Increasing Tendency of Police to Attack Journalists Is Very Disturbing: Editors Guild of India; Also – Statement by Press Club of India
| | |

Increasing Tendency of Police to Attack Journalists Is Very Disturbing: Editors Guild of India; Also – Statement by Press Club of India

On April 2, the police in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh had arrested, stripped and humiliated a local journalist and some members of the civil society, in retaliation to their reporting on BJP MLA and his son; “Arrest Communal Hooligans; Release Jailed Scribes,” Says Press Club of India.

Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project Should be Fully Withdrawn
| |

Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project Should be Fully Withdrawn

There has been a great surge of united actions by tribal communities against the Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project. Behind their demand is a history of much suffering caused by displacement and other problems, loss of home, forests and farmland, related to several projects in the past.

Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence
| | |

Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence

Attacks on Dalits have grown in Rajasthan since 2018. The upper castes are viewing growing assertion by scheduled castes as a challenge to caste hierarchy—a Dalit man forced to shave off moustache, others beaten for riding a mare on their wedding, Dalit women prohibited from wearing slippers.

Jailed For 22 Months, Former Jamia Alumni President Asks If Stringent Laws Are Only For Muslims
| | |

Jailed For 22 Months, Former Jamia Alumni President Asks If Stringent Laws Are Only For Muslims

A builder devoted to his alma mater, Shifa-ur-Rehman is one of the longest incarcerated accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. As we look back at the legal trajectory of his case, Rehman spoke to us from Tihar jail about the India he was born into, Islamophobia today, and the biased application of stringent laws.