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Activist-Nodeep-Kaur-Speaking-at-Farmers-Rally-at-the-Kundli-Manesar-Palwal-Expressway-in-Haryana. Credit: Sania Farooqui NEW DELHI, India, Apr 15 2021 (IPS) - On 12 January this year, somewhere in the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, 24 year old Dalit activist Nodeep Kaur was arrested by the Haryana police for protesting outside a factory. During the lockdown in 2020, Nodeep joined a local workers’ rights organization called Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) in the Kundli Industrial Area in Haryana. In January Nodeep was accused of allegedly manhandling management and staff of an indust...

Vancouver toolkit creator Mo Dhaliwal victimized by "psychological warfare" in response to #AskIndiaWhy In advance of Vaisakhi, the branding expert and cultural entrepreneur shares his thoughts about Indian democracy, Khalistan, and social activism by Charlie Smith on April 7th, 2021 at 8:07 AM 1 of 6 2 of 6 Mo Dhaliwal has been called many things over the years—a B.C. cultural navigator, arts aficionado, bhangra lover, PuSh festival supporter, and the founder of the Skyrocket digital branding agency in Vancouver. He could add the term antiracist media activist to the list in 2019 whe...

Updated Mar 17, 2021 · 12:14 pm The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed a district and sessions court judge to inquire into the allegations that Dalit activist Shiv Kumar was illegally detained and tortured in custody, reported Bar and Bench. Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order after examining four medical reports submitted by the state in accordance with the High Court’s earlier orders in the matter. A medical report submitted by the Government Medical College and Hospital to the High Court had shown that Kumar was subjected to torture when he was in police r...

Home Ministry's criminal law reform seeks to 'stifle' dissent, undermine gender violence Counterview Desk  In a detailed note to mark the International Women’s Day and the Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary as part of the Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections (March 7 to March 14), the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), commenting on the gendered access to justice and law, has said that recent Government of India changes in legal frameworks, whether intended or already brought into existence, have been “unmindful” of the lived realities of marginalised secti...

Punjab and Haryana HC Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Custodial Torture of Activist Shiv Kumar The Faridabad district and sessions judge will conduct the inquiry, but the Special Investigation Team was also allowed to continue its investigation into the three FIRs registered against Kumar. Shiv Kumar. Photo: Twitter/File Rights17/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday directed a district and sessions judge posted in Faridabad to conduct an enquiry into the allegations that labour rights activist Shiv Kumar was detained illegally and tortured in the custody of Haryana pol...