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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

Justice delivery must be Constitutional

Activist and journalist, Teesta Setalvad pens this blog expressing solidarity with senior advocate and human rights defender, Prashant Bhushan

I submit to any penalty which the court may inflict: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate makes submission at sentence hearing before HC in contempt of court case

Prashant Bhushan contempt case should be heard by at least a 5-judge bench: Justice Kurien Joseph

The former judge of the Supreme Court said that both the contempt cases against Bhushan involved substantial questions of law

Veteran politicians bat for Prashant Bhushan

Express solidarity with senior advocate saying SC decision may have “a chilling effect on free speech and expression of dissent”

Hum Dekhenge: Activists, lawyers and journalists stand in solidarity with Prashant Bhushan

Supreme Court will hear Senior Advocate on sentence on August 20, after it held him in contempt

India stands by Prashant Bhushan

Several civil society groups and individuals have come together to express solidarity with the human rights defender since his conviction

Singer Zubeen Garg attacked in Assam

The artist who was once seen as a front-liner of the anti-CAA movement in Assam was targeted on suspicion of siding with the government

Dr. Kafeel Khan’s detention under NSA extended until November

He has been languishing in jail since January after he was arrested for giving provocative speeches during an anti-CAA protest at AMU

Mere mention of Shaheen Bagh whets political appetites again

Both AAP, BJP rediscover Shaheen Bagh protests, months after the women who pioneered it, called it off in public interest due to Covid-19

Is it time to break down the iron gates of this prison, the nation state?

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