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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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Bhagat Singh, the Tradition of Martrydom and Hindutva
First published on: MARCH 23, 2016March the 23rd (2016)...
CJP brings relief to a family’s struggle for their lost identity in Assam
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CJP’s team once again comes to the aid of a family that was repeatedly affected by the Assam’s citizenship crisis after a year-long legal battle
Should the State Government intervene in cases of arbitrary orders by the Foreigners’ Tribunal?
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In a recent decision of the Gauhati High Court that noted discrepancies and ignorance of procedure established by law in orders of the Foreigners’ Tribunal, has directed reviews by state government to the orders of the FT wherein “suspected illegal migrants/foreigners” are declared citizens
Broadcasting Bill adverse to freedom of speech & freedom of press: EGI
The Editors Guild of India, in its submissions to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has detailed how the provisions of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 are both vague and excessively intrusive
Plea to NHRC: Fairly investigate into ‘enforced disappearance’ of youth off Bangla border
In a representation to the National Human Rights Commission...
Surveillance and Freedom of Press – A call to public action
In this strongly worded public lecture delivered at Howrah West Bengal, senior editor calls upon all citizens, lawyers, journalists and activists to speak up against the sinister surveillance afoot in India, a phenomenon that is, repeatedly and with impunity targeting the working tools of journalists again and again.
India’s 2023 bad laws: Impact on Individual Freedoms and Indigenous Rights in a weaponised state
Do the 30 bills passed summarily, without due process, in the four sessions of the Parliament paint an even more dismal picture for the future of India, further curtailing our rights and freedoms?
Stifling of right to protest, freedom: Open letter to CJI Chandrachud
The open letter has alleged that peaceful protests were met with fake encounters, abductions and demolition of houses belonging to the protesters by police and other government instrumentalities
Unjust detention: Gautam Navlakha’s bail victory highlights insufficient evidence
Granting bail to writer and activist, Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case (Bhima Koregaon case), the Bombay High Court, found insufficient evidence to prima facie indicate Navlakha's involvement in conspiring or executing terrorist acts
Media organisations criticise freezing of NewsClick accounts by I-T Department
‘The salaries of all employees, including support staff, cannot be disbursed, including for the 19 days of work in December,’ a joint statement said
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Today, October 24, is the 110th death anniversary of the bold, innovative, rebellious, and unabashedly realistic Urdu fiction writer Ismat Chughtai! Born on August 21, 1915, she passed away at the age of 76 in Mumbai on October 24, 1991; Sabrangindia recalls her unique contribution with this piece by Taran Khan
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Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025
Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025
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Bihar Elections Build-up: ‘Won’t allow namaz’, ‘namak haram’, BJP MPs’ communal hate-filled remarks draw fire
In the build-up to the Bihar state elections, BJP leaders make a string of hate speech’s with BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur also saying that if a daughter goes to a ‘non-believer’s house’, her ‘legs should be broken’
Rights
Allahabad High Court directs UP Police to ensure safe return of inter-faith to their desired destination
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History
What Indian Cities Owe to Islam
The cities created in the Deccan by Muslim leaders introduced the concept of public space to the Indian world.
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“They were once sent back”: Court refrains from probing State’s claim as Assam seeks to justify continued detention
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Rule of Law
From Victim to Accused: High Court of Gujarat’s 2025 Ruling on Religious Conversion
In a decision that may reverberate across India's legal milieu and minority rights landscape, the Gujarat High Court has ruled that individuals who have been forcibly or wrongfully converted themselves may be charged in criminal proceedings if they then "influence" or abet someone else to convert