-The Indian Express Compensation from the state has been received in 44 cases, while at least 12 families have moved residence following the riots, The Indian Express found after tracking down and speaking to the families of 51 riot victims. Of the 53 murder cases registered following the riots in Northeast Delhi in February 2020, the Delhi Police has filed chargesheets in 38, and arguments on charges in 17 have begun in...
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‘Citizens can’t be jailed for disagreeing with state policies’: Top quotes from Disha Ravi’s bail order
-The Indian Express In the bail order, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana noted that the accused had "absolutely no criminal antecedents". Ravi was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of like amount. Twenty-two-year-old activist Disha Ravi, who was Arrested in connection with a toolkit on the farmer protests that was tweeted by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, was granted bail by a Sessions Court in Delhi...
More »Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
-PTI/ NDTV Farmers Protest: Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old activist, has also claimed that her medical examination was not conducted in violation of section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Chandigarh: Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her Arrest by the Sonipat police last month. The 23-year-old activist, hailing from Punjab's...
More »Why Govt Ditched Due Process For Nodeep Kaur & Shiv Kumar -Anumeha Yadav
-Article-14.com A 25-year-old labour organiser from a Dalit family came to India’s attention only when the US vice-president’s niece tweeted about her incarceration. The stories of Kaur and colleague Shiv Kumar reveal the government’s discomfort with young, educated workers collectively demanding legal rights amidst an economic decline Sonipat, Haryana: Most of India first heard of Nodeep Kaur on 2 February, when Meena Harris, niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris, drew global...
More »How an NDTV report undid police’s dubious Delhi carnage murder theory -Ayush Tiwari
-Newslaundry.com The cops used a report aired on Ravish Kumar’s show to prop up its theory about Shahid Alam's killing. The Delhi High Court cited the report to disprove it. On February 19, the Delhi High Court granted bail to three men accused of murdering Shahid Alam during the communal carnage in Delhi’s northeast last February. In a chargesheet filed in June, the Delhi police had claimed that Shahid, 25, a rickshaw driver...
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