“The letters read out by the police during the media briefing are manufactured. None of these letters were filed or submitted to the court,” said Vernon Gonsalves’ wife.
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What Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes Is A Pattern Of Crushing Dissent By Demonising And Criminalising Activists, Lawyers And Journalists Working For Some Of The Poorest And Most Marginalised Communities In India: Amnesty International
“This raises huge questions over the government’s commitment to protect basic liberties,” Naidoo claimed.
To Be Anti-fascist Can Only Be A Crime In A Fascist Country: Farhan Akhtar
Pune Police said that the arrested activists were part of an “Anti-Fascist Front” to “overthrow” the Narendra Modi government.
It Is Sudha Bharadwaj Today, Tomorrow It Could Be You And Me!
To raid activists with ideological differences is worse than an emergency.
Retired Civil Servants Write Letter To Modi On Arrests: Brazen Trampling Of Fundamental Rights, Pattern Of All Dissent Being Branded Anti-National
Five human rights activists were arrested and several other public intellectuals were raided by the Maharashtra police on Tuesday.
Arrests Undermine Fundamentals Of Constitutional Democracy- Ex CJI Lodha
Lodha said, “The government’s actions are an attempt to suppress the dissenting voice and an attack on freedom of speech.”
Freedom Is Not Lost All At Once, It Is Lost In Units Of One: Twinkle Khanna On Activists Arrests
On Wednesday, the SC also slammed the government and said that dissent is the very essence of a democracy.
Government’s Game Plan Is To Give Access Of Adivasis’ Resources To Capitalists. Expel Sudha Bharadwaj, Expel Courageous Journalists, Then No One Will Be Left To Fight For The Rights Of Adivasis: Ramachandra Guha
“These arrests are being conducted only to make easy the loot by the capitalists,” he said.
SC Slams Govt On Arrests, Says Dissent Is The Safety Valve Of Democracy
The three-judge bench has issued an interim order, directing that the arrested activists be kept in their homes under house arrest till September 6.
Police Raid EFLU Prof K Satyanarayana’s Residence, Bar Family Members From Stepping Out
Several human rights activists and intellectuals have been arrested by the Pune police in multiple raids carried out across the country.
Umar Khalid Attack: Accused Duo Didn’t Turn Up At Punjab Village, Says Police
In a video uploaded on Facebook on August 15, the duo claimed the attack on Khalid was supposed to be an “Independence Day gift” to the citizens.