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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

No protests raging on Delhi streets for this little ‘Nirbhaya’ now?

Brutally assaulted 13-year-old lies critically injured at AIIMS, brings back horrific memories in national capital

Thousands condemn Delhi Police interrogation of Prof. Apoorvanand

The noted DU professor and activist was questioned by Special Branch as a part of investigations into the NE Delhi riots

GN Saibaba denied permission to attend post funeral ceremonies of dead mother

Jail Superintendent Anup Kumar Kumre tells the media, permission was refused because the former DU Professor is a “different kind of inmate” 

Activists demand restoration of statehood for J&K

Write to PM saying promises of rapid and widespread ‘development’ have not been kept

End harassment of Kashmiri journalists, lawyers: Kashmir Reading Room

The Jammu & Kashmir Reading Room (KRR), a collective...

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Activists file intervention application 

16 prominent social activists say case will have adverse impact on citizens' Right to Freedom of Speech

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: A mute hearing

The hearing was concluded in-camera which no public access to the conversation between the bench and the counsel

Hope probe focuses on real perpetrators of Delhi violence: Prof Apoorvanand

The Delhi University professor was interrogated by the police in connection with the February 2020 riots

NIA raids Prof Hany Babu’s house; DUTA asks govt to stop witch-hunt

The house was raided for 4 hours as his wife and minor daughter were present in the house

Citizens groups condemn divisive advertisement by Peace Party

Talking of Nizam-e-Mustafa in a secular India, maliciously fuels hate campaigns, say secular citizens

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