The statement read out by Prashant Bhusan before the SC. He refuses to apologize and submits himself to any penalty that can lawfully be inflicted upon him for what the Court has determined to be an offence, and what appears to him to be the highest duty of a citizen. In its suo motu contempt case […]
More people have been killed by lightning strikes than by the Coronavirus in Bihar. Till now 134 people succumbed to Coronavirus infections in the last three and half months while lightning strikes took the lives of more than 200 people across the state in between June 25 to July 12, reports Anish Ankur from Patna. […]
On July 8, around 9 PM, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were killed in a suspected militant attack in Bandipora district of Kashmir, about 60 km north of Srinagar. Younis Ahmad, a local journalist visited his house and spoke to his family and people around. The three dead bodies of BJP leader Sheikh […]
Family and friends of Bashir Ahmad Khan, whose death on the morning of July 1 sparked anger across Kashmir and raised several questions as to what led to his killing, recollect his last moments and their fond memories with him. Written by Younis Ahmad and Bilal Ahmad. The wailing of women resumed after the completion of […]
The BJP government has, following its decision of selling the family silver in the footsteps of Manmohan Singh has decided to gradually privatize the railways. There is no credible argument proffered by the government. The only reason seems to be that the government is in a hurry to take advantage of the pandemic and resultant […]
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a human rights organization, in a statement issued on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Emergency, has described the current situation in the country as worse than what it was during Emergency, when the “Indian government waged a war on its own people, suspending the fundamental […]
On 19th June 2020, 14 members of Indian Parliament, issued a Press Statement addressed to CM of Maharashtra, Mr. Uddhav Thackeray. In the signed statement, the 14 Parliamentarians expressed their concern about the rapidly deteriorating health condition of Varavara Rao and requested the Maharashtra CM to provide him the necessary and urgent medical attention by moving […]
The country is under third phase of the lockdown. New cases of infections are rising daily. Health care workers including doctors are needed to treat Covid inflicted persons. Yet, a doctor with vast experience of dealing with viral diseases remains incarcerated behind prison walls. Dr Kafeel Khan, hailing from Gorakhpur in UP, is being continuously […]
A statement has been issued on behalf of gender rights activists, organisations and individuals condemning the UAPA charges against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra. The statement strongly reiterates that the government must withdraw UAPA charges against Masrat. It also highlights the increasing difficulties that journalists in Kashmir are facing and call on the government to stop […]
Over the last few weeks, several activists, journalists and students in Delhi and Kashmir have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the police has filed several FIRs against activists providing relief and against journalists doing their job. Campaign Against State Repression strongly condemns this targeting of activists and journalists […]
Yogesh Swamy, an activist involved in relief work in North East Delhi was arbitrarily picked up by Delhi Police’s Special Cell. Several more activists like Yogesh are being picked up and detained from all corners of the city, especially in those areas where protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR were underway and those affected […]
The Supreme Court of India recently rejected the bail application of Gautam Nawlakha and Anand Teltumbde and asked them to surrender to the state authorities by 14th April. With their arrest today, the Indian state will silence two more voices that dared to speak out against its excesses. The two will join the nine other […]
Scholar and activist Dr. Anand Teltumbde’s open letter to the people of India before his imminent arrest tomorrow, on Ambedkar Jayanti. Tomorrow, on 14 April, the country will celebrate the 129th birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, amidst the ongoing countrywide lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic. Ironically, on the same day, Dr. Anand […]
A statement released by CASR appealing citizens to condemn the Supreme Court’s denial of relief from arrest for Prof. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha and stand in solidarity with all voices for peoples’ rights and democracy. April 8th 2020 On March 16th 2020, the Supreme Court of India rejected the anticipatory bail […]
It has now been more than two months since the brutal police action inside the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a central university in New Delhi on 15th December, 2019. When Muslim neighborhoods in Delhi are being attacked by police backed riotous Hindutva mobs, two research scholars from Jamia, Ruhail Andrabi and Chand Mahal […]