Activists, intellectuals condemn arrests of Varavara Rao, Navlakha, Gonsalves, Bhardwaj
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists, intellectuals condemn arrests of Varavara Rao, Navlakha, Gonsalves, Bhardwaj

The Hindu  

Activists and public intellectuals have released a statement condemning the arrests of Dalit and human rights activists across India. The arrests of prominent activists and intellectuals Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam Navlakha, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Kranthi Tekula and others, are nothing but an attempt by the government to strike terror among those who are fighting for justice for the marginalised. This simply shows that the arrests are incomplete without the accompanying sensationalist media propaganda to demonise activists, human rights defenders and intellectuals.The so-called raids carried out on the houses of these activists are aimed at creating a spectacle, as the writings and views of these intellectuals are already publicly known and are well documented. A BJP lawmaker from Karnataka even advocated the murder of “intellectuals.” Both the arrests and the physical attacks on justice loving people must be seen in a series of attempts to stifle dissent and deny social justice.

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Protest over police from other State detaining activists
1 month ago

Protest over police from other State detaining activists

The Hindu  

A delegation comprising lawyers, students, and activists held a protest demonstration outside the state police headquarters on Thursday. A memorandum submitted to the State police chief claimed that Delhi Police tried to intimidate and pick up civil rights activist Nadeem Khan, National Secretary of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights. “Delhi Police and the UP Police are conducting a …

India lodges strong protest over arrest of ISKCON leader in Bangladesh, says ensure safety, security of Hindus
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India lodges strong protest over arrest of ISKCON leader in Bangladesh, says ensure safety, security of Hindus

India TV News  

New Delhi: A day after Bangladesh police arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of the Hindu group Sammilita Sanatani Jote, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka, India on Tuesday lodged a strong protest against the arrest. A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday ordered to send to jail Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of the Hindu …

Submit report on arrest of 6 YSRCP activists: Andhra HC
2 months, 1 week ago

Submit report on arrest of 6 YSRCP activists: Andhra HC

Hindustan Times  

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Friday asked the state government to submit a report by Monday on the whereabouts of seven social media activists of the YSR Congress Party, who had allegedly been arrested on the charges of posting abusive messages on social media against its political rivals, people familiar with the matter said. The HC expressed surprise over …

Pressure mounts on Prof Yunus to release human rights activist Shahriar Kabir
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pressure mounts on Prof Yunus to release human rights activist Shahriar Kabir

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: 30 Human rights activists, academicians from across the world wrote a letter to Professor Yunus urging him to release Bangladeshi human rights activist/journalist Shahriar Kabir. "We write as human rights activists and human rights defenders across Europe and beyond to express our deepest concern regarding the arrest of Shahriar Kabir, a reputed freelance journalist in Bangladesh, a documentary …

Hundreds of activists take part in rally in Hassan to demand arrest of Prajwal Revanna and family members who might influence investigation
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of activists take part in rally in Hassan to demand arrest of Prajwal Revanna and family members who might influence investigation

The Hindu  

The former MP Subhashini Ali, who fought for justice in the Bilkis Bano case, demanded that the Karnataka government arrest Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually abusing many women and currently facing investigation, as well as his family members who had a role in related crimes. Addressing the protest rally in Hassan on Thursday, a day ahead of Mr. Prajwal Revanna’s …

RTI Activist Arrested for Questioning Sprinter Dutee Chand's Poor Performances
1 year, 2 months ago

RTI Activist Arrested for Questioning Sprinter Dutee Chand's Poor Performances

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Right to Information activist Pradip Pradhan was on Sunday arrested by Bhubaneswar Mahila Police in connection with the alleged mental harassment case filed by sprinter Dutee Chand. Apart from being an RTI activist, Pradhan is also the Secretary of the political outfit ‘Mo Dala.’ As per reports, Pradhan was arrested under section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, and …

Dalit activist, eight others get bail in Gorakhpur commissioner office violence case
1 year, 2 months ago

Dalit activist, eight others get bail in Gorakhpur commissioner office violence case

The Hindu  

A Gorakhpur court on Saturday granted bail to Gorakhpur-based Ambedkar Jan Morcha convener and Dalit activist Shravan Kumar Nirala, former Indian Police Service officer S.R. The Ambedkar Jan Morcha, which works among Dalit and other marginalised sections in eastern Uttar Pradesh, held a demonstration ‘Dera dalo, Ghera dalo andolan’ on October 10 outside the Divisional Commissioner’s office demanding one acre …

