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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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Resurgence of anti-CAA wave in Assam, BJP in denial?
With Assembly elections next year, party busy stirring the communal pot
We do not want to lose our President: KPSS suspends fast unto death
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KPSS says that the government is not sensitive towards the plight of the non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley, and they will decide upon stronger steps to end the step-motherly treatment given to them by the government
36 years on, Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors still await justice
Victims and survivors of disasters past have been shunned in the wake of Covid-19. Groups working for the interest of Bhopal-disaster victims remind the Indian government that a considerable number of people still await justice even decades later.
Siddique Kappan’s arrest matter of ‘personal liberty’: Kapil Sibal to SC
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal also offered to implead Kappan’s wife and daughter when the CJI wondered if a third-party organisation can espouse his cause
Dedicated courts set up to address Human Rights cases in Delhi
Very few states in the country have human rights courts as mandated by the law and the ones designated as such, are unclear about their jurisdiction and scope
CPI (M) leader moves SC against order allowing non-locals to buy J&K land
The plea has sought the top court’s intervention and a stay on Centre's order until the petitions challenging changes to Article 370 are heard
Meeting adjourned, farmers to meet Agriculture and Railway ministers on December 3
Government proposed formation of a committee to discuss contentious provisions of the farm laws with protesting farmers
AIKS organises nationwide rasta roko campaign
Farmers organisation plans a week-long protest to express solidarity with farmers in their demand for the withdrawal of the three anti-farmer-dubbed laws.
Delhi police detain Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis daadi
Moments after Bilkis daadi arrived at Singhu border to support India’s farmers, Delhi police detained the aged activist
Online post against SC and Muslim women, P&H High Court refuses bail
The HC noted that free speech does not entitle the accused to make derogatory remarks against any community or gender
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