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Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt

A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail

‘Naming & shaming’ instead of rule of law: UP recovery of damage to public & private property ordinance, 2020

The Ordinance is out. On Sunday, March 15, the Uttar Pradesh recovery of damage to public and private property ordinance 2020 was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday.  The ordinance ignores tested jurisprudence and caution from constitutional courts that point to the absence of due process in such a “Name and Shame” policy. Intrinsic to this understanding is the arbitrary, unchecked power such an ordinance gives wings of the state, tilting power away from the people into the hands of the state, its police, without any checks and balances

Stop blaming women and peaceful protesters for Delhi violence: Women’s groups

Women intellectuals and civil society members come together to condemn CAA-NPR-NRC

Protest against indiscriminate arrest of hundreds of Muslims in violence affected NE Delhi

Students and faculty of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

“Everyone has been Silenced”: a comprehensive report on UP violence and its aftermath

The report by Citizens Against Hate (CAH), gives detailed account of alleged episodes of police excess, destruction of property and targeted violence in UP

Delhi violence: Allegations of indiscriminate arrests of Muslim men

Over 100 allegedly arrested or detained from Mustafabad, including Muslim man guarding Hindu temple

Shaheen Bagh shooter granted bail; supporters give hero’s welcome

The court released him on a bond of Rs. 25,000 after his lawyer argued that keeping Baisla in judicial custody would serve no purpose

Bidar court says school play not seditious, what does it imply?

The court made this observation while granting anticipatory bail in the case and also dismissed other offences laid out in the case

CAA related violence: Finding no evidence, Bihar police drops 5 names from chargesheet

Police in Aurangabad has registered a case against 44 people in the anti-CAA protests that allegedly turned violent on December 21, 2019

Sisterhood, Resistance & Resolve: Shaheen Bagh’s women mark Interational Women’s Day, support Delhi violence survivors

Even as Shaheen Bagh rose up to support the survivors of Delhi’s mass violence, the east Delhi dairy farmer, who had fired at the site on February 1, received bail on Friday and was released on Saturday

Shaheen Bagh Women inspire Million Women Rise 2020 march: London

The South Asia Solidarity group backing the march said the women in Shaheen Bagh are inspiring flowers of resistance that have bloomed against genocidal laws

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