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The cost of a wrongful deportation
The return of four West Bengal residents after Supreme Court intervention highlights the constitutional consequences of deporting individuals before verifying their citizenship
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Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims
Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government’s meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.
Huge rally of women in Malegaon against CAA, NRC
Image Courtesy: indianexpress.comMalegaon witnessed its second massive protest against...
NAPM expresses solidarity with JNU
In a statement, it condemns the inaction and abetment of the Delhi police and the government in helping facilitate the violence at JNU
Eerie calm at JNU, women students leave hostel
In light of the violence, many women students have left campus fearing for their safety
Come rain or cold, Assam protests go on
The artists community in Assam was joined by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) for a protest rally against CAA. The eastern India is indeed keeping the flame of protests burning. Bengal also simultaneously held protest marches with its Matua community and Gorakha Janmukti Morcha (Tamang) marching on.
MP Elamaran Kareem urges President to probe JNU violence
The Rajya Sabha MP in his letter to the President also appealed to him to evict the Vice Chancellor of JNU
Police failure to protect JNU from terror attack needs to be independently investigated
Image Courtesy: countercurrents.orgThe terror attack on JNU last night...
CJP’s big win: SC hears petition, orders no children be sent to detention camps in Assam
CJP’s application sought directions from the apex court that drew attention to the Constitutional, legal obligations and prayed, specifically that no child excluded from the NRC is either sent to detention camps nor separated from their parents in Assam.
Express yourself without fear: Faculty to IIT Kanpur students
They wrote in support of students reciting Faiz’s poem “Hum Dekhenge” during anti-CAA protest
BJP and its attempts to get support for a law it passed, without due democratic debate
The BJP is conducting door-to-door campaigns, distributing pamphlets, running a missed-call campaign as it clearly struggles to make its CAA support campaign look bigger than the widespread protests.
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