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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
Two of Munawar Faruqui’s co-accused get ad-interim bail, two more remain in jail
Artists, writers, filmmakers, performers from across the world, stand in solidarity with Munawar Faruqui, demand dismissal of all charges against him and others
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SC refuses to compound offences in a custodial death case
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Farmer’s death on R Day: Delhi HC seeks status report from Police
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SC issues notice to Twitter for mechanism to check anti-India content
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Suleman Yusuf was brutally murdered by an alleged riotous mob during the Delhi Riots last year
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