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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.
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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.
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KMSS Leaders Bittu Sonowal and Dhaijya Konwar Test Positive for COVID-19 in Guwahati Jail, Uncertainty around Akhil Gogoi
09 Jul 2020
Two of the jailed KMSS (Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti) leaders, Bittu Sonowal and Dhaijya Konwar, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Guwahati Jail.
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Demanding Akhil Gogoi’s Release, 1,200 Prisoners in Assam Go on Hunger Strike
03 Jul 2020
The inmates of Guwahati Central Jail have also demanded better healthcare facilities inside the jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apurba K Baruah
Law Regulates But Politics Governs: The Sad Case of Akhil Gogoi
24 Jun 2020
This practice of re-arresting the accused in old cases, when the charge sheets could not be filed in any major charges, is an attempt at circumventing the judicial scrutiny of executive actions.