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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

Know your rights: Disha Ravi’s arrest & the Delhi police witch-hunt

As a judge sent the 21-year-old to police custody, Sabrangindia explains how arrest should be the last option for law enforcement authorities

113 hours raiding multiple locations, it is still not clear why the ED is investigations Newsclick

Will continue to do what a news organisation should do… cover people’s issues… take positions: Prabir Purkayastha

Where is India headed ?

The raid on Newsclick by the enforcement directorate unambiguously...

Court rejects Sudha Bharadwaj’s plea against NIA’s defamatory allegations

Bharadwaj filed an application before the Court praying for the withdrawal of NIA’s reply that accused her of harming the witnesses

Defending Human Rights, Challenging State Impunity

Kanna advanced the argument that there should not be any form of prior sanction for prosecuting a policeman in a Human Rights Court. The fact that there is the establishment of a Human Rights Court at the district level under the protection of Human Rights Act is by itself a statutory sanction. No separate sanction is required. He was one of the fiercest opponents of the constitution of the NHRC in India. It was his view that criminal courts in the country need to be strengthened, and violations fought through the courts. Any other form of dealing with human rights would not, in his view, help in the promotion of a human rights culture in the long term.

Professor G N Saibaba tests Covid-19 positive in Nagpur jail

His wife, human rights activist AS Vasantha Kumari has demanded his release and treatment at a private hospital equipped to handle his comorbidities 

SC rejects Shaheen Bagh review plea, rules Right to Protest cannot happen ‘anytime’

 The top court held that the Shaheen Bagh judgment is not erroneous, hence needs no reconsideration

Karnataka villagers detained for protesting quarrying project

Residents said that the local administration had failed to ensure protection of villagers' property and well-being. They demanded due compensation from the company and authorities.

Multiple FIRs being used to intimidate Sohrabuddin case witnesses?

Five FIRs registered against Raman Patel since August last year

Bihar Covid data fudged: Opposition demands inquiry

Indian Express investigation reveals authorities recorded fake names and mobile numbers entered for test subjects, in purported bid to meet deadlines

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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings

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Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace

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Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism

The sight of the captain of the victorious Indian T-20 team, Surya Kumar Yadav, jubilantly accompanying ICC Chairman Jay Shah to a temple in Ahmedabad has drawn sharp comments on social media.

A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar

On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on April 26, 1936, KN as he was fondly known by fellow academics and activists alike, was one of the pioneers of the Marxist school of historiography

US-Israel War on Iran sees spirals in Hate against Muslim Americans: CSOH

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Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Bill: Legislating suspicion in the name of “love jihad”

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