Jammu & Kashmir: One Year after Abrogation of Article 370 – Increasing Alienation, Relentless Repression, Simmering Conflict
PUCL appeals that the Government of India urgently listen to the people of J&K, initiate dialogue and restore peace.
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Prashant Bhushan, the Question of Contempt, and Motorcycle Diaries
Without a vibrant bar, there can be no vibrant judiciary. We lawyers are the primary victims of this judgment—be quiet or face contempt, is the message of the court.
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An Elementary Misconception about the Hindu Rashtra
The BJP-RSS is seeking to build a Hindu rashtra. While many believe that it will benefit the Hindu community, it will actually be an authoritarian state which will suppress Hindus and Muslims alike.
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Demolition Men Do Not Build Nations, They Destroy Them
The temple in Ayodhya is the Sangh’s temple, the assault on the rights of Kashmiris is the Sangh’s assault. Neither event associated with ‘August 5’ does India and its people any credit.
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India Is Moving Towards a Form of Elected Autocracy – We Must Keep Speaking Up
Despite serious aberrations in the past, such as during the Emergency, the judiciary has always managed to restore the people’s faith in the institution. But, today, the judiciary appears once again to be failing us.
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Nationwide Condemnation of Targeting of Prof. Apoorvanand by Delhi Police
As concerned citizens who love and value our democracy, and our country, we must speak out before it is too late and all voices of freedom are silenced forever.
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A Year After August 5, Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah Speak Out Their Anguish – Two Articles
A year after the abrogation of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah speak about a range of issues related to Kashmir.
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Learnings from Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Two Articles
We cannot change what happened, neither the heinous military nor the tragic moral stains that indelibly mark its occurrence. But we can rise above it, and commit ourselves to building a sane, safe, and civilized future.
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Thousands of Scholars and Activists Condemn Arrest of Prof. Hany Babu – Three Articles
The Constitution give us the right to think and express ourselves in our own way. It cannot be criminalised so casually.
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Prashant Bhushan Replies to SC Notice; Unnatural Justice – Two Articles
Prashant Bhushan’s detailed reply to the SC notice; Navroz Seervai says that the the contempt proceedings are nothing but an attempt to threaten Bhushan to remain silent.
