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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

Inquiry into rights violations by UP police during 2019 anti-CAA protests: NHRC

Responding to a two-year-old complaint that had seen interim actions by the Commission, the inquiry will look into state overreach that involved internet clampdowns, imposition of sec 144, illegal detentions and the opening fire at peaceful protestors. A NHRC team led by Rajvir Singh will investigate

Wider “WE” is Witness!

A significant section of society has now become ‘Us and Them’; the tendency is to exclude the other

CJP Impact: Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship confirmed by WB gov’t

CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre, after the migrant labourer was declared “foreigner” by an Assam FT

Bhima Koregaon: NIA Court rejects medical bail to Shoma Sen

She was arrested in June 2018, and has been in jail since then, with no relief

SC reserves order on Kavitha Lankesh’s plea opposing dropping KCOCA charges against accused

Image Courtesy:gaurilankeshnews.comOn August 16, the Supreme Court Bench of...

A year on, Hathras victim’s family awaits a house, pension and employment

The victim’s family has urged the court to provide them with immediate relief as laid down in the SC/ST rules, 1995

TN govt to quash over 5,000 cases against protestors, journalists, farmers

The government sought information about cases filed against peaceful protesters, and cases that go against or stand to violate right to freedom of press, and has decided to withdraw them

Delhi Violence: Court frames charges against 5 men for shooting a Muslim man dead, setting body on fire

The Judge took notice of the blow-by-blow account by the deceased’s brother to prosecute the 5 accused men

“My Ganga, my son… is back!”

CJP reunites Gangadhar Pramanik, a West Bengal man dubbed “foreigner” and thrown into a detention centre in Assam, with his mother

Civil society stands in solidarity with Harsh Mander, CES

Leading activists, writers, lawyers, economists, teachers, filmmakers and intellectuals condemned the Enforcement Directorate raids on Harsh Mander

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