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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

2023 Goenka Awards for excellence in journalism, IE editor in chief Rajkamal Jha turns the spotlight on media arrests

Jha delivered this pithy critique of the times we live in while union minister for Information & Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur looked on when he delivered his brief vote of thanks

Actor Chetan’s Second Arrest: First as Warning, Second as Strategy?

UPDATE March 24, 2023: Chetan Kumar gets a bailActor and...

Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.

Police disrupt anti hate-speech campaign in Mira-Bhayandar 

 ‘Don’t name the MLA, say the police, confiscate postcards and strike out the legislator’s name from banners at the venue

Even after 3 months, zero cases filed before the Maha Inter-faith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee: Maharashtra Women and Development Ministry

SP president files privilege motion against BJP leader Lodha for making false claims of having received 152 cases in the state assembly, Bombay HC allows PIL by Rais Shaikh against the Maha GR

Remove distasteful tickers targeting Teesta Setalvad: NBDSA directs Times Now

The Authority has advised the channel from using such tickers in the future, of which it has been guilty in the past as well

Towards Quality Universal and Accessible Education for All!  Protests against NEP 2020

Roll Back NEP 2020! This was the resounding slogan at the Jantar Mantar protest on March 14, against the Modi 2.0 much touted New Education Policy (NEP)

CJP brings a sliver of hope for a differently abled beggar who had been suspected to a foreigner

A resident of Assam, "suspected of being a foreigner" by a Foreigners' Tribunal (FT) in Bongaigoan District, Assam, has finally been declared an Indian Citizen. Sukur Ali's case is yet another watershed moment for team CJP at the FT level.

Custodial deaths highest in Gujarat over 5 years; jails overcrowded

Gujarat has a prison capacity of 13,999 prisoners. There is clear overcrowding, 16,597 prisoners are currently housed in its jails; numbers show that Gujarat's jails are overflowing with 2598 inmates 

Censorship: Gandhi Peace Foundation told to cancel Kashmir meet

Kashmir Media blackout: a public meeting and a media conference on ‘Media Blackout and State Repression in Kashmir’ were scheduled to be hosted by an activist umbrella group called the Campaign Against State Repression but cancelled after a visit from the Delhi police

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