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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

Child labour still prevalent in India

58,289 children have been rescued or rehabilitated between 2020 to 2021, 770 cases registered under Prohibition of Child Labour Act in 2019

Democracy, anyone?

Are we becoming an Orwellian State?

Jayasree Kakumani no more

Human Rights Forum and Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Defenders communities mourn the death of the activist and lawyer

Till death do us part?

Interfaith and intercaste marriages remain some of the most high-risk moves that any couple can take in modern India

Covid orphans: Mismatch in figures provided by WCD Ministry and NCPCR

While WCD Min says only 645 children lost their parents, NCPCR pegs the number at over 3,000!

Over 1,500 Children Homes caretakers arrested for child abuse, only 75 convicted

This figure is for the period 2017-2019, as per a submission in Parliament on sexual abuse of children in child care institutions set up under the Juvenile Justice Act

NIA court failed to take humanitarian approach: Bom HC grants temporary bail to Surendra Gadling

The court held that the judgement in the NIA Vs. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali case can be applied for regular bail, and Gadling’s circumstances needed a humanitarian approach, considering his mother had passed away. Even at this point NIA opposed the bail stating that the rituals can be carried out by other family members.

Bhima Koregaon: Surendra Gadling gets interim bail to perform mother’s death anniversary rituals

In September last year, Special NIA Court had rejected his emergency bail application to perform the final rites of his mother

Covid-19: VHA demands sufficient beds and Maha gov’t help

The Nagpur-based hospital association demands adequate hospital beds and feasible facility and service charges to sustain health infrastructure

Who will decide how many children an Indian woman should bear?

Some Church Bishops encourage large families, while male Chief Minister ministers plan two-child laws, has anyone asked the women?

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