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Assam Polls: Will Tea Tribes Angry Over Wage Hike, Land Patta Put BJP in Tough Spot? | NewsClick
Before the 2016 Assam Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had pledged to the tea garden workers to raise their daily wage from Rs. 138 to Rs. 351.33. However, more than five years later, in the run-up to the state polls again, which are due to start on March 27, Chief Minister Sarbana…
25/03/2021 - 1:11pm
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Our New Database Reveals Rise In Sedition Cases In The Modi Era
Six sedition cases during the farm protests; 25 during anti-CAA protests; 22 after the Hathras gangrape; 27 after Pulwama: Our study of sedition cases over the last decade reveals a 28% rise in such cases—in violation of Supreme Court guidelines—especially against critics and protesters since 201…
25/03/2021 - 1:09pm
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Inside India’s War To Silence The Free Press
In 2015-16, the government called journalists names, pressured owners, had editors fired and established taboo areas. Since 2020, attacks on independent media have surged, with arrests, terror and sedition cases, even as a right-wing ecosystem issues rape and death threats and discredits any narr…
19/02/2021 - 10:46pm
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How The Law Was Misused In Arrest Of Disha Ravi
The Delhi police’s use of sedition law against a young climate activist violates clear Supreme Court guidelines, and a judge’s action in granting the police custody based only on their unproven statements disregards the spirit of the law MOHIT RAO Bengaluru: In filing a sedition case against clim…
19/02/2021 - 10:45pm
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Why Assam Prohibits Murals Of Akhil Gogoi & Keeps Him In Jail
A year after his arrest on terrorism charges for spearheading widespread protests against India’s new citizenship law, a veteran 44-year-old peasant-rights activist faces four criminal charges and remains in jail without trial or bail. Here’s why the State has singled him out for retribution MAKE…
13/12/2020 - 3:25pm
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Criticism Of Govt Is Not Sedition: A Journalist’s Story
Uttarakhand journalist Umesh Kumar Sharma spent a month in jail after the police accused him of sedition for a sting operation that supposedly showed the chief minister taking a bribe. It took High Court intervention to free him SHAILESH SHRIVASTAVA & AMIT PANDEY/101 REPORTERS Lucknow: Quashing s…
08/12/2020 - 8:55am
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Why 2 Law Students Appointed Themselves Guardians Of The Supreme Court
What motivated two law students to file separate criminal contempt-of-court petitions against a comedian and a stick-comic illustrator for tweeting criticism of the Supreme Court? A recent high-profile contempt case and desire to protect the judiciary from “criticism” and “negativity” KARAN TRIPA…
08/12/2020 - 8:54am
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‘I Was Slapped, Bullied By Police For A Story On Cyberbullying’
On 18 September 2020, we carried a story about some Twitter users in Kashmir being intimidated by police, who said they were only questioned in a cyberbullying case. Our reporter was called the next day by police of the cyber wing, slapped twice and intimidated over five hours. His account AUQIB …
21/09/2020 - 6:46pm
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Inside Facebook’s BJP bond: Key Tie-ups With Modi Govt, Its Special Interests
After revelations that a senior executive prevented Facebook from taking down hate-speech linked to India’s ruling party, our investigation reveals further partisan action in favour of BJP-allied customers and widening commercial ties with the government. KUNAL PUROHIT Mumbai: Facebook is being …
27/08/2020 - 10:16am

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