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Anti-CAA Protests Case: SC Denies Bail to Akhil Gogoi
11 Feb 2021
The young peasant activist from Assam, who has recently floated a political party, is facing charges under UAPA in connection with violence during protests in December 2019.
Ajaz Ashraf
Have BJP’s Fear of Protests and Poll Tactics Delayed CAA Implementation?
09 Feb 2021
Had the ruling party raked up the CAA in states due for Assembly polls, a broad coalition of citizens would have risen against it.
Taha Amin Mazumdar
Assam Elections: Emerging Regional Parties, Alliances Need to Bust BJP’s ‘Nationalism’ Narrative
30 Jan 2021
This is the second and last part of a two-part series on identitarian politics in Assam and its implications for the upcoming Assembly polls as new parties and fresh alliances enter the fray.
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Assam Police Detain Artists for Akhil Gogoi Graffiti; Next Day Streets Flood with Similar Art
21 Nov 2020
The police had made the detained artists erase the graffiti on jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi from the public wall.
Kalpana Kannabiran
Juridical Viralities, Courts and the Question of Justice
17 Aug 2020
The starting point is the arrest and detention on July 10, of a gang-rape survivor and her counsellors in Araria in Bihar.
Megha Katheria
Prisoner, Pandemic and the Apathetic State: Why the Court Should Read Vara Vara Rao’s Poem
21 Jul 2020
In a serious turn of events, jailed revolutionary poet Vara Vara Rao has tested positive for COVID-19. Recently, Akhil Gogoi too tested positive for COVID-19 in prison and is awaiting bail.
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Assam: KMSS Leader Akhil Gogoi Granted Bail in Anti-CAA Violence Case
16 Jul 2020
On Saturday, July 11, Gogoi, who had been arrested by the NIA, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus inside the Guwahati Central Jail.
Indira Jaising
The Extra-judicial Punishment of Jailing Ailing Activists During COVID-19
14 Jul 2020
The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly held that imprisonment does not deprive a prisoner of other fundamental rights that can be exercised consistently with detention.
Megha Katheria
Crying for Justice
14 Jul 2020
With no mode of communication and the lack of information provided by the state, the health status of numerous political prisoners is a mystery.
Newsclick Report
95% Inmates Affected by COVID-19, Claims Guwahati Central Jail Prisoner
14 Jul 2020
Last week, 55 inmates of the jail including peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, had tested positive for SAR-CoV-2.