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Victory for Sahid Ali: CJP’s legal battle brings relief in Ali’s citizenship crisis, bail granted by High Court
While the bail is a temporary relief, it represents a major step in securing Sahid Ali’s full legal recognition as a citizen, with CJP committed to ensuring to help all those in Assam who face similar struggles in proving their rightful identity and citizenship
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Gauri Lankesh assassination: 6 years down, no closure for family and friends, justice elusive
With the case against journalist's killers moving at a snail's pace and 83 witnesses examined, there is growing demand for a special court to hear the case exclusively
India today has all the markers of a failing democracy. But the situation is not irreversible
AP Shah -
Former Delhi high court judge A.P. Shah stated that the rise of illiberal and communal forces in India is made possible, in part, by disillusionment with successive governments and compounded by a legal architecture that is permissive of abuse, and prejudices inherent in society.
RJD MP Manoj Jha’s Delhi University Lecture Cancelled, Triggers Political Row
The DU professor said he was invited to virtually address college and university teachers as a resource for a refresher social work and social sciences course on Sept 4.
Noted rights defender and environmental rights activist, Prafulla Samantara abducted from hotel room in Rayagada, later found in Berhampur: Orissa
Sabrangindia spoke to well recognised environmentalist and Adivasi rights activist Prafulla Samantara, who said men masquerading as “police” forced their entry into the Hotel room (where he was due to attend a press conference) and whisked him away from Rayagada on a roundabout route to Behrampur, a distance of 255 kilometres, without FIR or warrant; Samantara an awardee of the international Green Nobel Prize, the Goldman International prize has now filed an FIR
The ‘Fascist BJP, Down’ slogan not an offence: Madras HC quashes FIR against academic
Five years ago, in 2018, research scholar Lois Sofia had raised the slogan at the Thoothukudi airport and in a flight which had Tamilisai Soundararajan, who is now governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, and was then TN BJP chief.
Is Ashoka univ “falling short of its Declared Vision? 300 + academics stand up for Sabyasachi Das
"It is clear from this sequence of events that what was at stake was not the academic merit of his paper, but the threat it posed to the ruling party. There has been no detailed academic counter to this paper, only ad hominem attacks in the public."
We20 activists stand firm against blockade by Delhi Police trained for Modi’s G-20
Despite the police at the gates, the collective gathered within Surjeet Singh Bhavan –where delegates demanded that the rich and aspirational countries should put people above profits – was one of a community of intellectuals and a cultural gathering.
FIR against student Lois Sophia who shouted anti-BJP slogan on flight quashed: Madras High Court
Sofia, a research scholar from Canada, was booked in September 2018 after she shouted "fascist BJP government down, down" on board a flight to Thoothukudi.
Attempts to control academic freedom gives rise to protest by faculty, Ashoka University and IISc an example
In Ashoka University, faculty threaten an “exodus” in solidarity with resignation by assistant professor for research paper; faculty of IISc intervene when Teesta Setalvad not allowed to give speech on harmony
Human rights lawyer and activist Ebo Mili Mejo Mihu detained over indigenous land and river protest
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