Activists Arrested

Assam Anti-CAA Activist's Bail Plea Rejected By High Court

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhary, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday January 7, 2021

The Gauhati High court today rejected the bail plea of Akhil Gogoi, an anti-citizenship law activist arrested in 2019 for sedition based on his alleged role in violence during the protests that gripped the nation last year. This is the second time his plea has been rejected since August when an NIA court had refused his application, which he then a...

Over 50 Hong Kong Activists Arrested For Breaching Security Law: Reports

World News | Reuters | Wednesday January 6, 2021

Over 50 pro-democratic activists in Hong Kong were arrested on Wednesday for breaking the city's contentious national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the democratic opposition under the new law.

For 20 Days, Stan Swamy, 83, Has Been Asking For A Straw And Sipper

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday November 26, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, will have to wait till at least next Friday for a straw and a sipper cup which he needs as a Parkinson's Disease patient and winter clothes.

Arrested Activist, 83, Requests Straw Citing Parkinson's. NIA Wants Time

India News | Written by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday November 7, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, cited his Parkinson's condition to ask for a straw and sipper cup to drink fluids; the NIA wants 20 days to respond

Over 30 Protesting LGBT Activists Detained In Moscow: Monitoring Group

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 27, 2020

Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography levelled against a prominent LGBT activist, a monitoring group said.

Bandra Chaos: "Activist" Arrested, Reporter Charged Over Railways "Note"

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Sohit Mishra, Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday April 15, 2020

An activist accused of starting rumours with his social media posts and a television journalist who reported on a railway ministry meeting on special trains for migrants have been charged by the Maharashtra government over a gathering of hundreds at Mumbai's Bandra station last evening, which raised a huge coronavirus scare. An FIR for rioting has ...

Elgar Parishad Case: Court Rejects Bail Pleas Of Accused Varavara Rao, Shoma Sen

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 31, 2020

A Mumbai court today rejected the temporary bail pleas of two activists arrested in the Elgar Parishad case who sought to be released from jail in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

"Cops Wanted Revenge": UP Activist Arrested For Citizenship Clashes Gets Bail

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Thursday January 9, 2020

A noted theatre artiste arrested by the Lucknow police last month amid Citizenship Amendment Act protests walked out of prison on bail this morning. Deepak Kabir, who was taken into custody after he went to a police station to enquire about his detained friends, has been charged with rioting and attempted murder.

"Kicked In Stomach By Male Cop": Activist Arrested For CAA Protest

India News | Reported By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Tuesday January 7, 2020

Actor-activist Sadaf Jafar, who was arrested last month in Lucknow while she was doing a Facebook Live session as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act descended into violence, alleged torture by police as she walked out of the jail today.

Boy, 12, Youngest To Be Convicted In Hong Kong Protests

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 22, 2019

A 12-year-old boy became the youngest protester to be convicted in the six-month-long pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as a court in the former British colony reserved orders to place him under counselling and supervision for up to three years.

On Aarey, "No Further Cutting Of Trees Needed": Maharashtra To Top Court

Mumbai News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 7, 2019

No more trees are required to be cut to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro in Aarey Colony, the Maharashtra government told the Supreme Court today. The top court was hearing the case after a group of students wrote to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. On Sunday, 29 activists arrested during protests on Friday night as trees were pulled...

Aarey Protest Live Updates: Don't Cut Anymore Trees, Says Top Court On Mumbai's Aarey

India News | Edited by Prionka Jha | Monday October 7, 2019

A special bench of the Supreme Court hears a case this morning against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. On Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail by court.

Top Court To Hear Case For Mumbai's Aarey Trees Today, Activists Get Bail

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Monday October 7, 2019

Aarey colony news: A special bench of the Supreme Court will hear a case today against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. At another court on Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail.

Bulldozers Enter Mumbai's Aarey To Cut Trees, 29 Activists Arrested

Mumbai News | Reported by Sohit Rakesh Mishra, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday October 5, 2019

29 activists have been arrested since Friday night in Mumbai after they tried to stop the authorities from cutting trees at Aarey Colony, where a car shed for the Mumbai Metro will be built. Bulldozers rolled into the area as protesters looked at them from a safe distance.

Don't Arrest Activist Gautam Navlakha, Supreme Court Tells Maharashtra

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday October 4, 2019

The protection from arrest granted by the Supreme Court to Gautam Navlakha, one of the five rights activists arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case, has been extended till the next hearing on October 15.