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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
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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
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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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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions
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Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter
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