Free arrested activists or face ‘jail bharo’, says U.P. Dalit rights group
1 year, 2 months ago

Free arrested activists or face ‘jail bharo’, says U.P. Dalit rights group

The Hindu  

Ambedkar Jan Morcha, an organisation based in Gorakhpur fighting for the rights of Dalits and other marginalised groups, has threatened to launch a ‘jail bharo’ agitation if the Uttar Pradesh government fails to release its members and activists who were arrested following a stir this month. Ten persons, including the organisation’s convener, a retired IPS officer, and a French national, …

Who are some of the key opposition figures targeted in Tunisia?
1 year, 8 months ago

Who are some of the key opposition figures targeted in Tunisia?

Al Jazeera  

Thirty opposition figures deemed critical of President Kais Saied have been arrested in recent months, according to Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned the arrests of Ennahdha members, warning that the government was “moving to neutralize the country’s largest political party”. Seventeen current or former Ennahdha members have been arrested since December, bringing the total number of …

India intensified crackdown on activists, media in 2022: Human Rights Watch report
2 years ago

India intensified crackdown on activists, media in 2022: Human Rights Watch report

The Hindu  

The Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2023 said that Indian authorities had “intensified and broadened” their crackdown on activist groups and the media through 2022, adding that the “Hindu nationalist” Bharatiya Janata Party-led government used “abusive and discriminatory policies to repress Muslims and other minorities”. “The BJP government’s promotion of Hindu majoritarian ideology provokes authorities and supporters to engage in …

Sri Lanka urged to drop terror charges for 2 protest leaders
2 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka urged to drop terror charges for 2 protest leaders

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan government is being urged to drop charges against two protest leaders detained for more than three months following the anti-government demonstrations that engulfed the island nation earlier this year. Amnesty International also renewed its call for Sri Lanka to repeal the harsh, civil war-era Prevention of Terrorism Act under which the two protest …

As Sri Lanka backs freedom of expression at UN, police arrest dozens of protesters at home
2 years, 3 months ago

As Sri Lanka backs freedom of expression at UN, police arrest dozens of protesters at home

The Hindu  

Just as Sri Lanka recently told the UN General Assembly that it treated freedom of expression as “sacrosanct”, the police arrested dozens of protesters in Colombo this weekend for resisting a Presidential order. Addressing the ongoing UN General Assembly session in New York on Saturday, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said: “We unconditionally recognise the fact that one has …

Outrage as journalist arrested for alleged Maoist links in India
2 years, 4 months ago

Outrage as journalist arrested for alleged Maoist links in India

Al Jazeera  

Rupesh Kumar Singh was arrested in Jharkhand state two days after he reported on industrial waste being dumped on tribal land. Singh, 37, was arrested after a 10-member police team from Jharkhand’s Saraikela Kharsawan district knocked at his home in Ramgarh town and conducted a nine-hour search, which his wife Ipsa Shatakshi described to Al Jazeera as “intense”. Vinod Kumar …

Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over ‘witch-hunt’ by state
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over ‘witch-hunt’ by state

The Hindu  

Citizens’ groups and activists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over a series of arrests last week, of prominent members of the recent anti-government protests, terming it a “witch-hunt” by the state. Human rights defenders point to both, the Emergency, and the subsequent actions of the military and police, as attempts to “stifle dissent.” According to Ambika Satkunanathan, a former …

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest
2 years, 6 months ago

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

The Hindu  

Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, is being made to pay for his role in drawing wide attention to the vile remarks made on live television by a ruling party spokesperson that caused international embarrassment to the Government. The inherent absurdity of the charge — that he sought to incite enmity between groups and insult religious feelings by …

'Completely Unwarranted': India Slams UN Human Rights for Comments on Action Against Setalvad
2 years, 6 months ago

'Completely Unwarranted': India Slams UN Human Rights for Comments on Action Against Setalvad

News 18  

India on Wednesday dismissed as “completely unwarranted” the remarks by the UN Human Rights office over the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and said these comments “constitute an interference” in the country’s independent judicial system. The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern over the arrest and detention of social activist Setalvad and called …

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
2 years, 6 months ago

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Police in New Delhi have arrested a Muslim journalist for allegedly hurting religious sentiment in what many slammed as the latest example of shrinking media freedom under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Mohammed Zubair, a co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested Monday evening over a tweet that police said deliberately insulted “the god of …

