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CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah highlighting the “inhuman treatment” being meted out to 11 activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. … Read More
After spending close to 750 days in jail, human rights activist Surendra Gadling and anti-caste activist and poet Sudhir Dhawale have challenged the state’s narrative of holding them and nine … Read More
A group of 500 prominent persons, including film personalities Soumitra Chatterjee and Aparna Sen from West Bengal, have penned an open letter to the Centre, demanding immediate release on bail … Read More
Nine human rights defenders, most of whom have been fighting for the release of the Bhima Koregaon 11 through litigation, research, or activism, were unlawfully targeted with a spyware attack. … Read More
The report said that as many as 22 FIRs were filed against various journalists while the lockdown was in progress.Read more
Reporters Sans Frontières, also known as Reporters Without Borders, on Thursday condemned the first information report filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Scroll.in Executive Editor Supriya Sharma, for a report on the effects … Read More
The author here examines the fundamental principles of the law of bail. In doing so, he analyses the Sessions Court order that denied Safoora Zargar bail as per legal principles … Read More
Given the lack of clear evidence of criminal conduct, her pregnant condition, and the failure of prosecutors to specifically explain how Ms. Zargar poses a threat if granted bail, Ms. … Read More
SAFOORA Zargar has been denied bail for the third time. The 27-year-old is a research scholar from Jamia Millia Islamia and is presently over five months pregnant. Zargar was associated with the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), … Read More
ICW-I Newswire 2 June 8, 2020 In this issue:1. Bhima Koregaon Cases: While the actual perpetrators of Bhima Koregaon violence roam free, human rights defenders languish in COVID-19 stricken jails.2. … Read More