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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
The pushback to the Modi 1.0 regime came within months of it being sworn into office, and it emerged from the student of the Central University, Hyderabad & JNU among others, that had been creations of independent India’s intellectual and organisational fashioning; while Gen Z’s 2026 protests are a breath of fresh air to the battle weary, India’s students in universities have never been silent
Mapping solidarity: Citizens stand with Teesta Setalvad
SabrangIndia maps the flood of support pouring in for Teesta Setalvad and others
Drop charges against Teesta Setalvad: Human Rights Watch
The organisation demands that the Government of India stop harassing activists for defending human rights
After activists, is GoI now targeting farmers?
Farmers Twitter accounts withheld, reportedly at GoI's behest, at a time when media is largely focused on arrests of activists and journalists
Teesta Setalvad inspires art from behind bars
Digital media activists and artists creatively express solidarity, demand Teesta Setalvad’s immediate release
Release Teesta Setalvad: Indian Human Rights groups and activists
Youths, trade unions and rights groups stand with Teesta Setalvad, demand her immediate release
Support pours in for Teesta Setalvad
Civil society, socio-political activists and journalists demand justice for the human rights defender
PRESS RELEASE: Teesta Setalvad roughed up as Gujarat ATS personnel barge into her home
The human rights defender fears for her life as she is taken to Ahmedabad, ostensibly to the Crime Branch where a complaint of forgery is lodged against her
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The former Jharkhand governor had fearlessly sent back anti-tribal forest legislations in 2017
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