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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

4,000 Adivasis, Charged as ‘Naxals in Jails of Jharkand

“4000 Adivasis, charged as ‘naxals’, are in the jails...

Who is responsible for Extremism or Naxalism?

Supreme Court says: ‘Indian State, with its blinkered vision...

I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...

The institutional murder of Father Stan Swamy

It was just minutes past 1 P.M today (1.14 P.M), Monday July 5, that Father Stan Swamy, 84-year-old fiery Jesuit priest, suffering not just from Parkinson’s Disease but also Covid-19 virus, breathed his last

MLA, HRD Akhil Gogoi to walk free, NIA court discharges him in last UAPA case

Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019, is likely to walk free, clear of all terror charges

Exclusive: J & K: What do elections mean without statehood?

Senior CPI (M) leader  Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, Convenor, People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration spoke exclusively to SabrangIndia's Karuna John on the issue, and on Sikh community’s concerns 

Time flies, memories fade, nightmares become real

45 years of the emergency 25 June 2020

Has Centre admitted that stripping Article 370, bifurcating J&K was a mistake?

PM Narendra Modi, led a 3-hour meeting with leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, however removing "Dilli ki Doori as well as Dil Ki Doori" seems a long way off

The UAPA noose

The phrasing of the act is so wide and sweeping, that it gives a government powers to practically put under arrest and detain anyone it finds inconvenient or an obstacle to its political aims

Maulvi and a feminist

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