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When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity

A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents

Maha Dharani: Mega protest at Freedom Park continues today

The Dharani is a part of the All-India level Kisan Majdoor Mahapadav being organised by Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU). Notably, the Mahapadav will begin on November 26, and continue for three days; November 26 was also the day when the 13-month-long protests began in 2020 against the Centre’s farm laws.

Mahapadav/Samyuktha Horata: A Kisan-Mazdoor Historical Unity

For the farmers and workers across the length and...

How Seje Bala Ghosh, a freedom fighter’s daughter slurred as Bangladeshi is finally declared Indian

A 2004 notice is served on Seje Bala Ghosh, 20 years later in March 2020 –during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is the daughter of Lt. Digendra Chandra Ghosh, associate of legendary Chandra Shekhar Azad who in early November 2023, is finally declared Indian after an intrepid legal battle led by CJP’s Team Assam

Celebrating Constitutionality!

Rosary School in Vadodara (Baroda) Gujarat is one of...

50 HR groups appeal for unconditional release of Khurram Parvez, Irfan Meraj

NEW DELHI: As many as 50 human rights organisations...

Does opposing mines & protecting our forests mean we support “Maoists”, Adivasis protest mining in Gadchiroli

This report was published on November 20, 2023, at the Anti-Displacement Movement & State Repression Public Meeting and Press Conference organised by Forum against Corporatisation and Militarisation. It has been compiled and published by Damkondawahi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Fact Finding Team.

Assam: Fourteen persons despatched to detention camp, families left frantic

CJP Team Assam has been on ground, offering para-legal aid and moral support after 14 people were detained during a routine check on October 31, 2023.

After four weeks of protests, an FIR against EFLU Hyd students for hunger strike, using slogans like ‘Inquilab Zindabad’

Protests in EFLU had been launched on October 18 following the sexual assault of a female student on campus. Students have been demanding, among other things that the Vice Chancellor Suresh Kumar and Proctor T Samson resign. These protests have been reported in The Times of India, Siasat.com, News Nine and The NewsMinute

IIT-Bombay: Faculty backs professor over Hamas claims calling out the malicious campaign of misinformation & falsehood

A group named the Vivek Vichar Manch has claimed that Prof. Sharmistha Saha and guest speaker Sudhanva Deshpande had glorified Hamas action against Israel during a discussion after the screening of a documentary film — Arna’s Children

Right-wing group protests a talk on Palestine, demands faculty who organised event be arrested: IIT-Bombay

Reports that the slogan "Goli Maron Sallon Ko" raised outside IIT-Bombay have emerged after a lecture and film screening on Palestine was held at the institute's humanities and social science department.

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When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity

A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents

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