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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

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

It is Holy Saturday 2021! Christians, in an age-old...

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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