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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Harvest  2020:  Lessons farmers of India taught the world

India’s farmer protests of 2020 will go down in world history as one of the largest resistance movements of modern times

2020 List of Honour: 10 Anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protesters vilified in Delhi

One after another, those who publicly said NO to CAA-NPR-NRC, have been trolled, abused, attacked, summoned, and some even arrested

Hearts full of scepticism, farmers agree for talks with Centre on Dec 30

Wondering whether the central government will be as open-minded as they are trying to project, farmers formally accept the government's offer to talk on December 30.

Bihar govt repression continues: 10,000 farmers lathi charged in Patna.

Deprived of APMCs years ago, Bihar farmers decry the anti-farmer laws of the Centre and demand the restart of local markets only to suffer lathi-charge by state police.

Peasant supporters call for creation of Save Farmers, Save Nation committees

The Nation for Farmers organisation calls for local committees created by everyday citizens to solve India’s annadaata’s problems.

A 2020 report on Victims of Vilification: Anti-CAA protesters in Uttar Pradesh 

A closer look at the year-long drive to curtail fundamental rights and freedoms by the Uttar Pradesh government and administration

Delhi Police question Mehmood Pracha over Anti Pakistan protest

The Police questioned him over organising a protest in October against Pakistan without prior permission

Bom HC awards compensation to victims of illegal detention

The Aurangabad bench held that the state government needs to fasten responsibility in such cases

Etah lawyer assault: Allahabad HC takes suo moto cognisance

The court may have been prompted by letters written by the High Court’s Bar Association and the Bar Council of India seeking action

A 2020 Report of Victims of Incarceration: Student activists harassed, arrested 

Remember how we witnessed a complete crackdown by the Delhi police on students protesting the unconstitutional CAA 2019 and proposed all India NRC and NPR? A SabrangIndia series tracks how these dynamic students have thereafter been charged with serious offences under counter-terror legislation on ground of ‘causing’ the Delhi violence of 2020

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‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

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