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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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Jharkhand’s surrendered Naxals get gov’t grants
While two former naxals got Rs. 4 lakh each, 11 others got Rs. 2 lakh each
Assam police sends anti-CAA protestors from KMSS to home quarantine
The police alleged that the violators had violated lockdown norms
46 farmers protesting land grab and damage to crops detained in Gujarat
The farmers were protesting the compensation offered to them for the Vadodara Mumbai Expressway
Home quarantine patients to be tracked using mobile data?
The government has also asked for the development of a GPS wrist watch for violators of home quarantine
Ex-civil servants decry vilification of Harsh Mander for speech during anti-CAA protests
The former government officials allege that Mander’s speech was misconstrued for being hate speech and inciting violence
Madhya Pradesh hospital sealed over reports of tying elderly man to bed with ropes
The man was allegedly tied to the bed over non-payment of bills, the hospital registration has been suspended and an FIR has been registered against the administration
Baiga Chak’s forest survival due to decade-long local conservation measures
Pauri, one of the many hamlets in the Baiga...
Farmers stood up for basic rights, were shot at, six died: Mandsaur, MP, 2017
All India KisanSangharsh Coordination Committee honours martyred farmers, demanded loan waivers and fair prices once again, aise the slogan: “KarzaMukti, PooraDaam”
Safoora Zargar denied bail under UAPA, on grounds for blocking a road
The court has held that the action of blocking a road during anti-CAA, NPR-NRIC protests brought the “city to its knees” and also led to violence
Bengaluru Police must stop targeting Aakar Patel: Amnesty International India
The renowned human rights organisation issued a statement in solidarity with its former chief, veteran journalist Aakar Patel, who is being targeted for tweeting about protests.
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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish