Tag: justice

Press Release: Commemorating Two Years of the Northeast Delhi Communal Riots

This February marks two years of the communal carnage that shook several localities of Northeast Delhi. To mark the carnage, and take forward the much-needed discourse on the lives of the victims, a group of concerned citizens and organisations – comprising National Federation of Indian Women (NIFW), All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Constitutional Conduct… Read More Press Release: Commemorating Two Years of the Northeast Delhi Communal Riots

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Police in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh accused of unlawful killings

According to police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it was suicide. The young Muslim man they had brought into their custody had, out of despair, killed himself in the police station toilets. But, as photos of the scene emerged, so too did suspicions. The 22-year-old man, Altaf, was 165cm (5ft 5in) tall and… Read More Police in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh accused of unlawful killings

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Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, Out On Bail After 3 Years In Jail: ‘I Am Ready To Put On My Black Coat’

 After three years and three months in prison, Bhima-Koregaon accused and undertrial Sudha Bharadwaj was granted bail in December 2021 by the Bombay High Court on a technical ground. The human rights lawyer and law professor talked to us about her time in prison, the state of legal aid for forgotten undertrials, the need for… Read More Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, Out On Bail After 3 Years In Jail: ‘I Am Ready To Put On My Black Coat’

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Bharat Bhushan – Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

No more are we ready to keep silent at man’s behest when God commands us to speak:  Pastor Neimoller at his last sermon, Germany, 1937   The counter revolution …tried many forms and devices, but soon learned that it could come to power only with the help of the state machine and never against it… the Kapp… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

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Justice in the USA: “You shouldn’t have been Black"

California prisoner, Talib Williams, is bringing a class action lawsuit on his behalf as well as other Black incarcerated people who were targeted by a July 20, 2020 raid at Soledad, California’s Correctional Training Facility (CTF).  The suit seeks a reprieve from the state-sponsored terror that is their norm. Injunctive and declaratory relief, among other… Read More Justice in the USA: “You shouldn’t have been Black"

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Patricia Mukhim: Nagaland’s people deserve neither AFSPA nor gun culture

The sight of a dozen or more coffins being laid in a row while young, helpless widows and elderly grief-stricken parents come to terms with their loss is an image that is both outrageous and painful. The dead were ordinary citizens going home to their village in Nagaland after work. In one shattering moment, their… Read More Patricia Mukhim: Nagaland’s people deserve neither AFSPA nor gun culture

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Gujarat HC pulls up civic body: How can you decide what I eat?

Hearing a plea by 25 street vendors that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation had seized their carts following objections from councillors to the sale of non-vegetarian items, the Gujarat High Court Thursday came down heavily on the AMC and instructed it to consider the cases “as expeditiously as possible” if approached by the petitioners within 24… Read More Gujarat HC pulls up civic body: How can you decide what I eat?

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