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Police torture, ill-treatment make India ‘high risk’: Report

India has been ranked a “high-risk” country for torture and ill-treatment in the World Organization Against Torture’s first Global Torture Index 2025 that was released on Wednesday. 

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2025

Why the world’s most populous country is running low on bodies

Lack of systemic support for body donation, logistical hurdles, and cultural and religious sensitivities force medical students to rely on anatomical models or digital simulations for training. Namita Singh reports

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Let Me Explain: UAPA’s weaponisation of literature and witnesses

From 2014 to 2022, 8,719 people were charged under the draconian UAPA. A majority are languishing in jail, with trials delayed and bail denied, as in the case of GN Saibaba.

Newslaundry · Oct 21, 2024

I feel like I'm still in jail: Acquitted former professor G.N. Saibaba

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Prof. Saibaba recalled his “jail ordeal”

The Hindu · Mar 8, 2024

It is a wonder that I came out of jail alive, says G.N. Saibaba

Former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba released from Nagpur jail after acquittal in Maoist links case.

The Hindu · Mar 7, 2024

‘Not anti, only notional’: After GN Saibaba’s acquittal, editorials slam UAPA, ‘shoddy’ investigations

On March 5, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court set aside the conviction of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five others, saying the prosecution had failed to prove its case. 

Newslaundry · Mar 7, 2024

Free of guilt: On the exoneration of former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba and five others

The exoneration exposes the practice of invoking stringent laws based on nothing more than a person’s likely association with or sympathy for extremist groups

The Hindu · Mar 6, 2024

‘Joyful but afraid’: Disabled Indian academic Saibaba’s family on acquittal

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.

Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2024

Bombay High Court acquits DU ex-professor G.N. Saibaba, five others in Maoist link case

Maoist links case: Bombay High Court acquits former DU professor G.N. Saibaba, overturning his life sentence on March 5.

The Hindu · Mar 5, 2024

India must end ‘inhumane’ detention of activist GN Saibaba, says UN expert

Alarm over nearly decade-long detention of former English professor who is 90 percent disabled and bound to wheelchair.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2023