HRDs Under Attack

18-Sep-2025

Supreme Court allows Mahesh Raut six weeks’ medical bail in Bhima Koregaon case In jail since 2018, Raut gets interim relief for arthritis treatment; regular bail still stayed by SC since 2023

18-Sep-2025

The Conspiracy of Silence: HC denies bail to Delhi riots accused Five years of pre-trial incarceration reveal how FIR 59 turns suspicion into proof and the UAPA transforms dissent into terrorism

02-Sep-2025

Delhi High Court dismisses all appeals for bail in 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case Division Bench rejects appeals of nine accused under UAPA; Justice Shalinder Kaur declares “All appeals are dismissed” as case remains at charge-framing stage five years after riots

05-Jul-2025

Four years on, India commemorates the death of a priest of the people, Fr Stan Swamy On his fourth death anniversary, Jesuit activist Stan Swamy is remembered in for his integrity, sacrifice, and the institutional injustice he endured

01-Jul-2025

Delhi Riots 2020: Stalled justice & the architecture of indefinite detention, FIR 59/2020 in perspective Five years without bail: FIR 59/2020 and the Delhi Riots cases expose a pattern of procedural lapses and prolonged incarceration of student activists and a politician

15-May-2024

Gautam Navlakha granted bail by Supreme Court in Bhima Koregaon case; orders him to pay 20 lakhs for the expenses incurred during his house arrest Noting that trial may take years to complete, SC bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refused to extend the stay on Navlakha’s bail

09-Apr-2024

4 years onward, activist Gulfisha Fatima remains behind bars Fatima, and a series of activists and scholars, have been incarcerated as an undertrial, awaiting justice for four years today

07-Mar-2024

GN Saibaba released from Nagpur central jail after acquittal by Bombay HC Freedom at last as Saibaba and 5 others cleared of alleged Maoist links

12-Jan-2024

Civil society under siege, in India thehindu.com

21-Jul-2023

Supreme Court Grants Bail to Teesta Setalvad, Slams Gujarat HC’s Refusal thewire.in

21-Jul-2023

Granting bail to Teesta Setalvad, Supreme Court calls Gujarat HC order ‘perverse’ indianexpress

21-Jul-2023

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Teesta Setalvad; Calls Gujarat HC Observations ‘Perverse’, ‘Contradictory’ livelaw

21-Jul-2023

Supreme Court grants bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, calls Gujarat HC order ‘perverse’ hindustantimes

21-Jul-2023

Teesta Setalvad Case | ‘What Investigation Done In 24 Hours? What Was State Doing For 20 Yrs?’ : Questions By Supreme Court To Gujarat Police livelaw

21-Jul-2023

Teesta Setalvad bail matter: Supreme Court rescues rule of law indianexpress

22-Jun-2023

Citizens for Justice and Peace

HRDs Under Attack

Supreme Court allows Mahesh Raut six weeks’ medical bail in Bhima Koregaon case In jail since 2018, Raut gets interim relief for arthritis treatment; regular bail still stayed by SC since 2023

The Conspiracy of Silence: HC denies bail to Delhi riots accused Five years of pre-trial incarceration reveal how FIR 59 turns suspicion into proof and the UAPA transforms dissent into terrorism

Delhi High Court dismisses all appeals for bail in 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case Division Bench rejects appeals of nine accused under UAPA; Justice Shalinder Kaur declares “All appeals are dismissed” as case remains at charge-framing stage five years after riots

Four years on, India commemorates the death of a priest of the people, Fr Stan Swamy On his fourth death anniversary, Jesuit activist Stan Swamy is remembered in for his integrity, sacrifice, and the institutional injustice he endured

Delhi Riots 2020: Stalled justice & the architecture of indefinite detention, FIR 59/2020 in perspective Five years without bail: FIR 59/2020 and the Delhi Riots cases expose a pattern of procedural lapses and prolonged incarceration of student activists and a politician

Gautam Navlakha granted bail by Supreme Court in Bhima Koregaon case; orders him to pay 20 lakhs for the expenses incurred during his house arrest Noting that trial may take years to complete, SC bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refused to extend the stay on Navlakha’s bail

4 years onward, activist Gulfisha Fatima remains behind bars Fatima, and a series of activists and scholars, have been incarcerated as an undertrial, awaiting justice for four years today

GN Saibaba released from Nagpur central jail after acquittal by Bombay HC Freedom at last as Saibaba and 5 others cleared of alleged Maoist links

Civil society under siege, in India thehindu.com

Supreme Court Grants Bail to Teesta Setalvad, Slams Gujarat HC’s Refusal thewire.in

Granting bail to Teesta Setalvad, Supreme Court calls Gujarat HC order ‘perverse’ indianexpress

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Teesta Setalvad; Calls Gujarat HC Observations ‘Perverse’, ‘Contradictory’ livelaw

Supreme Court grants bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, calls Gujarat HC order ‘perverse’ hindustantimes

Teesta Setalvad Case | ‘What Investigation Done In 24 Hours? What Was State Doing For 20 Yrs?’ : Questions By Supreme Court To Gujarat Police livelaw

Teesta Setalvad bail matter: Supreme Court rescues rule of law indianexpress

Who are the acclaimed ‘BK-16’? Five years have passed, and human rights defenders (HRDs) and their families continue to await justice