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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

Why is Police demanding people’s documents in Benaras

This is the first question that comes to mind when you watch the video news report posted by UP Tak, a digital news channel in which the police can be seen looking at people’s ID documents, especially those hailing from West Bengal.

56 activists arrested in anti-CAA protests in Varanasi released

3 released activists were booked in another charge and have to file a fresh appeal for bail

Mumbai Police clamping down on anti-CAA protests?

Police deny permission for holding Jashn-e-Ekta on New Year’s...

Police Brutality, an American nightmare, once again becomes a reality in urban India

Protest against new Citizenship Bill see brutal crackdown on protests

NHRC receives complaint on police excess in Daryaganj

The Commission has registered the complaint that retells the horrors of the night when 18 minors were detained

NHRC pulls up UP police for complaints on rights violations, deaths by police firing

After receiving multiple complaints about violence against anti-CAA protesters, NHRC seeks a report from UP police

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.

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