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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

EXCLUSIVE! NRC Rejection Slips to be issued only after Covid-19 is brought under control

NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma says timelines are difficult to commit to at this point as everything is in a flux due to the pandemic

Rona Wilson worked for release of political prisoners, now a prisoner himself

The state must either prove its grave charges against him conclusively or set him free along with all other political prisoners.

J&K LG assures action of demands of Kashmiri Pandits

A delegation of the minority Hindu community in the Union Territory met the LG in Srinagar today

Canadian legislator honoured for standing up for Kashmir and minorities in India

Ravi Kahlon has written to the United Nations on behalf of his constituents, raising concerns about the plight of their relatives in Kashmir asking for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the region

Sudha Bharadwaj’s heart condition result of incarecration, family & friends urge early hearing of bail petition

A July 2020 jail medical report revealed that Bharadwaj a renowned lawyer and activist had been recently diagnosed with a heart condition; yet her bail petition, listed a dozen times in the Bombay HC had not been heard

Allahabad HC protects septuagenarian lawyer from arrest in anti-CAA protest case

Mohammed Shoaib has been on the state government’s radar since December 2019 and has been engaging all means to keep him behind bars

Chhattisgarh lawyer allegedly assaulted by cops, WCD officials

Incident took place when officials visited a shelter home for HIV positive minor girls to forcibly evict them; the organisation is now being systematically vilified along communal lines

Hope to attend my daughter’s birthday this year: Dr. Kafeel Khan

Khan who has been under detention since February, has been charged under National Security Act and his petition for release is pending before Allahabad High Court

JNU PhD scholar Sharjeel Imam arrested again, now for Delhi riots

Supreme Court adjourns hearing on plea to club FIRs against Sharjeel Imam, by two weeks

Chhattisgarh police brutality against advocate demands strict action: HRDA

HRD Alert, has in a letter letter to the NHRC, demanded justice  for a human rights lawyer who was brutally assaulted by the State police, while trying to protect girl children from harm

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