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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
Hum Dekhenge: Nation stands for freedom of speech, expression and conscience
The congregation organized by Swaraj Abhiyan of Yogendra Yadav saw several speakers expressing their solidarity with Prashant Bhushan as his sentence proceeding transpired in the court.
Delhi HC directs Police Commissioner to initiate disciplinary action against SHO Bhajanpura
Move comes after complaint by a woman resident of assault and harassment by cops
Indian diaspora stands with Prahsant Bhushan
On Wednesday, many Indian organisations in America came together to voice their support for Prashant Bhushan and discuss the current condition of the right to free speech in India
SC grants Prashant Bhushan time before sentencing
Power-packed proceedings, where Bhushan put his opponents on the backfoot several times
Justice delivery must be Constitutional
Activist and journalist, Teesta Setalvad pens this blog expressing solidarity with senior advocate and human rights defender, Prashant Bhushan
I submit to any penalty which the court may inflict: Prashant Bhushan
Senior advocate makes submission at sentence hearing before HC in contempt of court case
Prashant Bhushan contempt case should be heard by at least a 5-judge bench: Justice Kurien Joseph
The former judge of the Supreme Court said that both the contempt cases against Bhushan involved substantial questions of law
Veteran politicians bat for Prashant Bhushan
Express solidarity with senior advocate saying SC decision may have “a chilling effect on free speech and expression of dissent”
Hum Dekhenge: Activists, lawyers and journalists stand in solidarity with Prashant Bhushan
Supreme Court will hear Senior Advocate on sentence on August 20, after it held him in contempt
Citizens for Democracy urges SC to reconsider decision on Prashant Bhushan
Statement expressing solidarity with senior advocate says tweets made by him were an expression of anguish felt by citizens who are at the receiving end of the brutal state power
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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley
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