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The documentary Dam/Age on the struggle against the Sardar Sarovar project & the Contempt case against Arundhati Roy. In October 2001, the supreme court in India charged Arundhati Roy with contempt of court. This is the story of the events that led to her arrest.

Over 70 organizations and several individuals from around the country endorsed the call initiated by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties to conduct protest actions from August 28 to September 5, considering the deterioration in Civil Liberties in the recent past. This call was given marking August 28 as the day when two years ago, 5 human rights activists — Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferriera and Vernon Gonsalves were arrested in the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case. A total of 12 renowned lawyers, professors, academics, writers, activists remain imprisoned under fabricated charges, while the actual perpetrators of violence in Bhima Koregaon, walk freely. The days of protest end on September 5th, which will mark the third anniversary of the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, the fearless journalist who would not be silenced any other way.

Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo was only a student when he made history. In 1983, a young Bizenjo appeared as a witness to defend six communist leaders before a military court. His father, the late Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, also recorded his statement in the same court.

The National Executive of the Communist Party of India that met on virtual platform on August 25, 2020 expresses deep concern over the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill 2019 and calls upon the government to drop it. The bill was introduced in the Parliament on July 8, 2019 and referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on October 17, 2019.

The National Solidarity Forum, representing 70 national and regional organisations, has issued the following Appeal to observe the 12th Kandhamal Day anniversary on 25th August 2020. The Forum observes the pogrom against Christians in the Kandhamal district of Orissa masterminded by the Sangh Parivar, with the then BJD-BJP coalition government looking on. “Kandhamal Never Again, Never Anywhere” has been the anniversary slogan ever since. NSF’s appeal is signed by its core committee consisting of . with core team members; Dr. Ram Puniyani, Dr. John Dayal, Willy D’Costa, KP Sasi, Dr. Stanley, Dhirendra Panda and Ajaya Kumar Singh. The following is the text of the appeal: