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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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Eight political parties condemn arrests of students and activists in letter to the President
The letter questions the timing of these arrests and condemns the use of UAPA against scholars; Representatives of the Congress (INC), Samajwadi Party (SP), Aam Admi Party (AAP) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and DMK are absent from the communication, though
Free Safoora: Indians hold car rally in Canada in solidarity with student activist
Safoora Zargar was arrested by the police under the UAPA for being part of anti-CAA protests
Punjab District releases names and addresses of 1094 people in quarantine
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CJP condemns arrest of Human Rights Defender Zamser Ali in Assam
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Ali had raised his voice against the blatantly communal social media posts by Rupa Rani Bhuyan, a college professor
Right to Internet: Is it a fundamental right in India?
The Kashmir lockdown rekindles the question
A Pulitzer for Kashmir
AP photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand awarded journalism’s most coveted prize
1100 feminists write to PM against targeting of anti-CAA women protesters
Eminent women intellectuals denounce false narratives that try to link anti-CAA protests with the violence in Delhi, demand an immediate stop to targeting of Muslim women activists
Whither Freedom of Press in India?
It is no easy job being a journalist in India today. If one has to stand up for truth and justice one will have to pay the price.
‘Untraceable’ detention camp inmate from Assam found, released with CJP’s help
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Zubeida Khatoon had lost all hope after being forced to spend more than five years in captivity
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