Topic: political prisoners
Courts can’t bar people from political activities as bail condition: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court directed to remove a bail condition imposed by the Orissa High Court on a man that he shall not engage in any political activity.
NIA demands Rs 1.64 crore from Gautam Navlakha as cost of security during house arrest
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) demanded Rs 1.64 crore from human rights activist Gautam Navlakha as the cost of his security during his house...
UP ATS arrests activist couple for ‘Naxal’ links, 5 years after seizing gadgets
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested an activist couple for alleged Naxal links based on data extracted from electronic devices seized from them in...
Four years of wrongful incarceration: Remembering Sharjeel Imam as an act of memory resistance
Sharjeel Imam’s politics was no-nonsense, action-oriented, and pointedly disruptive of existing political power hierarchies that sought to disenfranchise Muslims politically and socially
Activists recount custodial torture for opposing govt, urges for release of all political prisoners
The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), a collective of more than 35 organisations, on Friday gathered in the Press Club of India in Delhi...
“Narendra Modi: coward and insecure, Umar Khalid: brave,” say activists and friends on Khalid’s 1000th day in jail
As Umar Khalid, rights activist and a doctoral degree holder from Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), completes 1000 days of incarceration under draconian UAPA, concerned citizens, activists, his friends and family gathered today at the Press Club of India to commemorate and remember the ‘struggles for social justice.’
