious Gatherings: CJP moves NCM against Kalicharan Maharaj

CJP Team - January 8, 2026

A detailed complaint documents how repeated hate speeches targeting Muslims threaten public order, minority safety, and the constitutional promise of fraternity

India

BMC Polls: ECI claims superintendence on citizenship even as Foreigners (NRIS) enter Mumbai airport carrying Indian Voter IDs

sabrangindia - January 7, 2026

Mid-day carried an exclusive report today, January 7, on how airport authorities had, after checks caught 28 NRIs with foreign passports allegedly flying with Indian Voter ID cards; ; India does not allow dual citizenship

Rights

JNU Teacher to her Jailed Students: ‘Be with us again, in freedom, Sharjeel and Umar’

Janaki Nair - January 7, 2026

We must never forget, that legions of others, who openly called for violence against other Indians, continue to enjoy their freedoms today, and even occupy public office -- because they have the right names, and have the right political patrons….Can we fault Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Natasha Narwal or Devangana Kalita or Aasif Tanha for dreaming of a better world than the one our generation had left them?

Rights

Born in the Shadow of the Indo–Bangladesh Border, Raised as Indian, Questioned as a Foreigner: The citizenship battle of Akurbhan Bibi

CJP Team - January 7, 2026

After years of fear and suspicion, a marginalised Muslim woman from Assam’s border district wins her citizenship battle before the Dhubri Foreigners Tribunal—with CJP standing by her side

Communal Organisations

Cataloguing Communalism: What does the year-long record of hate, violence, and state failure in coastal Karnataka depict

sabrangindia - January 6, 2026

Compiled from local media reports, the Chronicle of Communal Incidents in Coastal Karnataka 2025 documents 142 communal incidents—revealing how violence, provocation and digital hate have become structural features of the region

Health

Gadchiroli, Maharashtra: Pregnant Woman walks 6 km from village for childbirth, dies

sabrangindia - January 6, 2026

Twenty-four-years-old Asha Santosh Kiranga, resident of Aaldandi Tola in Etapalli taluka in Gadchiroli district, was nine months pregnant; Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister is the “guardian minister” for the district

Rights

After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

sabrangindia - January 5, 2026

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

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