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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

Books, winter clothes, fresh air for Umar Khalid; but it took a Court to direct police to do so

Khalid had told court he was being treated like a zoo animal in solitary confinement, court tells police to give him what he needs, extended judicial judicial remand till November 20

Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea rejected

83-year-old tribal rights activist Fr S`tan had sought interim bail on health grounds, however the special court rejected the plea 

25 anti-CAA protesters face externment!

If Uddhav Thackeray is anti-fascism and pro-democracy, why are police initiating chaper proceedings against students and activists who were a part of peaceful protests?

Umar Khalid alleges forced solitary confinement by jail authorities

The activist alleged that his request for adequate security had been distorted to extreme proportions by jail authorities who confined him to a cell

GN Saibaba still denied parole, medicine, books, letters from family: AS Vasantha

Saibaba, is yet to get a letter and news printouts his wife Vasantha sent on Oct 1, but she has convinced him to not go on hunger strike for now a she fears for his health  

Apolitical is a luxury few can afford: Rahee and Sarah

Politically-aware online artists talk about pressing issues in today’s world and an individual’s role in addressing these problems

Democracy dies when it’s streets fall silent: Activists on the right to protest

Arundhati Roy, Bezwada Wilson, NiveditaMenon, Nadeem Khan, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, call for debate on policing, protests, role of mainstream media

Allahabad HC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia

Kanojia was arrested on August 18 after an FIR was filed against him in Lucknow for allegedly “morphing” a social media post made by the member of an outfit called the Hindu Army, and then tweeting it; three months later he gets bail.

Activists, Opposition parties demand release of Bhima Koregaon accused

Condemn inhuman treatment of elderly accused like Fr. Stan Swamy, Varavara Rao and others

UN slams India for crackdown on Human Rights Defenders

High Commissioner dismayed at restrictions on human rights NGOs and arrests of activists in India

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