Zubair’s arrest a violation of rights, abuse of power: Amnesty
2 years, 6 months ago

Zubair’s arrest a violation of rights, abuse of power: Amnesty

The Hindu  

Amnesty International India on Tuesday said the arrest of Mohammed Zubair, a co-founder of the fact-checking website ALT News, by the Delhi Police was a violation of the right to freedom of expression and an abuse of power by the authorities. In a statement, Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel said: “The Indian authorities are targeting Mohammed Zubair for his crucial …

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
2 years, 6 months ago

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police in India’s capital New …

Teesta Setalvad who fought for 2002 Gujarat riot victims arrested
2 years, 6 months ago

Teesta Setalvad who fought for 2002 Gujarat riot victims arrested

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups say the arrest of Setalvad, who campaigned to get justice for the 2002 Gujarat riot victims, will have a ‘chilling effect’. New Delhi, India – A United Nations expert has joined global human rights groups in expressing concern over the arrest of Indian rights defender Teesta Setalvad a day after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the findings of …

U.S. State Department’s human rights report flags India’s curbs on free speech, civil society
2 years, 9 months ago

U.S. State Department’s human rights report flags India’s curbs on free speech, civil society

The Hindu  

In its 2021 Human Rights Report on India, the U.S. State Department has flagged concerns over arbitrary arrests and detentions, extra-judicial killings, violence against religious minorities, curbs on free expression and media, including unjustified prosecution of journalists, “overly restrictive laws” on funding of NGOs and civil society organisations, and “government harassment of domestic and international human rights organizations”, and noted …

Four SDPI activists held in Kerala BJP leader murder case
3 years ago

Four SDPI activists held in Kerala BJP leader murder case

The Hindu  

The Kerala police team, probing the murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas in Alappuzha on December 19, detained four SDPI activists on Tuesday. Sreenivas was hacked to death in his house at Vellakinar in Alappuzha allegedly in retaliation for the murder of Social Democratic Party of India State secretary K.S. On Monday, the police had arrested two RSS activists in …

India lashes out at U.N. rights agency for critical comments on Parvez arrest, Hyderpora encounter
3 years, 1 month ago

India lashes out at U.N. rights agency for critical comments on Parvez arrest, Hyderpora encounter

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday took strong exception to the U.N. Human Rights agency’s criticism of the arrest of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, accusing the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of “bias” for referring to banned terror organisations in Jammu and Kashmir as “armed groups”. “ betrays a complete lack of understanding on the part of the …

India arrests prominent Kashmir rights activist under terror law
3 years, 1 month ago

India arrests prominent Kashmir rights activist under terror law

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency has arrested prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under a stringent terror law following a day-long raid at his office and residence in Indian-administered Kashmir. Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said Parvez’s arrest is “a really troubling development”. “We have seen human rights defenders arrested …

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Academics sign petition urging Centre to stop targeting critics
4 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Academics sign petition urging Centre to stop targeting critics

India Today  

About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical of the government as part of a widening investigation into caste clashes two years ago. The National Investigation Agency has arrested more than a dozen people, including scholars and human rights campaigners, saying they had ties to Maoist guerrillas and …

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]

Live Law  

A total of one hundred and forty five eminent scholars and academicians from around the world have appealed for the immediate release of 81-year-old Telugu poet, literary critic Varavara Rao, who tested positive for Covid-19 and has been accused of inciting caste-based violence at Bhima Koregaon which took place on January 1, 2018 along with 10 other activists and. A …

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus

India Today  

Varavara Rao, activist and poet currently behind bars in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "Rao is asymptomatic and has general weakness," Dr Makeshwar added saying that the jailed activist's condition is stable and he is being treated. "We are providing best health facilities to him and by late night he may be …

Release political prisoners amid Covid outbreak: Over 375 eminent personalities appeal to Modi govt
4 years, 7 months ago

Release political prisoners amid Covid outbreak: Over 375 eminent personalities appeal to Modi govt

India Today  

More than 375 eminent personalities have demanded the release of a dozen civil rights activists facing incarceration in India right now. Making a public appeal to the Indian government, they insisted that political prisoners be released on bail in view of the current coronavirus outbreak in the country. Expressing concern of the health of Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, …

India arrests activist Anand Teltumbde over 2018 caste violence
4 years, 9 months ago

