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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

Centre issues notice to Twitter over reinstating blocked accounts  

The Government has warned Twitter of consequence if it doesn't take action against content on ‘Farmer Genocide Hashtag’

Ensure safety of protesting farmers, stop propaganda against Sikhs: Plea in SC

The plea has also sought an independent inquiry into the death of Navneet Singh on January 26

CAA rules yet to be framed, NRC in Assam yet to be notified, says MHA

The government was faced with questions about NRC in Assam and CAA on the second day of budget session

Journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi Court

Puniya has to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000, and a surety of the same amount, along with other bail conditions

Delhi riots: Court directs FIR registration for mosque arson

During the 2020 pogrom, Madina Mosque in Shiv Vihar was allegedly burnt and desecrated

Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today

Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?

PIL in Delhi HC seeks release of over 200 ‘illegally detained’ farmers

The PIL filed by a law student states that Delhi Police did not follow procedure established by law after detaining such persons thus it amounts to illegal detention

If timely trial not possible and accused spent considerable time in jail, courts obligated to grant bail: SC in UAPA

The accused in the case had already spent more than 5 years in prison and trial had not even started; with more than 250 witnesses to be examined

Still no respite for Varavara Rao, Bombay HC reserves order

Dr. Rao’s lawyers have argued that he be granted bail and allowed to relocate to Hyderabad with his family for proper care

FIR against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan 

A complaint against the editor of news website The Wire, was lodged at Rampur’s Civil Lines police station for his social media post

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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance

Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA

Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims

SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?

Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?

2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish

Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions

As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation

Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter

Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register