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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman
Revolutionary poet activist Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended by 3 months
Bombay HC grants medical bail extension but refuses permanent bail and disallows travel to Hyderabad
Emergence of ‘Super States’ in India
What happens when we allow our elected representatives to violate human rights in the name of “national security”?
Delhi court stays order directing withdrawal of Look Out circular against Aakar Patel
Court asks Patel to seek Court’s permission before leaving the country
Activists claim Karnataka police under tremendous political pressure
Tired of appealing to various police officials, activists openly call out the political pressure preventing the executive from performing its duties
Ajmer Collector bans crowds, religious flags and loudspeakers after Karauli violence
Fearing violence during religious festivals, the Ajmer administration calls for a slew of bans and restrictions until May 7
Does news of assaults on journalists not reach any minister’s reading list?
Journalists have allegedly been arrested, stripped, assaulted and intimidated in different states across the country, all for speaking truth to power
Karnataka police allegedly delays FIR against claim of “spitting jihad”
Activists eager for police action against hate-spreader criticise officials for their inefficiency in lodging an FIR against a reported hate-monger
J&K HC directs UT administration to identify and list all “illegal migrants” from Myanmar and Bangladesh
A 2017 PIL had sought court directions to eviction of all such migrants; it also wants to oust Rohingya refugees from the Union Territory
Delhi Violence: Shifa-Ur-Rehman denied bail again in UAPA case
The ex-Jamia Alumni association president has been implicated in the wider conspiracy behind the communal violence
Aakar Patel granted relief, free to travel, CBI ordered to withdraw Look out Circular
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