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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

Police cannot use power to summon to intimidate, harass, threaten: SC

The Apex Court said that it is entrusted with safeguarding the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.

HRDA condemns attack on TN journalist who exposed corrupt practices under MNREGA

The HRDA demands an inquiry against district officials who encouraged the corrupt activities and brutally assaulted journalist S. K. Lenin who brought such events to light.

76 foreign nationals on hunger strike at Delhi detention camp!

Inmates are protesting inhuman living conditions such as lack of proper drinking water

NIA Raids Day 2: Fresh searches conducted in Srinagar and Delhi today

Raids connected to terror-funding investigaiton, former Delhi minorities commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan raided for associaiton with NGO under NIA scanner

President Ram Nath Kovind suspends Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi

The President has ordered an inquiry into the allegations of dereliction of duties and lack of commitment and devotion to duty against the VC

Srinagar: NIA raids human rights defenders, NGOs, media house in terror funding probe

The National Investigation Agency is carrying out searches at multiple locations across the state and one place in Bangalore, all in connection with a terror funding probe

100 years later, country still makes the same old demands: Madpaule

Creator of the popular political page Madpaul Diaries tells us what motivates him to talk about social issues and the role of art in fighting social evils.

Act is being misused against innocent persons: Allahabad HC on UP law against cow slaughter

The High Court was hearing the bail plea of a man who was accused of taking a cow for slaughter

Farmers resolve to continue dissent continues on Dussehra

Punjab and Haryana farmers burn copies of 'anti-farmer laws' and effigies of union government members and business personalities instead of Ravana during Dussehra celebrations.

Repressing academic freedom is a known feature of authoritarian regimes: InSAF

International Solidarity for Academic Freedom (InSAF India) and the Global Diaspora Alliance express solidarity, demand release of academics, artists, writers, activists jailed under UAPA

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