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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR
The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems
Did Labour Ministry delete its paper on Gov’t ban on asbestos mining and use?
Paper was presented at India-EU Seminar 2011, but asbestos still used for for making Amphan, Covid-19 shelters, says Toxics Watch Alliance
Terrorised by trolls, comedians apologise for hurting religious sentiments
Many comedians reported that their numbers and addresses had been leaked and that they were getting threats to life and that of their families too
NHRC demands report on Varavara Rao’s health, jail condition
National Human Rights Commission issues notices to Maharashtra Chief Secretary and Director General (Prisons) seeking report within two weeks
Save his life: Poets and writers appeal to President of India to help Varavara Rao
Rao (79) is suffering from Covid-19, contracted due to abysmal conditions at Taloja jail, says family
Gauhati HC grants Akhil Gogoi bail in three cases
The peasants’ rights activist tested positive for Covid-19 recently, and has hearings coming up in NIA cases
ECI shoots down postal ballot for Bihar voters aged over 65 years
Constraints of logistics, manpower and safety protocols of Covid-19 cited as reasons
Vernon Gonsalves, Anand Teltumbde ask to be tested for Covid-19
The jailed activists move Bombay High Court saying they were in close contact with poet Varavara Rao who recently tested positive
Varavara Rao tests Covid-19 positive!
The 79-year-old has been in jail since 2018, in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case. Family calls it criminal negligence of the State.
Dalit couple attempt suicide after forceful eviction, police brutality
The state government has sacked the District Collector and SP after a video of the brutal attacks by the police on the couple went viral
“No place for encounter in a country governed by rule of law”: Justice Deepak Gupta
In an online interview with The Wire, the recently retired judge of the Supreme Court indicated how all pillars of a democracy have a part to play in re-instilling people’s faith in law
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