[ad_1] Human rights activist and author Harsh Mander was reportedly refused permission to speak on Bhagat Singh’s martyrdom day at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai. The postponement of Mander’s event at TISS comes a day after the Ministry of Home Affairs’ request for a CBI investigationContinue Reading
[ad_1] Tehran: One of Iran’s prominent women activist and journalists Sepideh Qolian, was rearrested a few hours after her release from Evin prison, Iranian media reported. 28-year-old Sepideh Qolian, was released on Wednesday, March 15, after serving four-years and seven months in prison. After her release on March 15, QolianContinue Reading
[ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram: Terming the institution of marriage as a “Sacramental union” social activist Rahul Easwer on Sunday said that the union government has taken a right stand after it opposed the plea seeking legal recogniton of same-sex marriage. “Everyone agrees there must be any kind of homophobia. At the sameContinue Reading
[ad_1] “People in this space should feel: ‘I was treated with respect. I was treated like an adult. I was treated like a human being,’” he adds. “The main question we face is how to ensure they don’t go back out into the community and hurt more people.” This ideaContinue Reading
[ad_1] Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday alleged the arrest of its social media activist, Parandham, and demanded his immediate release. “Hindutva atmosphere is sending chills down spine of BRS ! They’re trying to intimidate us with police cases. Parandham, @BJP4Telangana social media activist was arrested byContinue Reading
[ad_1] TDP MLC Nara Lokesh. Chittoor: The local police is alleged to have created obstructions to the ongoing pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’ of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh, at Samsireddy Palle on Thursday. The police attacked and grabbed the mike from a TDP activist, Bhasha,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Yoga guru Ramdev Baba Muzaffarpur: A Bihar-based rights activist on Saturday filed a complaint against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims with his remarks at a recent meeting of seers. Tamanna Hashmi lodged the complaint against Ramdev before a local court here and demandedContinue Reading
[ad_1] Mumbai: Activist-academician Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Tuesday moved an application before a special court here seeking discharge in the matter on the ground she has been falsely arrested and implicated for “exposing illegal arrests, torture and deaths of those defending their fundamentalContinue Reading
[ad_1] US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday, the arrest of 3 people on suspicion of involvement in what he described as a “Tehran-backed plot” for attempting to assassinate journalist and a prominent human rights activist of Iranian origin Masih Alinejad in the United States (US). Garland said thatContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the CBI and the Gujarat government as to why they want to send social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand back in jail after they have been out for over seven years on anticipatory bail. A bench of JusticesContinue Reading