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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
UP: Jaunpur police allegedly flog Dalit women
Visual show women bearing reddened welts on their bodies but police say medical reports does not show any trauma
UP: Goons carve trishul on a man’s face!
In a fit of rage, four to five men use casteist slurs and physically assault the man for accidentally tipping over a glass of alcohol
No death due to manual scavenging: Social Justice Minister Athawale
The news disheartened Dalit activist like Bezwada Wilson regarding government’s concern for the plight of manual scavengers
Hate Watch: Dalit, Covid health worker, killed for sporting moustache in Rajasthan
Jitendra Meghwal, was killed for looking ‘upper caste’ in the eye, sporting a moustache, posting on social media, the accused travelled 800 km to kill him
Can anyone return 12 years of her life to Soni Sori?
After being acquitted in the 2011 Sedition case, Sori has now been acquitted in the cases against her
Chhattisgarh: A minor dead in missile strike on Koya Adivasis
Enraged by the state-oppression, activist Soni Sori calls for a pan-India outrage
Chorus grows for Hidme Markam’s release
A year after Markam’s arrest, Adivasis still haven’t seen a legitimate warrant for the activist’s imprisonment
UP’s tribal belts show unusual voter activity
While a higher voter turnout usually indicates an anti-incumbency factor and favours the Opposition, the opposite proved true for UP’s tribal districts
Jharkhand: Police physically assault Adivasi farmer
Police justify the brutality inflicted upon the middle-aged farmer by claiming they mistook him for someone with "Maoist inks"
Who is lobbying to get activist actor Chetan Kumar deported to the US?
The actor-activist is currently out on bail, and the right-wing has been lobbying hard for at least a year to have him deported
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