India arrests activist Anand Teltumbde over 2018 caste violence

Al Jazeera  

Leading scholar and author, accused of having Maoist links and conspiring against government, surrenders in Mumbai. Teltumbde, who would turn 70 in July, is accused of having links with the extreme-left Maoist rebels and conspiring against the government, including “plotting the assassination” of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, I earnestly hope that you will speak out before your turn …

CJI Urged to Change SC Orders on Teltumbde, Navlakha Amid COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

CJI Urged to Change SC Orders on Teltumbde, Navlakha Amid COVID-19

The Quint  

Over 5,000 public intellectuals, civil rights activists and organisations, including Noam Chomsky, Prakash Ambedkar, Gayatri Spivak, Ramchandra Guha, and Arundhati Roy, as well as retired judges Kolse Patil and PB Sawant, have signed a petition to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court, asking them to reconsider the order for Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha to surrender …

SC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde In Bhima Koregaon Case [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

SC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde In Bhima Koregaon Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act alleging Maoist links in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah dismissed the special leave petitions filed by them challenging the February 15 judgments of Bombay High. The Supreme …

Uttar Pradesh court grants bail to activist Sadaf Jafar, others arrested for anti-CAA protests in Lucknow on 19 December
5 years ago

Uttar Pradesh court grants bail to activist Sadaf Jafar, others arrested for anti-CAA protests in Lucknow on 19 December

Firstpost  

An Uttar Pradesh court has granted bail to teacher-actor-activist Sadaf Jafar, former IPS officer SR Darapuri, Pawan Rao Ambedkar and several others today. Sadaf’s case threw a light on the treatment being meted out to activists and protesters arrested in the aftermath of anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh. Harjot Singh, Sadaf’s lawyer said that they have also demanded a probe …

Bhima Koregaon violence case: Bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira rejected by Pune court
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence case: Bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira rejected by Pune court

Firstpost  

Pune Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who are three of the five activists arrested on 28 August in the Bhima Koregaon violence case Pune Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who are three of the five activists arrested on 28 August …

Framing intellectuals in ‘Modi attack plot’ is ‘biggest fraud on people’: Maoists
6 years, 3 months ago

Framing intellectuals in ‘Modi attack plot’ is ‘biggest fraud on people’: Maoists

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India on Tuesday said rights activists like Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj and others who were recently arrested by the Pune police for allegedly conspiring to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no connection with it. In a statement, the CPI Central Committee member described the implication of intellectuals like Varavara Rao and others in a ‘concocted’ …

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police says govt lawyers studying Delhi HC's order to free Gautam Navlakha from house arrest
6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police says govt lawyers studying Delhi HC's order to free Gautam Navlakha from house arrest

Firstpost  

The Pune police said government lawyers in Maharashtra were studying the Delhi High Court’s Monday order freeing rights activist Gautam Navlakha, held in the Bhima Koregaon case, from house arrest. Pune: The Pune police said government lawyers in Maharashtra were studying the Delhi High Court’s Monday order freeing rights activist Gautam Navlakha, held in the Bhima Koregaon case, from house …

UAPA Being Misused to Confine Political Prisoners Endlessly: PUDR
6 years, 3 months ago

UAPA Being Misused to Confine Political Prisoners Endlessly: PUDR

The Quint  

Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on the arrest of the five activists in the Bhima-Koregaon case, the civil rights organization People’s Union for Democratic Rights, reiterated the “obvious flaws" and "possibilities of misuse” in the Unlawful Activities Act. In a 2:1 majority judgment, the Supreme Court, on 28 September, declined to set up a Special Investigation Team, allowing Pune police …

Supreme Court reserves verdict on 5 activists’ arrests in Bhima-Koregaon case
6 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court reserves verdict on 5 activists’ arrests in Bhima-Koregaon case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties including senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, …

SC Extends House Arrest Of Rights Activists In Koregaon-Bhima Case
6 years, 3 months ago

SC Extends House Arrest Of Rights Activists In Koregaon-Bhima Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Monday said it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra extended till September 19 the house arrest of the five rights activists--Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha-- at. The …

Bhima Koregaon case: Supreme Court extends house arrest of activists till September 19
6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Supreme Court extends house arrest of activists till September 19

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday extended till September 19, the house arrest of five rights activists, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. The court said it will examine two days later, whether there is material supporting the arrest of the five rights activists. The house arrest of the five rights activists - Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, …

Fighters for rights
6 years, 4 months ago

Fighters for rights

The Hindu  

P. VARAVARA RAO Poet activist By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan “The poet is by no means a lion But a stream It is in the nature of a river Not only to leap from peaks but Also to flow steadily in plains, Circumventing the hurdles Stopping at dams And if time favours, Breaking them down and move on In branches and in …

