February 23, 2020 P Chidambaram writes: The magic words ‘national interest’ do not signal correctness but finality The magic words are ‘national interest’. They do not signal correctness, they signal finality. Because the PM has declared that the decisions were…

February 23, 2020 Tavleen Singh writes: Dissent is not sedition, it is truly the ‘safety valve’ of democratic countries Tavleen Singh’s Fifth Column: If there has been dissidence against the amendment to the citizenship law, it is because of this…

February 17, 2016 Sedition: SC’s shown the way, but govts have refused to see The arrest of JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar last week for committing an offence under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, better known as…

  February 23, 2020 Amulya Leona to Azamgarh, sedition law used without questions, Supreme Court guidelines ignored In its judgments, the Supreme Court has underlined that while ordering arrest of the accused, a magistrate must satisfy herself that the arrest…

Video:  Police stormed a university in India. Muslim students say the violence was an act of revenge. By Joanna SlaterWashington PostFeb. 17, 2020

Martyr vs the Victim: Revisiting Nellie on its anniversary in Human Rights — by Suraj Gogoi — February 18, 2020

Adam I. Seedat Slovenia’s first mosque opens after 50 years  AFP  Arab News, 3 February 2020 Ljubljana –  Slovenia’s first mosque opened in the capital Ljubljana on Monday after surmounting financial hurdles and right-wing opposition, 50 years after the initial request…

UP government to send notices to 58 AMU students for participating in anti-CAA stir The university was to reopen on January 6 but the vacation was extended owing to persisting tension over the changes in the citizenship law. Published: 07th…

EDITORIAL  February 8, 2020 No normalcy Continued detention of leaders, slapping of draconian law, pose serious questions about Centre’s policy and intent in J&K By: Editorial | Updated: February 8, 2020 12:51:07 pm