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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Fact-finding report reveals police brutality at Aurangabad and Phulwari Sharif

At the anti-CAA protest in Bihar on Dec 20, the police unleashed violence with impunity, ransacking homes and assaulting men, women and even children

UP sees the worst of Police Brutality

The CAA-NPR-NRC triple whammy has jolted the social and political conscience in the country. As the protests kept spreading, the government started getting wary of the public sentiment which is holding on to the secularity and rejecting a law that discriminates on religious lines and aims to eliminate or marginalise the Muslim community.

‘Bloody Sunday 2019’- PUDR releases report on Jamia police brutalities

A fact finding team of the People’s Union of Democratic Rights gives a view of what happened on Dec 13 and 15 at JMIU during the anti-CAA protests

Calcutta HC prevents deportation of Rohingya couple, wins hearts

The High Court passed an injunction to restrain the government from deporting a Rohingya couple, on humanitarian grounds.

Fact finding report reveals excesses by Meerut police against Muslims

Fact-finding report by activists alleges that Muslim neighbourhoods were targeted and violence may have been unleashed deliberately

“Are you going to ban each and every protest?” K’taka HC raps govt

The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled.

Gauhati HC checks legality of ED summons to Assam newspaper

The petitioner stated that the ED was trying to stop the true facts of the Assam agitation against CAA from being disseminated to the public

‘Protestors should pay’: Karnataka to seize properties of alleged ‘rioters’

K’taka is the 2nd state after UP to hold protestors liable for damage to public property

Ex-Indian Navy Chief Ramdas says Gen Rawat wrong in making political comments

Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas terms Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat's remarks against anti-citizenship law protests "wrong", says people in armed forces must follow decades-old principle of serving country and not any political forces, reports PTI.

AMU alumnus writes scathing letter to Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor

He said that had the VC not been an alumnus of the university, he would’ve filed a criminal case against him.

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children