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When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Delhi violence update: 40 nabbed for spreading rumours, death toll touches 47
Panic spread across Delhi on Sunday as rumour mills worked over time, but on Monday truth came to light
Crisis medical help & health care wanting: Delhi Violence
A report by volunteers –Role of Health Systems in Responding to Communal Violence in Delhi-- involved in facilitating access to healthcare for victims of violence between February 25 to March 1, 2020
Legal help a priority as Police turned Perpetrator instead of Protector: Delhi
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Non-Partisan Judicial Inquiry into wilful police inaction in Delhi: 358+ Academics
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Govt(s) Centre & State absent from relief operations: Delhi Carnage
In the aftermath of communal violence in Delhi, a team of rights and political activists have examined the role of the government in ongoing relief operations and have found an abdication of responsibility. The activists have demanded that the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, ministers of the Central and Delhi government, MPs and MLAs must meet with all affected persons and immediately initiate confidence building measures. This Status report is based on visits to Bhajanpura, Chaman Park and Shiv Vihar on February 29, 2020
‘Seva’, the Sikh langar, from Bhai Kanhaiya to Delhi Violence, 2020
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Youth assaulted by cops in viral ‘national anthem’ video dies
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