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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley

Doley was arrested in July this year for a protest against a hotel project near Kaziranga, and had been booked under the nefarious National Security Act (NSA) after a court granted him bail; Forum for Social Harmony, AMSU-AIKMS and BAA accuse the Assam government of criminalising land rights activism

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

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