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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

Save his life: Poets and writers appeal to President of India to help Varavara Rao

Rao (79) is suffering from Covid-19, contracted due to abysmal conditions at Taloja jail, says family

Gauhati HC grants Akhil Gogoi bail in three cases

The peasants’ rights activist tested positive for Covid-19 recently, and has hearings coming up in NIA cases

Vernon Gonsalves, Anand Teltumbde ask to be tested for Covid-19

The jailed activists move Bombay High Court saying they were in close contact with poet Varavara Rao who recently tested positive

Varavara Rao tests Covid-19 positive!

The 79-year-old has been in jail since 2018, in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case. Family calls it criminal negligence of the State.

Webinar on rise in Human Rights violations in UP during lockdown

Activists, journalists and human rights defenders talk about what ails the people of UP and how they must be helped

Flood-victims sent notice to defend citizenship in Assam!

The four women and one man hail from villages that are under 7-8 feet of water!

Medical fraternity rallies to #FreeDrKafeel as he languishes in jail during the pandemic

The medicos have said that the UP government is being vindictive towards Khan and using him as a scapegoat to hide its shortcomings

Varavara Rao is in hospital today, but the risk to his life is not over: Family

Rao’s s bail hearing is due on July 17, his family fears that police may get Rao certified ‘stable/normal’ and present this report to HC

Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha denied default bail; NIA granted 10 days custody

The NIA sought extension of time of 180 days to file chargesheet, which was granted by the special court

CJP soldiers on in Assam despite cyclones, floods

From securing release of people from detention camps, to their economic rehabilitation to providing food and essentials to lockdown-affected people, CJP's work continued despite extreme weather conditions

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