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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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Professor arrested after students file FIR against him for insulting PM Modi
The guest lecturer from Silchar had allegedly accused the BJP and RSS of creating a Godhra-like situation in Delhi
CJP helps secure release of two brothers from Assam detention Camp
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Samsul Ali and Abdur Rashid had been languishing behind bars for three years
Silent protests against violence in Khambhat, Delhi, Aligarh: Gujarat
More than 50 people assembled in a demonstration which was allowed without any written police permission and only an oral assurance from the police
Gauhati HC insists on issuing authority’s testimony to authenticate documents
Headmaster’s testimony required in case of School Leaving Certificate, oral testimony of projected family not considered
Communal Slurs, Pellets & Lathis: Allahabad HC orders UP govt to compensate 6 AMU students grievously injured by police excesses
Allahabad HC directs UP Govt to compensate students injured by UP police at AMU protests against CAA after an inquiry was ordered into the incident
SC refuses to pass orders in Shaheen Bagh case
Court admonishes Delhi Police, adjourns case till March 20
No holy cow when it comes to dissent, SC judge Deepak Gupta speaks out again
“Criticism of any institution is to be protected — the executive, legislature, judiciary, and even the armed forces. There is no holy cow when it comes to dissent” Justice Gupta said adding that majoritarianism can also not be accepted
Truck dumps stones at pro-CAA rally site, protesters under threat?
Video surfaces on social media showing large stones being brought to Maujpar in New Delhi
Assam NRC: Allegations of inclusion of ‘ineligible’ people in list
State coordinator seeks details from DRCRs of all districts
Is Adityanath at war with his own state’s citizens?
Fact finding report by Karwan-e-Mohabbat rips of the veil to reveal the ugliness of Adityanath’s administration
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Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
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India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
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India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish