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Statement by over 3500 intellectuals slamming the UP government for filing false criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding editors, Siddharth Varadarajan.
Statement by National Alliance of People’s Movements on Ambedkar Jayanti.
Dr Anand Teltumbde’s open letter to the people of India before he was arrested on April 14 by the government on blatantly false charges.
Indian Cultural Forum, 4 April, 2020 We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the FIRs filed against The Wire’s Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan by the police in Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh. This is clearly an attempt to intimidate the media and muzzle its freedom. The Wire has been accused of causing panic when it reported…
Arfa Khanum Sherwani interviews Justice Anjana Prakash [The nomination of former chief justice of India Ranjan Gogoi as a member of the Rajya Sabha has come under criticism of from judges and political parties. It is even alleged that he was bestowed the favour for giving pro-government verdicts. Arfa Khanum Sherwani speaks to former judge…
Madan B. Lokur I’d like to ask Bob Dylan a question for which the answer is not blowing in the wind: How many straws does it take to break a camel’s back? This question arises in the context of the independence of the judiciary which has been tested over the last couple of years as…
Gaurav Das More than 30 academics, intellectuals, advocates, senior journalists, writers, activists, advocates, former parliamentarians and others from across India issued a statement on Thursday (April 2) expressing their deep anguish over the incarceration of Assamese peasant leader and activist Akhil Gogoi. They worried about the consequences “for Indian democracy and the callous attitude of…
Anirban Goswami, Anupam Banerjee When he surrenders on April 6, 2020, as per the Supreme Court’s directions, professor Anand Teltumbde will be the first alumnus of the hallowed IIM, Ahmedabad, the first IIT professor and the first CEO of a company to be charged under the dreaded Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which renders a person…
Paul Street, March 20, 2020 “I Don’t Take Responsibility at All” Millions of U.S. -Americans are no doubt aghast over the Supremely Dangerous Asshole (SDA) Donald Trump’s statement about the coronavirus crisis in the country: “Yeah, no, I don’t take responsibility at all…” None. Zero. Nada. No accountability. At all. Remember Harry Truman’s little much…
Press Release Statement by MRSD on Supreme Court’s rejection of pre-arrest bail plea of Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy (MRSD) is deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court’s rejection of the plea by Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha seeking anticipatory bail in the cases…
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