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- “With just 1 toilet for 125-150 inmates, smell of their sweat & urine mixed with heat due to electricity cuts makes life a living hell here:” Kafeel Khan, jailed under the NSA for 157 days now. “Usually entire night is spent sitting, waiting for morning.”
- In jail for 42 days, #NodeepKaur came to India’s attention after @meenaharris tweeted about her. The Dalit labour organiser’s story reveals govt crackdown on young, educated workers demanding legal rights amidst India’s economic decline @anumayhem reports article-14.com/post/why-govt-…
- 96% of sedition cases filed against 405 Indians for criticising politicians & govts over the last decade registered after 2014: 149 accused of making “critical” and/or “derogatory” remarks against #Modi, 144 against #Yogi: Our new database, launched today article-14.com/post/our-new-d…
- Facing 14 cases, #Bihar's Hemant Kumar is in jail since March. He exposed a #Maoist surrender as fake, police paraded him with a sign around his neck calling him a molester. Our story on #NitishKumar govt's war on #RTI & murder of 17 activists article-14.com/post/in-bihar-…
- And we are back
- Police in #Tripura registered an FIR & did not allow reporters @Samriddhi0809 & @Jha_Swarnaa to leave their hotel early this morning after @VHPDigital complaint against them, after they reported the burning of a mosque, contradicting police & #BJP claims
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00:00- Aliya Asadi, 17, #Karnataka state karate gold medalist, went to nationals 5 yrs ago, sole #Muslim contestant with a #hijab. Udupi teen is among those at centre of #hijabrow, now has trouble sleeping, parents say she cries in sleep @afra_abubacker reports
- For 30 yrs, #SudhaBharadwaj helped Adivasis win back land illegally taken over, workers to get dues. She taught law, addressed judges, was invited to be a high court judge. Today, she’s been in jail 2 yrs without trial, reports @ChitrangadaC
- A bunch of accounts has been withheld by @TwitterIndia based on a "legal demand" that has not been made public. Among the accounts is @thecaravanindia, the first media account to be so blocked. Others include accounts tweeting about #FarmersProtest & those of writers & bloggers
- Indore police chief praises Hindu vigilantes for being “active & alert”, tells @kunalpurohit "it didn’t really matter" if comic #MunawarFaruqui & 5 friends made no jokes about Hinduism. Police base case on rehearsal jokes vigilantes claim they overheard article-14.com/post/muslim-co…
