Rights

July 2026: A dissent that was brutally put down, a crackdown after the protest ended

Police and RAF conduct was brutal, FIRs have been filed despite assurances, protesters arrested, and Muslim families, especially, have faced scrutiny

Reward Work Not Wealth: India’s Economic Inequality

Need to ensure that income of bottom 40% of...

Vigilante Violence an Increasing Threat to Peace, GOI fails to Investigate Attacks: HRW

Vigilante violence became increasing threat in India, govt failed...

The New Opposition at the Barricades Challenges Manuvaad & the Market

The present regime can be seen as an exemplar...

We’re African women and we’re feminists

Feminism is not ‘un-African.’ This is a multi-generational, multi-layered...

Progressive Attitudes to Women’s Sexual Rights In Marriage Decline in India

As the #MeToo movement against sexual violence gains global...

Dalits Attacked On Daily Basis, But Government Remains Apathetic

Even as the ST and SC (Prevention of Atrocities)...

Educating Girls Can Reduce India’s Population Spiral

If a girl in India studies for 12 years...

PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar

New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday...

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

July 2026: A dissent that was brutally put down, a crackdown after the protest ended

Police and RAF conduct was brutal, FIRs have been filed despite assurances, protesters arrested, and Muslim families, especially, have faced scrutiny

Permission to Protest? Why the right to dissent needs no licence

In the light of the nation’s vibrant 100-citywide protests, the author, a legal researcher questions, why, the right (to protest) that is supposed to speak against power is, at its very threshold, made to genuflect before power (police permission)

Bail Stays, But Under Tight Curbs: Delhi HC’s order in Parvez-Mehraj UAPA case

Court finds trial judge failed to apply the stringent Section 43D (5) test, but declines to send accused back to prison; imposes sweeping restrictions as NIA's appeal continues

Jantar Mantar Offline: Six internet shutdowns in a week

Repeated internet cuts during student protests affect thousands beyond the protest site, from vendors to commuters

Law fraternity rallies behind student protesters, condemns Delhi police crackdown

Over 650 lawyers, SCBA, SCAORA and bar associations demand accountability as Delhi HC preserves evidence of July 20 action

26-Year Citizenship Battle Ends: Barpeta Tribunal rules Alam Khan is Indian

After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

Three High Courts, One Message: Police power has constitutional limits

Recent High Court rulings reaffirm that violence, procedural shortcuts and administrative negligence are equally incompatible with the rule of law

‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems