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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention

From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions

Varanasi demands justice for Fr Stan Swamy

In memory of Fr Stan, Varanasi demands release of Bhima-Koregaon accused and other political prisoners

Maharashtra: 580 sanitation workers made permanent on industrial court orders!

A decades-long struggle for basic human rights finally concludes, as over 500 people in Mumbai receive the title of permanent MCGM sanitation workers

Citizens condemn Fr. Stan’s institutional murder under UAPA

Individuals and groups carry forward Fr, Stan’s legacy and demand the release of all those arrested under the draconian UAPA law

Judiciary on trial!

Examining the role of our courts in wake of Fr. Stan Swamy’s institutional murder

Meat politics and related jurisprudence in India

We explore how authoritarian regimes impose restrictions in a bid to force the food choices of the so-called “upper” castes upon people from “lower” castes

Another bullet from Arsenal pierces through NIA’s Bhima Koregaon case!

Now evidence emerges of files being planted on Surendra Gadling’s hard drive using same malware as in the case of Rona Wilson

Capital Punishment without trial

It happened to Father Stan Swamy and it could happen to anyone who the regime feels is against their political ideology

Father Stan Swamy passes away waiting for bail

The ailing human rights defender was put on ventilator support on Saturday, and suffered a cardiac arrest early morning on Monday

4,000 Adivasis, Charged as ‘Naxals in Jails of Jharkand

“4000 Adivasis, charged as ‘naxals’, are in the jails...

Who is responsible for Extremism or Naxalism?

Supreme Court says: ‘Indian State, with its blinkered vision...

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