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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

Will Army Court Martial Captain who allegedly took money to stage Shopian ‘encounter’?

Police charge sheet states Capt Bhoopendra Singh of 62 RR took reward money to stage an encounter

Former bureaucrat writes to NHRC, demands justice for hapless family in Assam

A rickshaw-puller’s family has to suffer in a detention camp for over a year on false charges of being “foreigners” in their own country

Human rights defender Stan Swamy, has been harassed since 2018: OHCR

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, write to Indian Govt over Fr Stan Swamy’s prolonged detention 

UP: NAPM condemns the harassment of local activists by state police

The people’s organisation demanded that UP police end the house detention of their National Convenor and withdraw a notice issued to local activists under the draconian ‘Goondas Act.’

Bom HC extends Varavara Rao’s hospitalisation till Jan 13

The court had given strict directions that Dr. Rao cannot be discharged without informing the court

Gauhati HC rejects Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea

The peasant rights leader was arrested for protesting CAA-NRC-NPR and has languishing behind bars in multiple cases filed by a vindictive regime

National interest trumps individual rights: Kerala HC

The court set aside the bail of one of the students who were charged under UAPA for carrying materials published by a banned organisation

The people: The Sovereign 

Politics now has a new basis in obedience in place of aspiration and revolt  

How’s the media getting copy of charge sheet before the accused: Umar Khalid

Umar Khalid has moved court complaining of a leak of information and media trial, says it is affecting his right to a free and fair trial

Deterioration in the climate for free speech in India: Free Speech Collective

A deep dive into a decade of arrests, detentions, summons, interrogations and show-cause notices against journalists in India

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