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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

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Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya should be thrashed, raped in custody: Agra Lawyer

(Dr) Anil Dikshit, a practising lawyer and a (former)...

Where every human rights activist is labelled a Maoist: Chhatisgarh

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Afzal Guru’s execution has made him a martyr

The Indian state refuses to accept that there is...

Turkey: Mind numbing violence in a country where even “insulting President” is a crime

Photo: Courtesy Human Rights WatchThe violence unleashed against political...

Between Freedom and Fascism: Speech is really free only when it hurts

Amidst Hindutva’s escalating hysterical-nationalism, raising the question of Kashmir’s...

A Solidarity Poem for JNU from the Incarcerated Community of Philadelphia

A solidarity poem for Kanhaiya and the JNU protestors...

Bangalore Research Network’s Letter of Solidarity with JNU

We, the undersigned members of the Bangalore Research Network...

University of Texas Students and Faculty stand with JNU

We, the undersigned, students, scholars, and faculty of the...

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