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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law

Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour

UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting

She was accused of spreading false information and aiding dissidents seeking to disrupt public order

Over a Month, People With HIV Continue Protest at NACO’s Office Alleging ARV Drug Shortage

Officials assure fresh supply, as protesters say non-availability of drugs for the next few weeks could lead to serious complications.

Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court

Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release

Hopes for tomorrow: Teesta Setalvad’s speech in Nuremberg

As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends another night in Gujarat's Sabarmati jail, Sabrang India looks back at some of her most powerful work (and words) over the last thirty years - work and words deemed dangerous enough to be imprisoned. This is the struggle of our memory against forgetting, against the white-washing and clean-chitting of violence.

International Scholars Plea to SC on Teesta, Sreekumar arrest

We, the undersigned members of the academic community, are...

Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking

Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister

UP: Boy allegedly thrashed by teacher over fee payment, dies

The boy allegedly died due to severe internal bleedings, caused by injuries during the incident.

9-year-old Dalit boy dies after teacher allegedly thrashes him; cops deny “caste angle”

Family alleges teacher was enraged and beat up the 9-year-old boy after he touched a pot of water meant for “upper caste” people

Two Starvation Deaths in Fortnight Rattles West Bengal

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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law

Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour

Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups

Different sections of citizens in Telangana and organisations too have in a pithy letter to the Telangana Chief Minister urged the constitution of a Hamali Welfare Board to safeguard the interests of lakhs of Hamali Workers across the state, as per law and in consonance with the Congress Party Manifesto

Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026

Denigration of martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev – a peep into RSS archives

On the 95th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, March 23, 2026, historian Shamsul Islam dives deep into RSS archives to show how this organization has historically denounced the movements led by these revolutionaries

The Siege of Faith: A year-long analysis of the persecution and otherisation of Christians in India

An examination of systemic hostility across states—where anti-conversion laws, administrative complicity, and media dilution normalised discrimination

Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 NOW!

Sexual minority coalitions across the country and civil liberties groups have strongly opposed the 2026 Amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that dilutes and nullifies the 2019 law