Category Political Prisoners
POSTED ON MARCH 27, 2021 The top court is set to decide whether his house arrest period is part of the 90-day remand period On March 26, the Supreme Court Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Indira Banerjee and KM Joseph… Continue Reading →
by Priti Gulati Cox — March 24, 2021 As his 67th birthday nears, and Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces challenging and potentially fatal health crises, his legal case is still slowly winding its way through the arduous appellate court system. — New… Continue Reading →
Aspecial NIA court at Mumbai Monday rejected the bail application of 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad case. Swamy, a Ranchi resident has been lodged in Taloja Central Jail for the past five months. The NIA chargesheet filed… Continue Reading →
By JYOTI PUNWANI ‘At 23, he has experienced what very few of his age have: Poverty at home, a stint in jail for his student activism.’‘His experience told him that if you want your rights, you have to fight for them.’… Continue Reading →
By Mandira Nayar March 21, 2021 Past the Parsi hostel for women in Worli, through a narrow opening almost down a rabbit hole, lies the once-slum colony of Mayanagar. The birthplace of the Dalit Panthers in the 1970s has now been… Continue Reading →
Immediately Release Dr. GN Saibaba! March 10th 2021 The Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. GN Saibaba organised a press conference at the Press Club of India in Delhi which was addressed by writer Arundhati Roy, former Member… Continue Reading →
Young labour rights leader Nodeep Kaur, who shot into prominence after the police controversially arrested her on the Delh-Haryana borders where she was organising workers’ support for the protesting farmers, has said that one of the most pressing issues today… Continue Reading →
According to Dantewada Police, Hidme Markam has been allegedly accused in multiple cases between 2016 and 2020, and carries a bounty of Rs 1,10,00 on her head. Hours after the arrest, she was sent on 10 days judicial custody. Vishnukant… Continue Reading →
Varavara Rao had been granted bail for six months by the Bombay High Court on February 22 on medical grounds last month. New Delhi: : NDTVDate: March 7, 2021 Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old poet-activist who has been in jail for over… Continue Reading →
Shiv Kumar. Sonepat, March 3 Labour activist Shiv Kumar, an associate of Nodeep Kaur, on Wednesday got bail in two cases from a local court. Kumar, president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, was arrested a few days after the arrest of… Continue Reading →