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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

Gauhati HC grants bail to Muslim individual declared foreigner in Assam

FT had declared him Foreigner despite having proper documents that were proof of citizenship

Assam: Gauhati HC orders eviction of “encroachers” from protected reserved forests

Landless People of Goalpara District demand justice and facilitation of relocation

Lawyers must break the silence of complicity, question flaws of executive overreach: Kapil Sibal

In his speech at private event to commemorate five decades in the profession, senior counsel, Kapil Sibal urged advocates to encourage social mobilisation and ensure the delivery of unbiased justice

One more journalist hit by arrest warrant due to Adani’s defamation move 

Criminal defamation is the tool, Gujarat state the site of the Adani group’s multiple assault on any critical journalistic writing 

Delhi: Pulitzer awardee Kashmiri journo barred from travelling abroad, again

On July 2, Mattoo was stopped by the immigration officers from flying to Paris despite having a French visa.

SC Staying acquittal of Prof. Saibaba and 5 others sets a dangerous precedent: PUCL

The civil liberties organisation, has in a statement issued by its general secretary, Dr. V. Suresh, stated that the SC move at a special Saturday hearing on October 15 dilutes procedural safeguards and compromises the right to personal liberty

Defence Committee for GN Saibaba Urges SC to Reconsider Case, Wife Says ‘Will Wait for Justice’

The committee highlighted that the condition of Indian jails led to the death of Father Stan Swamy, which should not be repeated in the case of GN Saibaba.

Supreme Court suspends Bombay High Court order acquitting GN Saibaba and five others in Maoist links case, all to remain in jail

Court issues notice and grants accused four weeks to file counter applications

SC to hear urgent appeal against GN Saibaba’s acquittal

State had moved application demanding urgent listing claiming acquittal was not justifiable

Section 43D UAPA: Accused not heard, report of the prosecution doesn’t ‘need to be shared’ under the law

In this recent judgment by the Madras High Court, two SriLankan nationals are denied bail along with their right to be heard

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