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Chhattisgarh: Hundred lawyers and legal professionals condemn ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, urge revocation

In an ‘Urgent Appeal issued to President Draupadi Murmu and Governor of Chhattisgarh, by close to 100 lawyers and legal professionals across India’, the group urges the revocation of the ‘arbitrary and unjust ban on the Moolvasi Bachao Manch (MBM) and the release of all its imprisoned members in the state. The appeal also demands the repeal of the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005

Farmers protest intensifies: Delhi-Noida Link Road closed

Barricades set up, additional forces deployed; this a sign of more farmers from Uttar Pradesh joining those from Punjab and Haryana

Stop defaming peasant movement: Farmers reject latest gov’t  proposal

Farmers’ leaders write a letter to stop further misinformation and call on citizens to observe Homage day for farmers who died during the movement

The only party who has blocked the road is you: SC to Solicitor General

Supreme Court tells Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, that a farmer who is willing to negotiate must be present in court

Farmers call the peasant struggle a national patriotic movement

Despite government attempts to trivialise the farmers’ struggle, peasants continue to gather more and more supporters as days go by

AIUFWP writes to the President of India over Farmer protests

In an appeal to the President, they have prayed for the repeal of the three farm laws in the interest of the agriculturists and the forest dwellers

Farmers are being misled about agriculture reforms: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a speech in Gujarat, even as farmers continue peaceful agitation on Delhi-Haryana-Uttar Pradesh borders

Farmers catch trouble mongering infiltrator at protest site, hand him over to police

Identified as a ‘BJP neta’, he was trying to raise 'pro Pakistan' slogans at the protest, when alert farmers caught him

Farmers protest: Toll Plaza concessionaire claims losses, approaches Punjab & Haryana HC

Similar news reports of ‘toll plaza earnings being hit’ have begun to appear in mainstream media over the last few days

Peasants have put the government on the backfoot: AIUFWP

Impressed by the unified struggle of India’s peasants, AIUFWP promised to continue protests on Tuesday.

I am a farmer first and a police officer later: Punjab DIG Prisons quits

Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Punjab DIG Prisons quits in solidarity with farmers’ protest

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