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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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UP: More than a third of NSA cases about cow slaughter, majority quashed by HC
An investigation by the Indian Express into NSA cases in the state in the past two years reveals misuse of the law at the law enforcement and lower courts level
On academic and other freedoms
Is it at all possible, also desirable, to divide freedom into compartments?
The Draconian Sedition Law in Independent India
The Indian Sedition Law owes its origin to The...
Easter at Taloja Jail: Stan’s Cross
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NHRC closes case over illegal arrest of Siddique Kappan
It has directed the SP, Hathras to complete the investigation, noting that allegations in the complaint over his arrest could not be substantiated
Domestic violence survivor rescued, AIUFWP thanks lawyers and activists
AIUFWP has claimed the UP police attempted to kidnap the woman-son duo from Kerala and forcefully take them to UP to the abusive husband
Punjab: Life convicts can avail remission under revised remission policy
The Remission Policy 2021, is expected to remove ambiguities of the previous policy
Have the courts not learnt anything about medical bail?
Father Stan Swamy’s bail was rejected and he will have to undertake the tedious process that Dr. Varavara Rao went through
HRDA condemns Trichy police’s failure to protect activist Ramachandran
The human right’s organisation alleges the police were complicit with the attackers since they failed to provide the protection that Ramachandran asked for repeatedly
Tripura HC quashes FIR against man charged for misleading FB post about pro-CAA number
The BJP had introduced the phone number and appealed to people to give a missed call on it to register their support for CAA. The accused commented that if one calls on that number, their phone will get hacked.
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