Activists Arrests

The UN body on human rights on Tuesday said it was deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old rights activist Stan Swamy during his pre-trial detention. It said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the United Nations' independent experts have repeatedly raised the cases of Swamy, a Jesuit priest, and 15 other human rights defenders with the Indian government over the last three years and urged for their release from detention. Swamy, who was arrested last year under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died at a Mumbai hospital on Monday. "We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human rights defender and Jesuit priest, in Mumbai yesterday, following his arrest in October 2020 under India's Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act," Liz Throssell, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said. "Father Stan had been

A Delhi Court on Wednesday kept the reserved order on issuing an order on the application seeking immediate release of Pinjra Tod activists Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal from judicial custody

It's unacceptable that a person should be jailed for expressing a "totally harmless" opinion, Abdullah said.

The law is increasingly being misused against critics

Swamy, who is suffering from various health ailments including Parkinson's disease, was arrested on October 8 by the NIA.

After the demolition on August 10, the entry to the temple has been blocked with a newly built wall, while police patrol its barricaded boundary

The police media briefing evoked widespread criticism from lawyers, activists and eminent personalities and even the Shiv Sena