Irfan Mehraj was arrested in Srinagar by the NIA on 20 March under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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India: Arrest of Kashmir Based Journalist Irfan Mehraj - Statements by Amnesty International and Editors Guild (March 2023)
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India: Kerala
19 March 2023Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the concerted effort by the Muslim rightwing in Kerala — including leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and some Muslim-run websites — to ridicule, vilify, denigrate and demonise Muslims who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. It is a tragic irony that while the minority Muslim community in India is itself the target of rampant Islamophobia, the conservatives among them are hurling hate speech at the sexual minorities (minority within the minority).
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India: 21 days of the NREGA workers Sit-in in Delhi | Press Release, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (March 16, 2023)
17 March 2023It has been 3 weeks of the NREGA Dharna today - and the Ministry of rural Development (MoRD) continues to ignore workers
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India: PUCL Strongly Deplores Police Notice For Cancelling Meeting On Kashmir at Gandhi Peace Foundation | Press Release, March 17, 2023
17 March 2023PUCL, Delhi, strongly deplores the notice of Delhi Police directing Gandhi Peace Foundation (GPF), New Delhi to cancel the meeting on
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Against intellect | Nissim Mannathukkaren (March 16, 2023)
17 March 2023Under this Hindu nationalist government, established notions of scholarship and expertise have been subject to populist attacks in fields ranging from science to history
