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The Polis Project
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The Polis Project, Inc. is a New York-based research & journalism publication that documents communities in resistance. Subscribe: tinyurl.com/mfp9s62b
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    The Polis Project
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    Dec 19, 2024
    Thinking about year-end, tax-deductible donations? Support The Polis Project! Watch this quick video by our founder @suchitrav to learn how you can help us continue our work. Have questions or want to chat? DM or email us—we’d love to connect As always visit
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    Feb 12, 2023
    Breaking: The @scroll_in journalist @ZafarAafaq is being interrogated by the Madhya Pradesh Police at Delhi’s Lahori Gate Police Station for reporting on MP Police inaction against right-wing Hindutva groups in the state. Aafaq’s recent story “In Indore, ‘love jihad’
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    Feb 13, 2022
    The Indian history is being revised to turn RSS icons into national heroes. How? And what is the larger purpose. This Monday, join @suchitrav as she speaks to @akash_musafir about this phenomenon in our Space session Set your reminder x.com/i/spaces/1rmxP…
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    Nov 22, 2021
    Breaking News: Human Rights activist #KhurramParvez of @jkccs_ has been arrested and charged under sections 17, 18, 38, and 40 of the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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    Jun 12, 2022
    Factual mistakes and absurdities in the demolition notice served on Javed Mohammad's house: Note prepared by the legal team. THREAD 👇
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    Apr 29, 2023
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    Jun 10, 2022
    Student activist and scholar @AfreenFatima136 's parents and sister have been arrested in the middle of the night without any warrant by the Allahabad Police and they are threatening to demolish their house. Dissent is not a crime.
    UP: Afreen Fatima says her father, mother, sister picked up from home during midnight raids
    UP: Afreen Fatima says her father, mother, sister picked up from home during midnight raids -...
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    The Polis Project
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    Oct 10, 2022
    Political prisoner Altaf Shah passed away. Another custodial death as a result of blatant medical negligence: jail authorities denied proper medical care for his widespread cancer in spite of a court order.
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    Jun 8, 2023
    📢Ongoing Violence Alert| #Uttarakhand We are deeply concerned about the ongoing situation in Uttarakhand, where news reports describe explicit calls to drive Muslims out of the state. Activists on the ground are raising alarm over what they say is approaching ethnic cleansing*
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    May 23, 2023
    Noam Chomsky, renowned American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, denounces the G20 summit held in Indian occupied Kashmir. **
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    The Polis Project
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    Jun 2, 2022
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    Our @watchthestate chapter was set up when the first protests against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) broke out in India in December 2019. Student protesters approached The Polis Project asking for support in tracking the growing police violence against citizens.
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    The Polis Project
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    Jul 28, 2020
    #KafeelKhan now in jail for 180 days. His crime: a speech against #CAA & Home Minister Amit Shah, who he called ‘mota bhai’. Bail hearing deferred again, 12th time in 5 months. Join the nationwide letter writing campaign for Dr. Kafeel Khan. #ReleaseOurDrKafeel
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    The Polis Project
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    Jun 11, 2022
    🚨 SOURCES CONFIRM 🚨 Heavy police presence out the residence of @AfreenFatima136 in Allahabad. Administration is forcing residents to empty the house for demolition.
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    Mar 2, 2022
    📢 The weekly @sanitarypanels comic just dropped! Stayin' alive (barely).