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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention
From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions
Highlights of September 27 Bharat Bandh
Nationwide strike successful - SKM's call receives huge response from farmers, workers, trade and students unions
Art and Revolution: Top 10 posters from the Bharat Bandh
SabrangIndia picks out 10 posters that portray the strength of Monday’s nationwide strike called by farmers' and worker' groups
Podcast: A Year of Kisan Andolan
Amidst a global pandemic, India's peasantry has voiced its demands worldwide. As the SKM prepares for another Bharat Bandh on September 27, 2021 Sabrang India team sits down and looks back at the last year.
Wider “WE” is Witness!
A significant section of society has now become ‘Us and Them’; the tendency is to exclude the other
SKM calls upon citizens to join us on Bharat Bandh
Farmers calls upon every Indian to join Bharat Bandh on Monday
Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 25,000 for ‘purification ritual’ after toddler runs into temple
Days later, police register case under the SC/ST prevention of atrocities Act, arrest five
Over 1.28 lakh cases of crime against children in 2020, yet there is eerie silence on issue
Horrific details of the Dalit child’s rape and murder in Delhi crematorium by priest emerge, news of another child raped in Rajasthan reported
Bharat Bandh: Massive preparations on, countrywide
The call for a Bandh on September 27 was given at the SKM National Convention that took place at the Singhu border in August; demands include repeal of recent agriculture laws, legal guarantee for MSP, and an end to various pro-corporate policies of the gov’t
CJP Impact: Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship confirmed by WB gov’t
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CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre, after the migrant labourer was declared “foreigner” by an Assam FT
Accept farmers demands, end the struggle: SKM
Decrying repressive governments for hindering peaceful protests, SKM leaders say people are already mobilising in various states
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