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‘Warzone’: Why Indian forces have launched a deadly assault on Maoists

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation outnumbered by over 40,000 forces deployed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025

‘Took time to pick up the pieces’: A trio’s struggle after ‘ULFA label’ and ‘staged’ police shooting

On December 23 last year, Dipjyoti Neog, Biswanath Borgohain, and Manuj Buragohain left their homes in Assam’s Tinsukia district for a picnic in Arunachal Pradesh, packing themselves into a Maruti 800. But it turned out to be a trip that haunts them even today.

Newslaundry · Sep 18, 2024

Bastar activist ‘helped tribals navigate the system with Hindi’. Now she is held in 5 FIRs

It was a cold November day in 2015. Sukku Kunjam was working at his paddy field in Itavar village, nestled in the hills around Gangloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. But hours later, he ran to the jungle, allegedly apprehending police torture, as security forces stormed the village for a search operation.…

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2024

Activists cry foul as NIA raids across five districts in U.P. in Naxal case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at eight locations in five districts of Uttar Pradesh in connection with its ongoing probe into a Naxal case.

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2023

PUCL seeks Supreme Court monitored SIT probe into Manipur violence

The SIT should necessarily investigate the May 3 incident in Churachandpur; the sexual violence incidents reported across Manipur; and the Khamen Lok massacre, PUCL president Kavita Srivastava and general secretary V. Suresh said in a joint statement.

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2023

Police need to be sensitised against use of third degree methods: CJ Ujjal Bhuyan

HC suo motu took up a news report in The Hindu as writ petition and directed police officials to respond on a reported case of custodial death in Tukaramgate Police Station

The Hindu · Apr 28, 2023

Revoke ban on PFI: PUCL

According to the PFI, the PUCL said, over 300-400 of its cadre had been picked up with almost the entire top leadership and the SDPI being taken into custody

The Hindu · Sep 30, 2022

Ram katha begins in Raj Bhawan amid objections

Five-day event will undermine secular values, say Rajasthan civil rights groups 

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022

PUCL condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

Calls for global human rights movements to ensure implementation of fundamental freedoms

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2022

Rights groups in Rajasthan demand ban on processions with abusive slogans

The BJP and its affiliates would make ‘mischievous attempts’ to flare up communal passions and trigger violence on festive occasions, says PUCL

The Hindu · Apr 9, 2022