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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

Statement of Solidarity with Students in JNU, India – by students in KU Leuven, Belgium

We, the undersigned, students in the social sciences and...

NHRC intervenes as BJP govt. hounds defenders of adivasis’ rights in Bastar

Image: thewire.in Shortly after we published the story below by...

Soni Sori Adivasi Leader Attacked

Soni Sori, the Adivasi leader and human rights defender...

Resisting Authoritarianism with a Life-affirming Agenda: A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s watch, the BJP-backed ABVP’s...

Sedition frenzy: How the media painted atheist and communist Umar Khalid as an Islamist

A few news outlets have tried, without any substantiation,...

University of Minnesota Stands in Solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University

  We, the undersigned at the University of Minnesota, strongly...

Darkness on India’s Prime Time News: Ravish Kumar’s Scathing Critique

 In a scathing self critique of India's private prime...

#AssamwithJNU – Thousands take to the Streets in Assam

   Last two days had seen several #AssamWithJNU #JusticeForRohith protests...

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STANDS WITH JNU

We, the undersigned students, faculty, staff, and other members...

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Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

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