Rights

The peremptory, even extra-legal summons to four journalists from national publications has drawn outrage; the repressive action, clearly an action of intimidation, is aimed at those who have reported on a controversial move by the J & K administration and police to collect information on Mosques etc in the union territory

Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article...

Does the Mumbai police seeks to withdraw cases filed against Deepak Pawar, Marathi Abhyas Kendra and other activists, or not?

While authorities insist the mosque was untouched and only illegal commercial structures were razed, FIRs, arrests, and eyewitness accounts point to a deeper story of mistrust, misinformation, and administrative haste

These were four were among five under trials who were given bail by the Supreme Court after five years of incarceration earlier this week.

We must never forget, that legions of others, who openly called for violence against other Indians, continue to enjoy their freedoms today, and even occupy public office -- because they have the right names, and have the right political patrons….Can we fault Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Natasha Narwal or Devangana Kalita or Aasif Tanha for dreaming of a better world than the one our generation had left them?

After years of fear and suspicion, a marginalised Muslim woman from Assam’s border district wins her citizenship battle before the Dhubri Foreigners Tribunal—with CJP standing by her side

Twenty-four-years-old Asha Santosh Kiranga, resident of Aaldandi Tola in Etapalli taluka in Gadchiroli district, was nine months pregnant; Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister is the “guardian minister” for the district

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

From India‘s Forgotten Feminist,  Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba