In his plea, he has completely denied his Maoist connections and has stated that he has instead been critical of the ideology Anand Teltumbde, former Professor at IIT and academic, has once again sought bail from Special NIA court, Mumbai […]
Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784. A poisoned arrow shot at British Commissioner Augustus Cleveland on January 13, 1784 marked the beginning of the first freedom struggle of the […]
One person was killed and several others left injured in the violence at Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 2018, when lakhs of Dalits, mainly from the Ambedkarite Mahar community, gathered at the Jaystambh in Perne village for the 200th commemoration […]
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, write to Indian Govt over Fr Stan Swamy’s prolonged detention The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; the Special Rapporteur on the […]
Meanwhile, a tribal man has died after getting test dose, family alleges his consent was not taken, nor proof of vaccination given India is all set to kick off the vaccination drive against Covid-19 on January 16, 2021, the central […]
The violation of the rights of the activists, lawyers and scholars, disregard for rules and misuse of law has marked the case since the very beginning. By Prateek Goyal Maharashtra’s prisons routinely provide TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, cellphones, and homemade […]
THREE YEARS AGO, on 1 January 2018, an annual gathering of largely Dalit visitors to the memorial of Bhima Koregaon, near Pune, was attacked by mobs led by Hindu-nationalist organisations. For several weeks, these organisations had been trying to rouse […]
The 21-year-old Chetan was arrested in the sole murder case in the Bhima Koregaon violence of 2018 and he mysteriously died 15 days after getting bail. By Varsha Torgalkar Pune: “My 21 years old son who would earn Rs 500 […]
I want to tell you all a few stories which are about my family members. I do not want to take names because naam mei kya rakha hai?! (what’s in a name?) By Pragya Uike STORY 1 – Waah Professor […]
How this year saw amplified instances of attacks on historically oppressed & marginalised communities facing both discrimination and violence While the world debates whether 2020 has been the worst year for humankind, bedevilled by the pandemic and insurmountable suffering, some […]
