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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
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KPSS fast-unto-death completes one week!
Organisation had recently released a series of government orders ignored by the Relief Department
Courts upholds dignity of sex-workers in two important orders
First the SC directed the government to provide Monetary assistance and rations to them without demanding IDs, and now Bombay HC set three of them free recognising prostitution is not an offence
Sudha Bharadwaj’s health stable and satisfactory: Dubious submission of jail authorities
Despite the many ailments listed in Bharadwaj’s medical reports, the apex court decides to deny her medical bail based on one officer’s statement.
Advocate-activist Babar Qadri shot dead by militants in Srinagar
Second political-social activist killed by in 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir
Clause 6 committee report to be examined by legal experts?
Report had been submitted in February, but not made public officially; Committee had no shortage of legal experts
Time magazine calls Shaheen Bagh daadi global icon!
Meanwhile, Delhi riots chargesheet alleges that women protesters paid ‘daily wages’, used as for ‘gender cover’
Voices of dissent course through the country
Thousands of people came together to decry anti-labour, anti-farmer and anti-people laws passed by the Centre in recent days.
KPSS chief fires salvo against Relief Department on Day 4 of Fast-unto-Death
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The Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti is demanding urgent reforms for non-migrant families from the community in the Valley
Kashmir journalist assaulted, harassed by Cyber Police, for article on cyberbullying
Auqib Javeed was summoned on September 18, and alleges he was slapped by a “masked policeman”, then questioned for 5 hours
If I hurt myself, only jail authorities will be responsible: Gulfisha Fatima
The student activist told the Sessions judge that she was constantly being discriminated against and mentally harassed in jail
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