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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

Victory! CJP helps another Assam woman defend her Indian citizenship before FT

Asiya Bibi of Goalpara had been hounded with three separate FT cases!

When Accused Become Innocent And Innocent Are Made Accused

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathu Ram Godse. There...

Order in Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar’s bail applications likely to be passed on July 28

Court said it needed time to examine all documents submitted

Kashmiri journalist Aakash Hassan ‘stopped’ from travelling abroad

Aakash Hassan, an independent Kashmiri journalist alleged being stopped...

Eminent artists, film makers, activists and writers continue to advocate for Teesta Setalvad’s release

A month after her incarceration, the demand for justice keeps growing

Arrest of journalist and HRD Rupesh Kumar Singh

Human Rights Defenders Alert -India writes to the National...

Raise your voice against arrest of eminent human rights activist Teesta Setalvad: AFDR Punjab

Gujrat ATS raided the Mumbai house of eminent  human...

Ndileka Mandela: Without intervention, India risks becoming an apartheid state

Islamophobia has corroded what was once the world’s largest democracy, as laws that belong to South Africa’s apartheid past pop up across India.

Fr. Stan Swamy: his legacy lives forever!

A little over a year ago, on 5 July...

Teesta Setalvad’s arrest threatens India’s reputation: Eminent Canadians including Margaret Atwood

In letter to President of India, and Chief Justice of India, they urge for immediate intervention to secure their release

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