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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

A Man, His Oxygen Tank And India’s Growing Spectre Of Death

Bengaluru: Over 34 years, as India’s economy expanded and...

Central University of Kerala: OBCs get reservation after protests

Reservation for OBCs is mandatory in recruitment to universities and...

Lawyers Collective Raid : An Attempt to Silence Dissent?

In this episode of Aaj Ki Baat, Urmilesh talks...

Civil Society and Liberals rally behind Indira Jaising and Anand Grover

  In wake of the raids by the Central Bureau...

Lawyer writes to Bar Association in wake of CBI raids against Indira Jaising

Hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided...

Helpful in developing participatory democracy, social movements are no hurdle in policy making

Social movements (SM) are mass communication to raise social...

Crackdown on Lawyers Collective, State targeting activists again!

Citizens for Justice and Peace condemns the raids on...

The Mechanism of Caste

With Independence Day only five weeks away, the Indian Cultural...

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