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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

India to UN: All is well and lawful in Assam

After a series of concerns raised by the United...

NWMI-FCS Report paints a “grim and despairing” picture of media in Kashmir

It has been a month since Kashmir went dark...

Foreign Journalists asked to “leave” Assam, post NRC, state declared “protected area”

Assam has suddenly been placed under the “protected area...

Knickers in a twist, Right says Assam NRC is wrong!

Ever since the final National Register of Citizens (NRC)...

New Report Cites 432 Torture Cases In Kashmir From 1990-2017, 70% Victims Civilians

Mumbai: The Indian state has routinely practiced torture as...

Activist Medha Patkar ends hunger strike after 9 days

Medha Patkar who along with 6 others was on...

“It’s often assumed that one’s a Dalit if their research is on Ambedkar”

Research on colonial Indian cartoons and biographies of cartoonists...

Rice-Wheat Stocks at Record High, Govt Clueless

Offtake from the Public Distribution System is stagnating although...

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