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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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Reason for Exclusion from NRC only available for 3 lakh people in Assam?
Were the rest of the numbers buffered artificially to serve a political agenda?
No Maoist links, NIA trying to smear anti-CAA agitation: KMSS
The organization said that the investigative agency was falsely trying to prove that its incarcerated leaders had Maoist links
Victory! CJP secures release of four people from Assam Detention Camp
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Previously released detainees pay it forward by referring new cases to CJP
SC stays Gautam Navlakha’s bail proceedings at Delhi HC; NIA says HC acted without jurisdiction
The Delhi HC had deemed NIA’s decision to move Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai “hasty” especially when his bail proceedings were pending before the court
Shah Faesal, 2 PDP members all set to be released
PSA revoked against trio who had been arrested after the abrogation of Article 370 last year
JNU student and activist, Devangana Kalita, granted bail in Daryaganj violence case
The Magistrate who had granted her bail in an earlier case as well, noted that she is not a habitual offender and there is no direct evidence against her
Release Varavara Rao: Two former CICs to Maha CM
Plea to release aged, ailing poet on humanitarian grounds
Family, ex-CIC commissioners appeal for Varavara Rao’s release after his medical condition worsens
The special court hearing his case has asked JJ Hospital, where he is admitted, to submit his medical report
European Parliament raises concerns about intimidation of activists in India
Writes to Amit Shah expressing alarm at how UAPA is being used to silence even peaceful protesters
Human Rights Defenders’ Alert India asks NHRC to step in to probe Meeran Haider’s arrest
Meeran Haider, a student activist, was booked by the Delhi Police under the UAPA for allegedly inciting Delhi riots
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Communal Organisations
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Minorities
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