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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”

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

Teesta Setalvad bail: SC reminds State of petitioner being behind bars

State seeks more time to make corrections to response to the human rights defender’s plea for interim relief

Delhi Violence: Prosecution opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea claiming protests were planned in detail

Prosecution says Shaheen Bagh protest was not an independent movement driven by Muslim women, and protests were planned in close proximity to Masjids

When Teesta Setalvad spoke to Kunal Kamra

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

Teesta Setalvad bail: SC issues notice to State of Gujarat

Court to consider on Thursday matter pertaining to interim relief while bail remains pending before Gujarat HC

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