Committed to upholding democratic rights in India
For decades, India embraced many of the ideals that are the hallmarks of a liberal democracy. But since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya … Read More
The provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act—that are at the heart of the ongoing Bhima Koregaon cases—are criminally overbroad, excessively vague, and short of a legislative carte blanche to … Read More
On 14 April 2020, the 129th anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Prof Anand Teltumbde handed himself over to the custody of the National Investigation Agency as ordered by the Supreme … Read More
The ABA Justice Defenders Program calls for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained human rights defenders around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular those whose detention … Read More
On 16 March, our father’s fate for the next few years was decided by the Supreme Court of India. The state lays in wait to incarcerate him on 6 April—a … Read More
“Every thinking Indian is a potential ‘urban Maoist’; it is just the mercy of the police that such Indians are not all under arrest.” [Anand Teltumbde, 30 June 2018, Economic and Political … Read More
It’s been three weeks since the lockdown was put in force in India, and most headlines have revolved around how well — or otherwise — our country has been dealing … Read More
Professor Anand Teltumbde, when he surrenders on 6 April 2020 as per the Supreme Court directions, will be the first alumnus of the hallowed IIM, Ahmedabad, the first IIT, Professor; … Read More
As a lethal virus scorches its way across continents, the leftwing Indian rights campaigner Gautam Navlakha has been reminding us of the words of Leonard Cohen, urging people to speak … Read More
The attempt to browbeat rights activists, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, to ‘surrender’ to the National Investigation Agency, amidst a nation-wide lockdown on account of Covid-19, marks a deep and … Read More