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Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals bypass constitutional safeguards: Report
Given the possibility of the onset of a nationwide exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, the report, ‘Unmaking Citizens’ by NLSIU & Queen Mary University of London, calls for an urgent, fundamental rethinking of the legal structures governing citizenship in India
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Is Ashoka univ “falling short of its Declared Vision? 300 + academics stand up for Sabyasachi Das
"It is clear from this sequence of events that what was at stake was not the academic merit of his paper, but the threat it posed to the ruling party. There has been no detailed academic counter to this paper, only ad hominem attacks in the public."
We20 activists stand firm against blockade by Delhi Police trained for Modi’s G-20
Despite the police at the gates, the collective gathered within Surjeet Singh Bhavan –where delegates demanded that the rich and aspirational countries should put people above profits – was one of a community of intellectuals and a cultural gathering.
FIR against student Lois Sophia who shouted anti-BJP slogan on flight quashed: Madras High Court
Sofia, a research scholar from Canada, was booked in September 2018 after she shouted "fascist BJP government down, down" on board a flight to Thoothukudi.
Attempts to control academic freedom gives rise to protest by faculty, Ashoka University and IISc an example
In Ashoka University, faculty threaten an “exodus” in solidarity with resignation by assistant professor for research paper; faculty of IISc intervene when Teesta Setalvad not allowed to give speech on harmony
Human rights lawyer and activist Ebo Mili Mejo Mihu detained over indigenous land and river protest
Advocate Ebo Mili and Mejo Mihu from Lower Dibang...
Mumbai: Unprecedented Draconian Crackdown on activists, on “9th August Quit India Day!”
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Freedom Fighter Dr. G G Parikh prevented from reaching the August Kranti Maidan, Tushar Gandhi, taken to Santacruz police station, Teesta Setalvad was stopped from leaving her residence!
Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 draconian & dangerous: Editor’s Guild (EGI)
The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, recently introduced in the Rajya Sabha provides for draconian powers and intrusive powers of seize and search, seriously threatening press and freedom of expression says EGI
97-year old left in legal limbo as lawyer abandons case, CJP comes to the rescue
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With hope nearly drained, Basu Bewa felt paralysed by despair and fear as her lawyer remained unresponsive. However, relief came when the CJP intervened to assist her.
Assam Citizenship Crisis: Family forced to prove deceased member’s citizenship
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Deceased individual receives suspected foreigner notice; unattended court hearing poses potential legal complications for family
‘Prosecution Itself is Punishment for Them’
The Modi government has a poor record of jailing civil rights activists and political dissenters, amounting to silencing of dissent
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Interestingly, a perusal of the rolls by the CHRI, after AltNews flagged the multiple presence of Sushama Gupta in Palghar, shockingly revealed that the District Election Officer(DEO), Govind Bobde, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), Shekhar Ghadge and the Booth Level Officer(BLO),Ms. Pallavi Sawant are named against all these entries in all locations
India
Vote for Democracy: Statistical, legal and procedural irregularities dot Bihar’s controversial SIR process
An exclusive data investigation by Vote for Democracy (VFD) reveals that over a period of 27 days, specific days’ shows unprecedented hike in “deceased” and “permanently shifted” categories of voters leading to mass deletions
Rule of Law
Supreme Court rejects gag order plea in Dharmasthala mass burial case, orders fresh Trial Court review
Terming such restraints “super injunctions” rare in a free country, the Supreme Court refused to curb media coverage of explosive allegations of decades-old murders and secret burials linked to the Dharmasthala temple, even as a Karnataka SIT probes 13 suspected burial sites
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Petition filed with NCSC seeks justice in Tirunelveli honour killing of Dalit techie
As the brutal caste killing of Kavin Selva Ganesh shocks Tamil Nadu, a petition urges the NCSC to form a fact-finding committee and arrest Sub-Inspectors named in the FIR.
Education
Rewriting NCERT school textbooks: ‘Muslim Raj’ is a mere excuse, the project is to conceal historical facts
The majoritarian Hindutva (not Hindu) project is to conceal the truth, Muslim bashing merely comes in handy