Category Political Prisoners
By NEETA KOLHATKAR February 15, 2023 ‘The IB and authorities knew I had given away all my property and had nothing in my name.’‘Even among police officers, they all respected me for this sacrifice which is rare these days.’‘They respected… Continue Reading →
Campaign Against State Repression(CASR) organised a Press conference today, on 28th October atGandhi Peace foundation on, “Dangerous Brain: Saibaba and Others” to scrutinise the SupremeCourt judgement suspending Bombay High Court’s acquittal order of Prof. GN Saibaba, Hem Mishra,Prashant Rahi, Vijay… Continue Reading →
Division bench of Justices Rajnish Bhatnagar and Siddharth Mridul dismisses bail plea, holding the allegations against rights activist ‘prima facie true’ Umar KhalidFile Photo Pheroze L. Vincent | New Delhi | Published 19.10.22, 12:55 AM Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to rights… Continue Reading →
By Ev Richard On May 9, 2022 Amid furore over the custodial death in Chennai emerged another similar incident – this time from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, where a youth suspected of jewellery theft died in police custody. Such horrible… Continue Reading →
February 3, 2022 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau Chandigarh: A special CBI Court of Harinder K. Sidhu on 31st of January 2022 convicted former Inspector Major Singh, then SHO of police station Sadar, Tarn Taran for the kidnapping, abduction, illegal… Continue Reading →
‘The wrong person had to spend a banvaas of 14 years on a wrong charge.’Jyoti Punwani reports. In December 2007, the Uttarakhand police charged former journalist and activist Prashant Rahi with sedition, waging war against the State, conspiracy, and for… Continue Reading →
Saibaba, who has over 90% physical disabilities, had tested positive for COVID-19 in February last year as well 11 Jan 2022, i Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, serving a life term in Nagpur Central Jail for his alleged connection with… Continue Reading →
Soutik Biswas India correspondent After three years in prison, one of India’s best-known activists is trying to set up home in a new city and find work. Bail conditions prohibit Sudha Bharadwaj from leaving Mumbai until the end of a… Continue Reading →
Bhima Koregaon accused and their counsel write to SC’s Pegasus technical committee alleging snooping
ON January 3, the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Committee (TC) to investigate the snooping allegations using Pegasus spyware had issued a public notice urging citizens to contact it if they felt that their mobile device had been infected. The public notice required the… Continue Reading →
Adivasi human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been unjustly lodged in Jagdalpur Central Jail, Chhattisgarh since 9th March, 2021. It would soon be a year of her arbitrary incarceration, without even bail being granted. As a mark of… Continue Reading →