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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

Anand Teltumbde: ‘Unlawful Activities Act is in Itself Unlawful’

In this exclusive interview with Newsclick, activist, scholar, and...

Does the Northeast even count in the Regime’s Cynical push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill?

The Northeast is in turmoil over the Citizenship Amendment...

Women prisoners recount custodial torture, rape and health crisis at public hearing

Over the past 15 years, India’s jails have seen...

Education rights group condemns threat to arrest Anand Teltumbde

In a statement, they said that to incarcerate select...

State Cannot Thrust Its Own Notions Of Morality On Society: SC

he bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan...

Indians should be ashamed over what’s happening to Anand Teltumbde

To arrest him is to try and silence a...

‘My Hopes Lie Shattered, I Need Your Support’

An appeal from scholar and rights activist Anand Teltumbde...

Opinion: Shouldn’t a commission like Mandal ascertain the need for 10% upper caste poor quota?

The current politics of reservation need to be converted...

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