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