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How the Delhi riots case remains stagnant with close to a dozen student leaders incarcerated
A look back at the trajectory of the Delhi Riots case(s), especially the infamous and belatedly registered FIR 59/2020 reveals a litany of procedural and substantive failures, together resulting in the incarceration without bail, for five long years, ten student activists and human rights defenders and one more politician as “accused”
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Delhi: JNU Imposing Fines of up to Rs 15,000 Over Earlier Protests: Students
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Among those who have got notices are former JNUSU vice president and PhD scholar Simone Zoya Khan and Kaushik Raj.
Remembering Gauri Lankesh, Renewing A Pledge
1.We lost Gauri Lankesh, journalist, activist and very passionate...
‘Stop Bulldozer Raj’ Slogan Echoes at Jantar Mantar
Protesters alleged that not even a single family evicted in demolition drives since the onset of pandemic has been rehabilitated in the capital.
I thought about Gauri in jail: Teesta Setalvad
The human rights defender was speaking via video-conferencing at an event to commemorate the fifth death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh
Five years since we lost Gauri Lankesh
Trial on in KCOCA Court; witnesses continue to testify even as defence tries to shift the blame on “family fued”, “Naxalite connections” and affiliation to “Tukde-tukde gang”
Essential ingredients of investigation, including custodial interrogation, have been completed: SC on granting Teesta Setalvad interim bail
Order sheds light on key observations of the court and the reasoning behind the order
Teesta Setalvad granted interim bail by Supreme Court
Court grants relief till bail application is heard by Gujarat High Court
What Case Against Teesta Setalvad Means for Protest in India
It tells civil society and opposition outfits to join hands and raise democratic movements to push back Hindutva forces.
Teesta Setalvad bail: SC makes key observations about FIR, long adjournment
Court also questioned State about “tenor and direction” of the investigation
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