UN experts call for immediate release of anti-CAA protestors, say Centre’s response discriminatory

Cases against persons such as Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, and Akhil Gogoi, among others, include serious allegations of human rights violations, it said.

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· Jun 26, 2020 · 07:15 pm

Sharjeel Imam case: SC refuses to stay prosecution, says petition only for clubbing different FIRs

The top court gave Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur two more weeks to file counter affidavits in the matter.

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· Jun 19, 2020 · 04:18 pm

Bengaluru court grants bail to student who shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’ after nearly four months

Amulya Leona Noronha will be released from the Bengaluru Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara today.

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· Jun 12, 2020 · 07:52 am

CAA protests: Bengaluru court denies bail to student who shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’

The court observed that that Amulya Leona Noronha may engage in similar offences that may hamper peace at large and may also abscond if released.

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· Jun 11, 2020 · 11:51 am

The fight to free pregnant student activist Safoora Zargar is a battle for India’s very soul

The legitimacy of constitutional courts is imperilled by their tacit deference to indefensible state action.

Kalpana Kannabiran

· Jun 11, 2020 · 11:30 am

CAA: Retired civil servants criticise vilification of activist Harsh Mander for his Jamia speech

They alleged that his speech from December was misconstrued as hate speech and that he was wrongly accused of inciting violence.

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· Jun 11, 2020 · 10:58 am

SC refuses to stay order excluding Assam from Inner Line Permit system

The top court, however, asked the Centre to respond to two petitions challenging the 2019 presidential order.

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· Jun 03, 2020 · 06:44 pm

CAA protests: Delhi court grants bail to Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita

But Kalita will continue to remain in jail due to her arrest in the Jaffrabad protest case.

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· Jun 03, 2020 · 09:08 am

Citizenship Act will not affect Muslims, Congress is trying to create confusion, claims Amit Shah

The home minister added that the National Register of Citizens will be considered after the confusion about the CAA is cleared up.

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· Jun 02, 2020 · 12:28 pm

Opinion: Dissent is contagious – and arrests of Delhi activists will not stop the quest for justice

The CAA-NRC protests undermined the stereotypical images of Muslims that drive the BJP’s binary politics. It is trying to restore the balance.

Anirban Bhattacharya

· Jun 01, 2020 · 07:30 am

Jamia protests: SC issues notice to four states in Sharjeel Imam’s plea for clubbing FIRs

Imam’s advocate referred to how the top court had stayed all multiple FIRs against Arnab Goswami, except for the one in Nagpur, which was shifted to Mumbai.

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· May 26, 2020 · 02:09 pm

Delhi violence: Two Pinjra Tod members sent to police custody after getting bail in rioting case

Sunday’s arrest was related to an alleged murder case linked to the riots.

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· May 25, 2020 · 08:19 am