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Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals bypass constitutional safeguards: Report
Given the possibility of the onset of a nationwide exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, the report, ‘Unmaking Citizens’ by NLSIU & Queen Mary University of London, calls for an urgent, fundamental rethinking of the legal structures governing citizenship in India
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Assam woman first declared Indian, then foreigner; Gauhati HC sets her free
The woman hails from a socio-economically backward family and had endured unnecessary trauma after being thrown into a detention centre because of the impugned order of the FT
Resurgence of anti-CAA wave in Assam
Weekend protest by NESO and AASU dubs CAA unconstitutional and demands its repeal; homage paid to Hatigaon massacre victims
Provide medical facilities, grant parole: Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. G N Saibaba
The Committee has reiterated its demand to uphold the Rights of Prisoners and demanded his immediate release
Two brothers released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help
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CJP worked for four months to get Mahiruddin and Mainuddin released from the Tezpur Detention Centre
Sudha Bharadwaj released from jail
Released after being granted bail by Bombay High Court, terms of bail finalized on December 8
An attack on one scholar is an attack on all: Scholars at Risk
Free to Think 2021, a report released by Scholars at Risk, has an exhaustive chapter on India’s loss of academic freedoms under the current political regime
Sudha Bharadwaj bail: SC dismisses NIA plea against Bombay HC order
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The trade unionist will now walk free after terms of bail are finalized on December 8
MEA lashes out against OHCHR comment on Khurram Parvez’s arrest
Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs defends Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, says OHCHR doesn’t understand the security challenges of Jammu and Kashmir
Are Bengaluru authorities promoting the ‘cancel culture’ of the right wing?
Comedian Kunal Kamra was forced to cancel his upcoming shows in the city; has alleged “threats'' and the audience numbers being restricted
Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC grants Sudha Bharadwaj bail
The activist had spent three years behind bars and applied for default bail; court rejected bail for eight others
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