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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

Front Line Defenders condemns arrest of Pinjra Tod activists, demands immediate release

Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal were arrested by the Delhi police for their participation in anti-CAA protests and alleged involvement in the Delhi riots

Attack on anti-CAA activists continue, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students arrested

One gets bail, another sent to jail, these arrests mirror those taking place in Delhi, as the national Covid-19 lockdown continues

Bihari barber dubbed Bangladeshi in Assam, CJP helps secure release

Lalit Thakur had been languishing in a detention camp since October 2016

Release all Political Prisoners in J & K before Eid: Concerned Citizens

The intimidation of media personnel must also stop and the govt must extend the same bank loan deferment facilities to J&K businesses like the rest of India

‘Maids should not touch lift buttons’: Gurgaon RWA exposes its racist, classist soul

Along with the communal virus, the caste and class viruses too have had a resurrection under the cover of the Coronavirus 2020. All three do not have a cure, or a vaccine yet.

Karnataka refuses entry to migrants from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

The state has issued orders that no migrants from these states will be accepted there till May 31

CJP enables reunion of man released from detention camp and his long-lost daughter

Inmate Abdul Khalek had essentially been left to rot behind bars till CJP intervened

CJP secures release of two more people from detention camps in Assam

Total 25 people have been released with exclusive efforts of CJP so far

Two Bengaluru activists helping migrants booked for provocation

The activists were allegedly booked under pressure by the builder lobby

Victory! CJP helps three more detention camp inmates come back home in Assam

All three Bengali Hindu detainees hail from extremely impoverished backgrounds, one of them is homeless

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