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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

Allahabad Varsity: ‘It Was Riot-Like Situation…Admin Wants to Discredit Dissent’, Allege Students

Some eyewitnesses alleged that campus security guards opened fire as the clash intensified, which injured around six students and some policemen.

Free Speech or Hate Speak?

Human rights organisations pick and choose whose freedom of speech – and other human rights – they are going to defend

Rescuing people from statelessness: CJP in Assam, a 2022 overview

Coming to the rescue of hapless citizens whose ‘citizenship’ was put to question, formed a major part of CJP’s Assam team’s efforts in 2022.

Shakira spotlights Iran’s footballer Amir Nasr who faces death penalty

The 26-year-old Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing the threat of execution

In Garb of Data Protection Bill, Centre Attacking RTI, Allege Information Commissioners

During an online press conference, they claimed that the proposed data protection Bill is used to take the essence of RTI law. Civil societies and journalists should speak up.

SC exists to protect personal liberty: CJI DY Chandrachud 

Kiren Rijiju, India’s law minister’s most recent provocation to the Supreme Court brought a swift and unequivocal response. CJI, hearing a matter where a man suffered long years of unfair incarceration said,  “If we do not act in matters of personal liberty..what are we doing here?”

CJP helps another Assam resident prove his citizenship!

Lakhan Das, who was served his FT notice in February 2021, blesses CJP for their constant support

India, with seven journalists jailed, draws criticism over its curtailment of media freedoms

Six of the seven journalists listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual report are being investigated under the dreaded Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)

Evidence planted on Jesuit-activist Stan Swamy’s laptop: Arsenal US Report

The report blasts a hole in the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) charges against Stan Swamy; before this similar plants had been found in Rona Wilson and Surendra Gadling’s computers

Conference on Left Movement cancelled after ‘call from senior official in Edu (MHRD) ministry: IIT Bombay

In a move that signals autocratic censorship, sources told The Wire  that the decision was announced past midnight, just a day before the scheduled event. In the email, organisers noted they were 'forced' to cancel it.

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