Political Prisoners

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When Speaking Truth Becomes A Crime

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| Representational Image : Amnesty Push Gains Ground as Venezuela free 17 Political Prisoners

Amnesty Push Gains Ground as Venezuela free 17 Political Prisoners

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Beyond Bars and Charges: What Women’s Jail Diaries Reveal About Society

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Saher Hiba Khan : The panel expressed distress and disappointment regarding the judicial process, characterising it as a system of inconsistent rulings where the conclusion of guilt often feels decided beforehand.

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How Hope Outlives The Cell: Voices From India’s Political Prisoners

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Art work by Arun Ferreira : Cell Alone: I, me and myself. If only sleep would silently ship me to some sociable shore.

VOICES FROM PRISON

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BY Outlook News Desk

I knew that the National Human Rights Commission had noted thirty-one cases of fake encounter killings in Maharashtra alone in the previous five years.

Book Excerpt: Colours Of The Cage: A Prison Memoir, By Arun Ferreira

BY Outlook News Desk

Sandipan chatterjee : Alipore jail museum

Incarceration As Politics: A Timeline Of Political Prisoners In Independent India

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Voices From Prison

How UAPA Law Has Been Used As A Political Tool By Successive Regimes In Jammu And Kashmir

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Outlook Team : Rupesh Kumar Singh is a journalist, currently an undertrial prisoner in Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna.

Voices From Prison

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BY Rupesh Kumar Singh

Voices From Prison: What Happened In Bhima Koregaon Could Happen To You

Voices From Prison

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Cover of Outlook Feb 1 issue 'Thou Shalt Not Dissent'

Voices From Prison

Voices From Prison: Of Lives Stolen For Dissent

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| Photo: AP : Venezuela Begins Releasing Political Prisoners Amid US Pressure

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gettyiage : Tihar Jail: Families of J&K Political Prisoners Decry Delay In Trials

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Five Years Since Delhi Riots: Unfinished Trials And Unanswered Questions

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Illustration: Vikas Thakur : Prisoners of Conscience: (Clockwise from top left) Gulfisha Fatima; Suneeta Pottam; Umar Khalid; Sudha Bharadwaj; Fr Stan Swamy; Vernon Gonsalves

What Freedom Means For India's Political Prisoners

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Former DU Professor GN Saibaba Acquitted In Maoist Links Case, But 'Who Pays The Price Of His Loss Of Liberty And Health'?

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