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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

Day 23 of Farmers March: Mass withholding of social media ahead of march to Delhi, third time since the beginning of the protest

Accounts of journalists, farmer leaders, supporters targeted, even accounts of US-based citizen supporting the cause not spared; farmer leaders provide that they will soon be approaching the Supreme Court against such undemocratic tactics

CJP Assam’s teams legal triumphs in 2023

A total of 18 success stories in 2023 alone, with all being declared Indian by Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal through the year. But what does it take, for a paralegal and legal team to achieve this? CJP’s Team Assam, as this detailed document reveals shows grit and dedication in collating and submitting authentic documents, presenting cogent Written Statements and finally vital Witnesses, in person!

Extension of internet bans, suspension of social media accounts: state action on farmers’ protest focuses on suppression of voices

After farmer unions, leaders, journalists and supporters, tribal leader Hansraj Meena and Tribal Army X account withheld by the government

Grave concerns on DPDP Act, 2023 as journalistic activities threatened: Editor’s Guild to MEITY

In a detailed representation to Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, the Editor’s Guild of India (EGI) has pointed out how the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protect Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) –possibly inadvertently--violate privacy principles enunciated by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice BN Srikrishna Commission report as also threaten the very existence of journalistic activities in India

Media fraternity stands with Nikhil Wagle after attack, EGI, PCI, NWMI release statements in support

Support from the media fraternity trickles in for Nikhil Wagle as another FIR is filed against him after his car was violently attacked by alleged workers of the BJP

Farmers in Noida, Greater Noida are protesting, which are the farmer unions are leading them

Noida farmers protest: Higher compensation for land acquisition is just one of the demands raised by the farmers marching to Parliament

The Reign of Unfreedom: IIT-Bombay & the cancellation of the Dr Ganesh Devy lecture

Rabindranath Tagore, the poet and philosopher, dreamed of a decolonised India to be a country where “the mind” would be “without fear” and “knowledge” would be “free”.

Who is afraid of the writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar?

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Four years behind bars, Sharjeel Imam still waits for a fair trial

Serving as an under trial prisoner since 2020 and not convicted so far, Sharjeel Imam, taken into custody after the anti-CAA movements when activists associated with the movement were being arrested, has completed more than half of the maximum sentence that the cases against him suggest

Five FTII Pune students booked by police for “hurting religious sentiments” over displaying ‘Remember Babri’ banner

FIR based on complaint of president of the women's wing Hindutva group that barged into the FTII campus, indulged in vandalism and assaults; out of the seven names mentioned in the FIR, two are fake

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