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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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Spying on Opposition, Dissidents, Scribes Becomes More Dangerous
Authoritarian regimes can hire cyber criminals on the sly without signing any official agreement as they did in the case of Pegasus.
Regime’s policies are anti-worker, anti-peasant, pro-corporate: Trade Unions
Various labour rights groups and unions came together on Quit India Day in Gauhati
Award-Winning Poet from Madhya Pradesh Served House Demolition Notice
Mahesh Katare Sugam, who claims to possess all the relevant documents, feels he has been served the notice for raising local issues.
‘Grave Injustice’: People’s Tribunal on SC Judgements in Zakia Jafri, Himanshu Kumar’s Petitions
Speakers, including former judges, at the People’s Tribunal criticised the Supreme Court for putting down those who dared to raise questions over the government’s actions.
It is unfortunate that the petition was dismissed: Tanvir Jafri on Zakia Jafri case
The son of Zakia Jafri and slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri also lamented the Supreme Court’s observations about the NGO that helped them seek justice and whistleblower cops
We are with you, Teesta Setalvad: Dozens of letters pour in every week
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Well-wishers including fellow activists, students and ordinary citizens are sending postcards
He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan
Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman
Cannot evict persons with “Bulldozer” and leave them shelterless without any notice: Delhi HC
Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided
Right to free speech and expression includes the right to publish and circulate one’s opinions: Delhi HC
Court held that right to free speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) includes the right to comment on content created on social media or on television channels
Free Teesta Setalvad: Voices of solidarity intensify
As the human rights defender moves Gujarat High Court for bail, protests and meetings continue in different cities
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