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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

Karnataka: Chetan Kumar turns 39 behind bars, was jailed for asking a question

The actor-activist was jailed for questioning the objectivity of a judge who had reportedly made mysoginistic comments on rape in the past

Under fire from SC, UP gov’t withdraws damage notices against anti-CAA protesters

SC had previously pulled up the state administration for violating set procedure; the court has now directed the UP gov't to refund amounts to people who had be forced to pay damages under the withdrawn notices

This Moyna will not be caged!

After eight months of persistence, CJP’s legal interventions ensured that a nonagenarianRajbongshi woman was declared Indian by an Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal

Anti-CAA-NRC protests in UP: Horrors of a police-state

APCR details an account of the victims of the police aggression against peaceful anti-CAA protesters in 2019

Police crackdown on student protesters in Delhi, Kolkata

Delhi students succeed in voicing their demands through rigorous protests, but Kolkata students face a harsher reality

Supreme Court takes UP gov’t to task over notices issued to anti-CAA protesters

“Follow due process under the law.. we are giving opportunity till February 18,” SC sets deadline for UP Gov't to explain its actions, else SC will quash notices

Rona Wilson’s devices hacked by two groups of hackers employed by same entity: Sentinel Labs

California-based cybersecurity firm’s report says two separate groups were employed by same entity with “interests aligned with the Indian State”

Ensure strict compliance and obviate harassment: SC cautions Tripura Police

Court was hearing a plea by a man accused of spreading unrest via social media during the protests that broke out in Tripura in response to desecration of temples in Bangladesh during Durga Puja in 2021

Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah arrested for FB post on Pulwama encounter

Pulwama Police allege ‘Facebook users and portals have been uploading anti-national content’

Umar Khalid bail: Prosecution alleges Pinjra Tod and others were included to give protests appear secular

He submitted that the protest sites, including Shaheen Bagh were all organised and hence cannot be said to be organic as was being largely claimed

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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation

Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.