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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression

Revolutionary poet activist Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended by 3 months

Bombay HC grants medical bail extension but refuses permanent bail and disallows travel to Hyderabad

Emergence of ‘Super States’ in India

What happens when we allow our elected representatives to violate human rights in the name of “national security”?

Delhi court stays order directing withdrawal of Look Out circular against Aakar Patel

Court asks Patel to seek Court’s permission before leaving the country

Activists claim Karnataka police under tremendous political pressure

Tired of appealing to various police officials, activists openly call out the political pressure preventing the executive from performing its duties

Ajmer Collector bans crowds, religious flags and loudspeakers after Karauli violence

Fearing violence during religious festivals, the Ajmer administration calls for a slew of bans and restrictions until May 7

Does news of assaults on journalists not reach any minister’s reading list?

Journalists have allegedly been arrested, stripped, assaulted and intimidated in different states across the country, all for speaking truth to power

Karnataka police allegedly delays FIR against claim of “spitting jihad”

Activists eager for police action against hate-spreader criticise officials for their inefficiency in lodging an FIR against a reported hate-monger

J&K HC directs UT administration to identify and list all “illegal migrants” from Myanmar and Bangladesh

A 2017 PIL had sought court directions to eviction of all such migrants; it also wants to oust Rohingya refugees from the Union Territory

Delhi Violence: Shifa-Ur-Rehman denied bail again in UAPA case

The ex-Jamia Alumni association president has been implicated in the wider conspiracy behind the communal violence

Aakar Patel granted relief, free to travel, CBI ordered to withdraw Look out Circular

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted relief to former...

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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression

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