Tag: JJM
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Jharkhand activist raided again in connection with Bhima-Koregaon incident, civil society furious
Ranchi: The residence of 83-year-old Stan Swamy, a well-known activist from Jharkhand, was once again raided by the Maharashtra police today morning in Ranchi. The eight-member police team searched Stan Swamy’s belongings for about three-and-half hours. They took Stan’s hard disk and internet modem and forced him to share the passwords for his email and…
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Repeal land acquisition amendment and scrap Godda Adani Power project: demands Jharkhand civil society
Ranchi: Repeal Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2018 (Jharkhand) and Land Bank policy. Laws that are blatantly and repeatedly used for suppression of freedom of expression and harassment of activists should be immediately repealed. Few examples are Sections124A (sedition) & 499 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). All the projects that are being undertaken…