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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

Jamia protests suspended, Eidgah goes online, Shaheen Bagh continues symbolically with four protestors

The student-led anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protest at Jamia Millia Islamia has been suspended in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Jamia Coordination Committee is the first to officially suspend its protest keeping the interests of others in mind. 

Roshanbagh CAA protestors to turn focus from protest to Covid-19 public awareness

The protestors said they are giving way to their demand of the repeal of the CAA-NPR and to-be implemented NRC to focus on raising awareness among vulnerable communities

Khan Saheb in Kashi

Ustad Bismillah Khan, 1916–2006. In the Ustad’s shehnai lies the note of reason

Anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protests may be suspended due to Corona Virus pandemic

The student led protests at Jamia Millia Islamia university are likely to be called off, or suspended for the time being, on Sunday March 22. The date marks 100 days of the protest. 

Bhiwandi Shaheen Bagh to go on with only 5 protestors till March 31 due to Covid-19

The organizers of the Bhiwandi Shaheen Bagh said that keeping public safety paramount, the protest would go on symbolically until further orders

Madras HC paves way for police permission for anti-CAA protest when Covid-19 ban is lifted

The court said the police could not stifle fundamental rights after the police denied permission for the protest citing public inconvenience

Kashmiri student urges PM to restore 4G internet

In an open letter to the PM, the student says how internet is the only way for students to keep up with their syllabus and poor speed is a deterrent

“Does the Coronavirus ignore wedding parties, and attack only peaceful protests?”

Shaheen Bagh gears up for protests amidst the Corona virus epidemic

More than 1,000 women write to state govt’s asking to de-link NPR from Census

The letter penned by activists, academics and anganwadi workers among women from other fields say that women face highest risk of exclusion from NRC which is preceded by the NPR

Shaheen Bagh protest continues; protestors take preventive measures against Covid-19

The protestors say they will only move after the Supreme Court orders them to do so

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