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State cannot escape liability for custodial suicide: Delhi HC

Court awards ₹18.44 Lakh Compensation to Father of 19-Year-Old Who Died in Police Custody, Rules that every unnatural custodial death, even if classified as suicide, raises constitutional liability

Ensure proper medical treatment for Stan Swamy: Front Line Defenders

The international organisation expressed concern over the denial of a straw for the Parkinson’s Disease affected Jharkhand activist

Intentions as pure as Gangajal: PM to farmers

While refusing any dialogue on the issues raised by vast sections of Indian farmers, Modi claims that both, Minimum Support Price (MSP) and mandis, have been strengthened by the government

Activists, intellectuals discuss the threat of NEP 2020 on Constitution Day

The AIFRTE celebrated Constitution Day with an online discussion on the new education policy and its impact on various sections of society

India says “Jai Kisan!”

As the peasants’ movement continues to gain momentum, more and more civic organisations and activists join in their voices to support Indian farmers.

It’s Modi vs Farmers: NRI children of Punjab’s farmers

NRIs express solidarity, raise funds for the protesting farmers in Delhi

Online petition launched demanding activist Faisal Khan’s release

Khan had been arrested for offering namaz within the premises of a Mathura temple

Our farmers cannot be treated like criminals and terrorists: Citizens For Democracy

Haryana government must immediately withdraw the cases filed against the farmers and release all those arrested, demands CFD

Kashmiri Pandits’ fast-unto-death: 8 days and still going strong!

KPSS protesting government apathy towards non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits

Attorney General declines consent for contempt case against Prashant Bhushan

The AG KK Venugopal noted that it would not be in public interest to give consent for a contempt case based on a tweet as there was a following tweet expressing regret

Women farmers worst hit by anti-farmer laws: National Women’s Organisations

The group of leading womens’ organisations write open letter to PM Modi; will soon hold nationwide protests against the “ruthlessness exhibited by the Union government”

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To a living Saint, now dead five years: Meeting to commemorate July 5

July 5, 2026 marks the fifth anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, who’s death in judicial custody in Maharashtra has been condemned for the institutional murder that it was; the 84 year old activist priest, who died of maltreatment by the prison authorities in Mumbai after suffering from the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic was an activist priest remembered for his path-brteaking work among Adivasis in Jharkand

State cannot escape liability for custodial suicide: Delhi HC

Court awards ₹18.44 Lakh Compensation to Father of 19-Year-Old Who Died in Police Custody, Rules that every unnatural custodial death, even if classified as suicide, raises constitutional liability

Satluj: A film encountered

The writer writes; Jaswant Singh Khalra never carried a gun. His weapons were documents, persistence and moral courage. He asked a simple question: Where have all the sons of Punjab gone? This is what the film recounts and why it threatens the Indian state

Nazia Elahi Khan faces multiple FIRs over alleged hate speech

A viral podcast featuring alleged derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad has placed Nazia Elahi Khan at the centre of nationwide controversy, triggering multiple FIRs, police complaints and protests across several states. The episode has also renewed scrutiny of her record of alleged communal hate speech through speeches, campaigns and online interventions

Bombay HC condemns use of externment to silence political dissent; says opposition to government cannot be treated as a crime

Court quashes the externment of SDPI leader Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary holding that peaceful protests against government policies cannot justify banishing a citizen from his

21 Opposition parties to CJI: SIR process is irregular and illegal, must be suspended

The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.

If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, were alive today ….

On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis