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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

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

No order on 4G restoration in J&K: SC

MHA Secy led committee to examine issues

Punjab District releases names and addresses of 1094 people in quarantine

 In a shocking breach of privacy, the Sahibzada Ajit...

CJP condemns arrest of Human Rights Defender Zamser Ali in Assam

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

Zubeida Khatoon had lost all hope after being forced to spend more than five years in captivity

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