Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Arundhati Roy

7 bullets in body, foisted case, incarcerations couldn’t prevent SAR Geelani’s movement: Friends and family

On the first death anniversary professor Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, an online memorial, held by the Dalit Camera, resonated with the aura of his life. Friends, colleagues, and family of the late professor and human rights activist came together and shared living memories of their time spent with Geelani, and the impact of the activism, that made Geelani who he was.

Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis among 200 personalities demand release of Umar Khalid and other anti-CAA activists

Calling it an act of " incarcerating democratic voices" more than 200 scholars, activists and artists around the globe penned a joint statement expressing solidarity with arrested anti-CAA activists including former JNU student leader and United Against Hate activist Umar Khalid.

Writers, actors, filmmakers call for release of Egyptian film editor

Over 200 of the world’s most prominent artists, along with nearly two dozen leading human rights groups and film organizations, are calling for the immediate release of Sanaa Seif, a film editor arrested in Cairo last month.

Arundhati Roy protests arrest of Hany Babu

Award-winning author Arundhati Roy on Wednesday slammed the BJP government for the “relentless and ongoing incarceration of activists, academics and lawyers”, a day after Hany Babu, an associate professor of the Delhi University and a noted anti-caste activist was arrested by the NIA in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.

Modi govt using Corona against Muslims like Typhus used against Jews by Nazis: Arundhati Roy

Award-winning author Arundhati Roy accused the Indian government on Friday of exploiting the coronavirus in a tactic reminiscent of the one used by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Beyond the fate of Afzal Guru. 13 unanswered questions regarding 2001 parliament attack

2023 February 9 marks the tenth death anniversary of Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru was hanged on February 9, 2013. Afzal Guru was sentenced to...