Activists' arrest: Pune court defers bail hearing of Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen till September 14
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists' arrest: Pune court defers bail hearing of Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen till September 14

The Hindu  

The sessions court in Pune on Thursday deferred till September 14 hearing on the bail pleas of human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling and Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, who were arrested with three other rights activists on June 6 for their alleged links with the outlawed Communist Party of India and the Bhima-Koregaon clashes. Denied books in jail, says Gadling …

Bhima-Koregaon: SC extends house arrest of 5 activists to 12 September
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon: SC extends house arrest of 5 activists to 12 September

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till 12 September the house arrest of the five human rights activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence, while coming down heavily on a senior Pune Police officer for making “insinuations” about the apex court. The top court had on 30 August observed that “dissent is the safety valve of democracy” and …

Maha police’s chilling affidavit to SC: ‘Activists’ gave input for ‘armed struggle’, smuggling of weapons and more
6 years, 4 months ago

Maha police’s chilling affidavit to SC: ‘Activists’ gave input for ‘armed struggle’, smuggling of weapons and more

Op India  

Maharashtra Police has submitted an affidavit in Supreme Court in relation to the recent arrest of five activists in the Bhima Bhima Koregaon case. Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists were arrested due to the cogent evidence linking them with the banned CPI and not because of their dissenting views. The state’s response …

Activists arrested not for dissenting views but for 'cogent evidence' of having Maoist links, Maharashtra Police tells SC
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists arrested not for dissenting views but for 'cogent evidence' of having Maoist links, Maharashtra Police tells SC

Firstpost  

Maharashtra police filed an affidavit in response to a plea of historian Romila Thapar and four others challenging the arrest of the five activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case New Delhi: Maharashtra government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists were arrested due to the cogent evidence linking them with the banned Communist Party …

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Maharashtra Police files affidavit in SC, says it has sufficient evidence to establish Maoist links
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Maharashtra Police files affidavit in SC, says it has sufficient evidence to establish Maoist links

Firstpost  

The Maharashtra government filed a counter affidavit in Supreme Court regarding the arrests of five activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. The Maharashtra police on Wednesday filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the arrest of activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case, reports said. The five rights activists were not arrested for their dissenting …

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court
6 years, 4 months ago

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists arrested in raids last month from across the country had links with Maoists. The Maharashtra Police categorically told the top court that the activists were arrested for their Maoist links and not for expressing 'dissent'. The Maharashtra Police had on August 28 raided the homes of …

Arrest of student for raising anti-BJP slogans the latest in TN govt’s crackdown on dissent
6 years, 4 months ago

Arrest of student for raising anti-BJP slogans the latest in TN govt’s crackdown on dissent

Live Mint  

Chennai: A 28-year-old research scholar was granted unconditional bail on Tuesday, a day after being arrested for raising slogans against the central government in the presence of the state Bharatiya Janata Party chief, in what critics said was the latest example of the Tamil Nadu government’s crackdown on dissent. Lois Sofia was arrested at Thoothukudi airport for raising slogans against …

Complainant In Bhima-Koregaon Case Moves SC
6 years, 4 months ago

Complainant In Bhima-Koregaon Case Moves SC

Live Law  

A Pune-based man, who had lodged an FIR in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence that led to the arrest of five human rights activists, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking that he be made a party in the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar and four others.A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and …

5 arrested for conspiring to murder two Hindu outfit leaders in Tamil Nadu
6 years, 4 months ago

5 arrested for conspiring to murder two Hindu outfit leaders in Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: The Special Investigation Unit of the Coimbatore police arrested five Muslim youth who had hatched a plot to murder Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath and Hindu Munnani leader Mookambikai Mani among others. According to the police, R Ashik, I Jafar Sadiq Ali, S Ismail, S Samsudeen and S Shalavuddin were detained by the sleuths of Special Intelligence Unit …

'Activists arrested to crush dissent, instill fear in govt critics': P Chidambaram
6 years, 4 months ago

'Activists arrested to crush dissent, instill fear in govt critics': P Chidambaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Nagpur: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed the Maharashtra government over the arrest of five Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links, saying it was an attempt to crush dissent. Addressing a press conference in Nagpur, the former Union minister said holding extreme Right or Left wing views is acceptable in a free country and the problem arises only when …

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