Category Political Prisoners
Written by Pratap Bhanu Mehta Updated: June 18, 2021 By- Pratap BhanuMehta The orders passed by Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani, granting bail to Asif Tanha, Devangana Kalita, and Natasha Narwal, have opened up the black box of the… Continue Reading →
by : Isheeta Sharma & Vaidehi Gautam* “Once a people arise, they never go away.” -James Baldwin To mark over a year of the unlawful incarceration of Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal under the draconian UAPA, Kalita and Narwal’s friends,… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court, in ‘Vinod Dua’, has held that every journalist is entitled to protection from sedition as defined in the Kedar Nath judgment. A national consensus on the removal of the provision is called for. Written by Faizan Mustafa Criticism… Continue Reading →
Recalling the first set of arrests made in the questionable Bhima Koregaon violence case almost exactly three years ago, NIHALSING B. RATHOD, in this first of a three-part series, recollects the personal horrors of trying to track Surendra Gadling in the… Continue Reading →
At 84 years of age, Stan Swamy is the oldest among the 16 accused in the Bhima Koregaon case and, arguably, the oldest prison inmate across the country facing non-bailable charges under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. by= Puneet… Continue Reading →
Mumbai: After Jesuit priest Stan Swamy and Delhi University professor Hany Babu testing positive for COVID-19 recently, three more Bhima-Koregaon accused – Mahesh Raut, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, lodged in Taloja jail have tested positive for the virus. They tested… Continue Reading →
For 235 days, Malayalam journalist Siddique Kappan has been in a UP prison, charged with sedition and conspiracy to incite violence. The UP Police claim he is not a journalist, only posed as one while raising funds for terror. But… Continue Reading →
28 May,2021 | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto On its board facing Hill Road, the church displayed this message, shared online by several locals: ‘We pray for Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy in jail for two thirty three days and counting’. Parish priest… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON MAY 26, 2021 On 5 October 2020, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested the freelance journalist Siddique Kappan while he was on his way to report on the brutal gang-rape of a Dalit woman near the city of Hathras… Continue Reading →
CEDRIC PRAKASH SJ | 25 MAY, 2021 Vintage Stan Swamy It was quintessential Stan! In a manner which has come to characterise him Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy told the Bombay High Court during a hearing on May 21, “I want to… Continue Reading →