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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

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

Break this chain of Hate: Teesta Setalvad’s 2018 speech in Allahabad

As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends...

Opposition to the Vizhinjam Port Project must be seen in the wider context of protecting coastal ecology and communities

A proper evaluation of the mammoth project is also necessary given the increase in cyclones and other climate change related disasters that have been increasingly striking the region

We will win the day: Teesta Setalvad on the battle for the idea of India

As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends...

Delhi Police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui’s show

There were possibilities that the VHP would protest against the show

Closure and justice: Watch Teesta Setalvad talk to Karan Thapar in this 2004 interview

As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends...

People of Assam shocked at sudden increase in FT notices

CJP team found that in some villages in Dhubri, notices had also been served to people from indigenous communities

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