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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

Dr. Kafeel Khan moves Allahabad HC, seeks quashing of criminal case

He has been booked for promoting enmity for his alleged inflammatory speech at Aligarh Muslim University in 2019

Gradual, unannounced but continuous dismantling of Constitutional mechanisms since 2014:Anuradha Bhasin

The Executive Editor of Kashmir Times delivered the 40th JP Memorial Lecture

Jignesh Mevani among those detained outside Gujarat Assembly

The group had gathered to seek  justice for Dalit RTI activist Amrabhai Boricha who had been lynched

Cutting cake with National Flag icing, not unpatriotic: Madras HC

The court was hearing a plea over a complaint filed for cutting a cake with the representation of the Indian National Flag on it

NIA court denies bail to Father Stan Swamy

The tribal rights activist was arrested from his house in Ranchi on October 8 for his alleged role in inciting the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence

CAA is unconstitutional as it distinguishes on the basis of religion: Justice V.G Gowda

Says that amending a law after over 70 years of independence in a country where 50 percent people are unlettered and do not maintain records, is problematic

NHRC refuses to take action against illegal detention of women anti-CAA protesters

SabrangIndia’s editor and co-founder, Teesta Setalvad, had approached the Commission in this matter back in 2019

Delhi HC reserves order in Jamia student Asif Tanha’s bail plea

The district court had rejected his bail plea last year, noting that the agitation against the citizenship laws was meant to cause disaffection

SC issues notice on plea against cancellation of 3 crore ration cards not linked to Aadhaar

The top court noted that it was a serious matter as it has led to alleged starvation deaths

Delhi HC issues notice on Natasha Narwal’s plea for admission in 3rd year of PhD

Narwal, who has been booked under UAPA for last year’s Delhi violence, has been pursuing her doctorate at JNU since 2018

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