Category Political Prisoners
Human Rights Defenders On January 12, 2021, two FIRs were lodged at Kundli Police Station, against Ms. Nodeep Kaur and other workers. One FIR (25) was registered by police and another FIR registered (26) by Mr. Lalit Khurana, Accountant at… Continue Reading →
Anup Surendranath & Trisha Chandran The Perarivalan case is an example of state agencies sacrificing the lives of those with a ‘peripheral role’ in a conspiracy Perarivalan has been in prison for almost 30 years for his role in the assassination… Continue Reading →
Amidst the relentless crackdown on the protesting farmers and journalists reporting on their stories, some relief has been granted with Mandeep Punia’s release on bail. Punia, a freelance journalist, was arrested while covering the farmers protest at Delhi’s Singhu border.Betwa… Continue Reading →
Six sedition cases during the farm protests; 25 during anti-CAA protests; 22 after the Hathras gangrape; 27 after Pulwama: Our study of sedition cases over the last decade reveals a 28% rise in such cases—in violation of Supreme Court guidelines—especially… Continue Reading →
Arundhati Roy Text of Arundhati Roy’s speech at the Elgar Parishad 2021 I thank the organizers of the 2021 Elgar Parishad for inviting me to speak at this forum to mark what would have been Rohit Vemula’s 32nd birthday and the… Continue Reading →
Kanchan Nanaware , A students’ rights activist from Chandrapur district, , who was arrested in 2014 for her alleged role in the Maoist movement, succumbed to a heart and brain ailment in the state-run Sassoon hospital in Pune. Nanaware was… Continue Reading →
Letter by Fr Stan Swamy SJ First of all, I deeply appreciate the overwhelming solidarity expressed by many during these past 100 days behind the bars. At times, news of such solidarity has given me immense strength and courage especially… Continue Reading →
FIle photo of activist-poet Varavara Rao. The ailing octogenarian poet-activist, who is an accused in the Elgaar Parishad Maoist links case, is presently admitted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai. Mumbai Jan 21 , 2021- The Maharashtra government told the… Continue Reading →
Grover urged the HC to let Rao be with his family to recover fully and be fit to face trial in the case. Published: 19th January 2021 07:13 PM By PTI MUMBAI: The counsel for poet-activist Varavara Rao, who is an accused in… Continue Reading →
By: Arshia DharJanuary 17, 2021 Seventeen year-old Kosa Muchaki, a bright young Adivasi boy who tops his class held promises for his father and his late mother, who had once hoped her son would become a “babu” (government officer) some day. But aspirations… Continue Reading →