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translated as People's Human Rights Front. In 2015, he got arrested by the then Congress-led govt in Kerala under a UAPA case and was later released on bail. The case is still going on in Ernakulam sessions court. On May first week, Jaison got a call from The Wire office. They informed him that his phone number was among the leaked database of phone numbers listed as potential targets in an Israeli spyware Pegasus attack, reportedly commissioned by the Indian government. They told him that his phone might be affected by Pegasus, a malware that allows a hacker to access and control a phone.

We collectively, as citizens of India - Muslim and non-Muslim women, men and trans persons across castes and regions - reject the cynical optics of a 'Muslim Women’s Rights Day' by a government intent on reducing all Muslims to second-class citizens

The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed bail to Advocate Surendra Gadling, an under-trial prisoner in the Elgar Parishad case from August 13 to 21 to attend his mother's death anniversary.

The DNA Profiling Bill (officially known as the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019) is yet another draconian legislation in the making, which has urgent implications on questions of justice, privacy, and rule of law in India.

Jaiswal is a member of the Committee on Judicial Accountability which is a group of eminent lawyers of India who work to improve the accountability of judges. In July, the veteran lawyer spoke with Maktoob's Shaheen Abdulla about the depleting trust among law fraternity to access justice.

Hany Babu's student at Delhi University and an academic publishing professional Shivangi Mariam Raj wrote this poem "Dear Hany, This is just to say" in November last year, four months Hany's arrest by NIA.