Order to withdraw CBI’s look-out notice against Aakar Patel upheld by special court

The investigation agency had filed a plea against a magistrate court order directing to revoke the notice that barred the Amnesty India chair from going abroad.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 16, 2022 · 05:45 pm

Aakar Patel has sufficient contacts outside India, says CBI on stopping him from travelling abroad

The central agency has challenged a magistrate court order asking to it withdraw a look-out circular against the former Amnesty International India head.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 13, 2022 · 10:09 pm

CBI says it has got approval to prosecute Aakar Patel

A judge said his order from last week barring the former Amnesty International India chief from travelling out of the country will continue.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 12, 2022 · 06:44 pm

CBI court directs Aakar Patel not to leave India without permission

The central agency had filed a plea against a Delhi court order that had called for withdrawing of the look-out notice issued against the Amnesty India chair.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 08, 2022 · 05:17 pm

How Modi government misuses look-out circulars to target critics like Rana Ayyub and Aakar Patel

Two such notices have been set aside by courts this week for being illegal and infringing on fundamental rights.

Umang Poddar

· Apr 08, 2022 · 01:39 pm

Aakar Patel moves court against CBI after being stopped at airport again

The Amnesty India chairperson was prevented from travelling to US first on Wednesday due a look-out notice, which a Delhi court then asked the CBI to withdraw.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 08, 2022 · 12:50 pm

Stopping Aakar Patel from travelling abroad was illegal and reprehensible, says human rights body

A Delhi court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to immediately withdraw the look out circular issued against Patel.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 07, 2022 · 07:37 pm

Rearrested after getting bail: How the law is abused to keep dissidents in jail

Twice over the past six weeks, Kashmir editor Fahad Shah has been re-arrested almost immediately after getting bail in earlier cases.

Umang Poddar

· Mar 18, 2022 · 06:30 am

What is the critical race theory – and what it isn’t

It provides techniques to analyse American history and legal institutions by acknowledging that racial problems do not go away when left unaddressed.

David Miguel Gray, The Conversation

· Jul 08, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Julio Ribeiro: By arresting Disha Ravi for sedition, the government is tilting at windmills

This is another instance of a Machiavellian plan to silence all critics of government’s policies by twisting facts and playing with young lives.

Julio Ribeiro

· Mar 05, 2021 · 06:30 am

Duke Ellington tribute: The jazz musician used his songs to tell a powerful story of black life

From spirituals about the trials of slavery to the fight for civil rights and the modern rhythms of swing music, Duke Ellington used his melody as the message.

Earl Brooks, The Conversation

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Michelle R Scott, The Conversation

· Apr 29, 2019 · 09:30 pm

When Howard Thurman met Gandhi and brought nonviolence to America’s civil rights movement

Howard Thurman, a mentor to Martin Luther King, first met Gandhi during a visit to India in 1936. He came to understand nonviolence as powerful force.

Walter E Fluker, The Conversation

· Feb 01, 2019 · 08:30 pm