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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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No coercive action under section 118A of the Kerala Police Act: State gov’t to HC
The Kerala HC recorded the submission of the Government that no adverse action shall be taken based on the new ordinance
Inequality has gotten sharpened in India: Teesta Setalvad
SabrangIndia co-founder Teesta Setalvad recently participated in a discussion on “Pandemic and Democracy” as a part of an Italian Film Festival dedicated to Human Rights issues
Kashmiri Pandits go on second hunger strike in J&K!
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They had ended a 10 day fast in September after assurance from authorities about action on their demands for implementation of various government schemes for employment and sustenance
Allahabad HC: What is the logical reason for curtailing liberty of accused in absence of trial?
The high court raised this question while considering a bail application of an accused against whom charges were framed in March 2019 and trial halted due to Covid-19
SC refuses to cancel bail of UAPA accused
Faizan Khan, held for selling sim card used for conspiring Delhi riots, was granted bail by Delhi High Court as the status report could not establish the offence of the accused
Kerala government not to implement the controversial Police Act amendment for now
The LDF Govt in Kerala will certainly consider all creative opinions and suggestions that are being aired with regard to this amendment, said the CPI(M) leadership
Kashmiri Pandit group to go on hunger strike from Nov 22
KPSS says administration has reneged on promises made to non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit families
Delhi riots: Activist Gulfisha Fatima gets bail, but will remain in jail under UAPA
Court says she’s not a flight risk, no danger to witnesses. However, she will remain at Tihar jail in judicial custody in a UAPA case
Adivasis and the Society of Jesus have taught me to lead a simple life: Fr Stan Swamy
He is grateful for the food and toilet facilities and has asked for prayers for an ailing Varavara Rao
Siddique Kappan used “journalist cover” to disrupt law & order: UP Gov’t to SC
The top court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to respond to a petition moved by KUWJ for Kappan’s release
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Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
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India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
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India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
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India
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
India
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?
Rule of Law
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