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Image Courtesy: thehindu.comIn 2019, there were several instances when...

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

‘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

Anti-CAA protest attracts 25,000 in Malvani, Malad

Thousands also gather at Dadar at protest called by the VBA

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

India’s 200 million Muslims could be affected by CAA-NRC: US report

CRS report examines agenda of India’s “Hindu Nationalist Government”, examines possible impact of CAA-NRC

Bollywood appeals against police excesses in UP

Actors request CM Yogi to not indulge in inciting speeches and call for fair trials for those arrested

‘Zee TV misleads people’, journalist resigns over channel’s coverage of Jamia protest

Nasir Azmi was the head of video content at Zee Media. In a poor defence, the company has, post facto, claimed that he was an ‘under performer’.

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