New Delhi: The right to protest and express dissent comes with certain duties and cannot be held “anytime and everywhere,” the Supreme Court said in an order, dismissing a review petition on the anti-citizenship law protests held in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh in 2019. Twelve activists had filed a review petitionContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 22, 2020: A petrol bomb was thrown on March 22 morning near a police barricade at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, heart of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Later a biker was seen throwing a crude bomb near Jamia University, about 2 km away from the protestContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 12, 2020: People of different faiths came together on January 12 to participate in a ”sarva dharma sambhava” – a multi-faith prayer ceremony – at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, where anti-citizenship law protesters have been demonstrating for almost a month now. The inter-faith ceremony had a traditional Hindu-styleContinue Reading
By Debapriya Sen Vaite New Delhi, Jan 11, 2020: There are moments in time, when the expressions of resilience demand to be acknowledged. As the protests against the new Citizenship Amendment Act broke in Assam, and spread across the country, what stood out, were some very powerful images of thousandsContinue Reading
