“We find it intensely worrying that there are crude and ham-handed attempts to intimidate such voices into silence, using the institutions of state authority.”
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Govt Warns FCRA-Registered NGOs of Penal Action If Home Ministry Approval on Change in Office Bearers Not Sought
But political parties can continue receiving foreign funds without any legal scrutiny, thanks to the amendments brought in by the Modi govt in 2018.
Dissent in MCC Violation Decisions Should Be Uploaded on EC Website: Former CECs
One of the election commissioners reportedly gave a dissenting view in the poll body’s decision to give a clean chit to Modi-Shah.
Vote for Saving Country from ‘Narrow Minded Ideology’: Priyanka Gandhi
“This election is to save the country that we all love… The country in which all of us are equal, in which all of us are free to express ourselves.”
India’s Mass Movements Thrive Close To the Ground While the State Cracks Down on Dissent
Law, police and ideology are all targeting those claiming social, economic and political rights in India. But groups that have big memberships and stay close to their communities are getting results.
Teaching Students How to Dissent is Part of Democracy
Dissent allows for a proliferation of views on the good life. It sparks conversation, ignites change and keeps democracy vibrant.
ED Raiding Amnesty International India’s Bengaluru Office
The ED had started investigating into Amnesty International India’s finances after receiving a reference from Central govt’s FCRA unit.
When The Dissenting Voice Speaks For Democracy
Today, we have to accept that the wise words in Justice Chandruchud’s dissenting judgement were a minority verdict. The battle is still on.
ABVP’s Violence Post JNUSU Elections Reveals What May Happen If Modi Loses 2019 Elections
We must take some cues to not only understand the attack, but to also know how to preempt such a move and resist it.
SC Extends Till Tomorrow House Arrest Of Five Activists
Earlier, SC had said that it may order an SIT probe if it found that the evidence has been “cooked up”.
Tamil Nadu Central University Tells Students To Not Express Dissent Against Govt Policies, Students Decry Saffronisation
Students allege that ABVP, the RSS affiliated student organisation, set up a wing on the university campus last year.