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Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves

Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves

Human rights activists

By Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves

Will Mallya extradition woes provide incentive to rectify conditions in Indian jails?

The truth is that almost all Indian prisons are far from compatible with Minimum Human Rights standards.

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Why the letter about a 'Rajiv Gandhi-type' assassination plot to kill Modi is fake

The purpose is to create a political narrative to divert attention from the Bhima Koregaon probe.

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How India is failing miserably in upholding law and order

Actions of those in power make a mockery of democracy in India.

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Why peoples' coalitions are uniting against Hindutva — the 'new Peshwai'

Protests against attacks on Bhima Koregaon commemoration sees new alliances across community and caste.

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Kobad Ghandy's re-arrest after release is misuse of judicial process

Deliberate delays by police lead to prolonged prison sentences without conviction.

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Between Newton and Naxals, India's Oscar entry tears into our hypocrisy

It exposes the ideological divide on democracy.

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Malegaon blasts case: Implications of Supreme Court's conclusions in Lt Col Purohit's bail judgment

We witnessed the unnerving casualness of the top court.

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State is testing the limits of Narmada Bachao Andolan activists

The architects of this 'state-engineered modern-day genocide' are not gangsters or despots but genteel bureaucrats, industrialists, politicians, SC judges.

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Challenges before Dalits' Azadi Kooch and Bhim Army

The caste-annihilation movement must guard against threats from the State and from 'within'.

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Inmate's torture and murder in Mumbai's Byculla Women's Prison exposes horrors

The torture team was only keeping to a standard operating procedure that is commonly followed throughout the country's prison system.

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