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This government has all but actually declared a war on its own people: Teesta Setalvad

Its been a challenging  five years. Between 2017-2019 (between when the book was first published) until now, the lines have been even more sharply drawn. Between the vast majority...

“This election was the most opaque”: Former civil servants write to EC

The 2019 General Elections were replete with political turnarounds...

Post 2019 polls, fight back the dismantling of “India”

One month down, a close look at the recent...

Probe EVM Tampering: VBA to Election Commission

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi appeals to the Election Commission of...

Re-wind to Dr Caligari and his Somnambulist Nation-state: India 2019

Fear and disbelief numbed many of us who were...

EVM Virodhi Rashtriya Jan Andolan calls for Election Boycott

Alleging EVM-VVPAT manipulation, EVM Virodhi Rashtriya Jan Andolan called...

Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two...

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Maharashtra: After backlash, govt. moves to withdraw FIRs against student protesters but questions remain

Following weeks of pressure from student groups and opposition parties, the state has begun withdrawing police cases linked to the NEET protests, while assuring there will be no coercive action during the legal process

The country they called home, the identity they had to defend

An elderly couple’s journey through fear, evidence and the law ends with two Foreigners Tribunal victories aided by CJP’s legal aid team

From Feeding Students to Fighting in the Supreme Court: The story of Mohammad Junaid Malik

How a young law graduate who spent 35 days feeding student protesters became a petitioner before the Supreme Court, alleging illegal detention, intimidation and coercive action against his family

Governments begin rolling back cases against protesters, but questions over violence, arrests and accountability remain

Official notifications in Bihar and Assam mark the first implementation of commitments made to protest leaders, even as fresh arrests in West Bengal, allegations of police excesses and questions over protest violence keep the movement alive

Reforming policing beyond force

Real change demands democratic policing, rigorous training, and accountability that makes officers answerable for brutality, sexual violence, and unlawful crowd control

July 2026: A dissent that was brutally put down, a crackdown after the protest ended

Police and RAF conduct was brutal, FIRs have been filed despite assurances, protesters arrested, and Muslim families, especially, have faced scrutiny

Permission to Protest? Why the right to dissent needs no licence

In the light of the nation’s vibrant 100-citywide protests, the author, a legal researcher questions, why, the right (to protest) that is supposed to speak against power is, at its very threshold, made to genuflect before power (police permission)