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The Leaflet
SC Sends Notice to UP Police; No Interim Order on journalist Siddique Kappan’s Release for Now
16 Nov 2020
The Supreme Court Monday refused to pass any interim order releasing journalist Siddique Kappan who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police while on his way to report the Hathras alleged gang-rape…
Abdul Alim Jafri
‘Farmers Not Solely Responsible for Pollution’: BKU Condemns Stubble Burning Arrests
06 Nov 2020
The Uttar Pradesh police has registered over 1,150 FIRs till date for burning paddy stubble and violating orders of the Deputy Magistrate in the district.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Weavers’ Union Threatens to Gherao CM's House Following FIR Against 35 Weavers
27 Oct 2020
The weavers, who have been protesting since October 15, allege that they have been betrayed by the government repeatedly, and no action has been taken even after one round of reconciliatory meetings…
The Leaflet
Hathras Case: Allahabad HC Berates UP Officials; Says Victim Was Entitled to Decent Cremation
14 Oct 2020
The Court also expressed its displeasure at Prashant Kumar, ADG (Law and Order) for commenting that no rape had taken place in the Hathras even though he was not directly involved in the…
M.Sridhar Acharyulu
Hathras Tragedy: The UP Police Needs a Lesson in the Rule of Law
08 Oct 2020
The UP police is probing and conducting a trial of the victim through press conferences. After destroying evidence of the crime – the dead body of the victim – the state government has handed over…
Rashme Sehgal
Uttar Pradesh Encounter Policy Gave Police a Shield
06 Oct 2020
Now one can expect the state police to keep mishandling cases, no matter how serious or sensitive they are.
Newsclick Report
Hathras Gangrape: UK’s Feminist, Dalit Organisations Write to UNHR Commissioner, Demand Action for UP CM’s Dismissal
04 Oct 2020
Over 30 feminist groups, Dalit organisations and many other diaspora organisations from the UK, along with MPs John McDonnell, Apsana Begum, Kim Johnson, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, and Paula Barker, have…
Subodh Varma
Under Yogi, ‘Ram Raj’ Turns Into Jungle Raj
04 Oct 2020
In 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won an unexpectedly big victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and everybody thought that one of the experienced BJP leaders from the state will b
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Dalit Man Dies by Suicide after Alleged Police Torture and Extortion
03 Oct 2020
‘My brother Diwakar was taken into custody without any reason by the UP police at around 1:45 am on Tuesday and given electric shocks throughout the night for a crime he did not commit,’ a family…
Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu
Hathras Tragedy: Gandhi Must be Turning in His Grave
03 Oct 2020
The cremation of the 19-year-old’s body is a crime of destruction of evidence, committed wantonly by the Uttar Pradesh police.