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Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process
Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement
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Chorus demanding justice for Teesta Setalvad grows louder!
More activists, journalists and civil society members are stepping out to express solidarity with the human rights defender
Teesta Setalvad inspires art from behind bars
Digital media activists and artists creatively express solidarity, demand Teesta Setalvad’s immediate release
Release Teesta Setalvad: Indian Human Rights groups and activists
Youths, trade unions and rights groups stand with Teesta Setalvad, demand her immediate release
Ahmedabad court remands Teesta Setalvad to police custody till July 1
The human rights defender will be next produced in court on July 2
Support pours in for Teesta Setalvad
Civil society, socio-political activists and journalists demand justice for the human rights defender
I fear for my life: Teesta Setalvad allegedly roughed up by Gujarat ATS personnel
Police barged into her home and allegedly assaulted her; Setalvad arrested from Mumbai and taken to Ahmedabad Crime branch
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Maharashtra’s Bhikshu Sangh claims forest land in Ramdegi hills
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