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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

Karnal Jail cites Covid-protocol, prevents Nodeep from meeting family 

Lawyers to move Punjab and Haryana High Court for bail next week for the Dalit labour rights activist

Intimacies of marriage private, can’t be affected by matters of faith: SC

The court once again upheld the right to marry a person of choice, while holding right to privacy paramount

Over 400 detainees released under Public Safety Act in J&K: MHA

Out of 613 persons detained since August, 2019 430 have been released

ED questioning of NewsClick Founder continues, while staff’s electronic gadgets seized

Despite the sudden raids on the organisation’s office, the portal has stated it will continue to report voices of the oppressed people of India

SC rejects Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea in UAPA case

The peasant activist was arrested in connection with anti-citizenship protests in 2019

Primary goals were surveillance and incriminating document delivery: Arsenal Report

Digital forensics firm analysed an electronic copy of activist Rona Wilson’s laptop, findings suggest he might have been framed

Justice for Nodeep Kaur: Trade union activist turns 24 years behind bars

The activist’s family meets her in Karnal jail on her birthday, even as injustice continues

93 sedition cases registered, but only 2 convicted in 2019: MHA

In the Budget Session of 2021, the MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs answered questions on sedition law

When the State conspires against its Citizens

It does not do so openly and publicly, for it will then be immediately held to account by the people. It has to do so in a furtive clandestine manner.

Truth shall prevail, have full faith in legal system: Newsclick

The raids that began in the morning on February 9, are reportedly still on, till the evening of February 10

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