Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
CJP Team -
K’taka HC raps admin and police, asks govt to rehabilitate laborers touted as “Bangladeshis”
After demolishing their homes, it was found that the laborers actually belonged to Assam and Telangana
Akhil Gogoi and other KMSS leaders sent back to custody
The leaders will be at the Guwahati Central Jail till the next hearing on February 25th
Shaheen Bagh in spotlight in SC, court says protest subject to reasonable restrictions
The court also took cognizance of the death of an infant at the protest
Mumbai Bagh meets BMC Commissioner, offers shramdaan for road work
The members of Mumbai Bagh agreed to cooperate for the Morland Road construction work
Jamia students allegedly attacked by police, again!
The Delhi police allegedly lathi charged students who were staging an anti-CAA-NRC march to the Parliament.
City of Seattle passes resolution against CAA-NRC
Asks PM Modi to uphold the Constitution, hauls him over the coals on Assam and Kashmir issues
Yatra against CAA-NPR-NRC: From Delhi to Assam’s Goalpara detention centre
Social activists from various organizations will launch a yatra starting February 22 to March 2 in solidarity with those forced to live in detention camps
Picture of two Elderly Women at Shaheen Bagh, is worth thousand words
Divided by class and privilege, but united by compassion and patriotism
Draped in yellow, Malerkotla rises against the CAA-NPR-NRC
The women, students and farmers in the town are planning for a mega rally against the CAA-NPR-NRC on February 16
Never-the-less, she persisted: The true meaning of Mumbai Bagh
Another group of women protesters who refuse to back down are taking a hostile regime head on with decidedly peaceful means.
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
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