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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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No updates from hospital, prison: Varavara Rao’s family appeals to NHRC again
The aged poet has multiple ailments now, but family fears he may be declared ‘stable’ and sent back to Taloja Jail after Covid-19 treatment is over
Bihar Adivasis revive the call for ‘Jal-Jungle -Zameen’
The Adivasis of Adhaora, Kaimur have been leading this struggle for decades, but the lockdown has exacerbated the government’s efforts to evict these tribes
‘Cypher’ will bring together artists and HRDs to take stories to wider audience: Front Line Defenders
The digital monthly magazine will use visual storytelling to bring together artists and human rights defenders in a bid for their stories to reach new audiences
Jammu and Kashmir: The impact of lockdowns on Human Rights
Forum for Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir’s report highlights human rights violations in the UT
UP Congress minority cell launches campaign for Dr. Kafeel Khan’s release
The door-to-door campaign will run till August 12 and see massive mobilisation of the minority community
Stunned, speechless and ashamed: Lalita Ramdas reacts to NIA comments on Varavara Rao
NIA told Bombay High Court that Rao is trying to take undue advantage of Covid-19 and his old age to seek bail
Varavara Rao’ family demands official, and regular health updates
Withholding health updates of a person in judicial custody from his family is illegal, unconstitutional and inhuman, say Rao’s kin
100 days and counting, free Gulfisha Fatima: Activists
End 'Lock-Up' politics during lockdown, state activists in solidarity statement demanding release of all political prisoners
Release Varavara Rao, 146 scholars tell Indian Govt
Well known academics from all over the world have written to the Modi Govt to release Poet Varavara Rao, a political prisoner since 2018 who is precariously ill
Only political vendetta can explain Varavara Rao’s incarceration
The revolutionary poet contracted Covid-19 while in jail facing trumped up charges like 'waging war against the nation'
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