“Accused is a freelance journalist and not having a press card can be no grounds for a case or arrest.” #MandeepPunia

Pranav Mahajan Rihanna Sir, the internet shutdown and prosecutions of journalists have gone way beyond debates on the MSP. They violate the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and article 19 of the ICCPR.

Kit Walker Pranav Mahajan Rihanna As a member of the Bar, and a human being, I believe that some rights are Universal. And if a black person is being shot dead in the US, or a genocide in Rwanda or speech being silenced in India, it's all our business. As a people.

Since tweets by Rihanna and Mia K. are now considered 'external forces' and 'foreign interference', a small reminder... During the first Emergency, the Sangh's main line of dissent was through foreign press, governments, activists, and funding. A short thread.

You don't have to disagree with farm laws to support the right of farmers to protest peacefully. You don't have to be anti-govt to be against human rights violations & unconstitutional arrests. Standing with your people is more patriotic than standing with your politicians..

Update: Bail application of #MunawarFaruqui 's friend Sadakat Khan arrested a day after Munawar, REJECTED today by Indore Sessions Court. Remember, he is not even an accused in the FIR. This is how he was abused, assaulted. Article 14

SCOOP: For more than two years, a group of Indian activists has been behind bars for plotting to overthrow the government. Now a report by a US digital forensics firm concludes key evidence was planted. Niha Masih and I report: washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac…

Scores of Indian parents watching this must be telling their children to keep their heads low, not care for social causes, focus on their careers

In a city with a Komal Sharma caught on camera wielding a weapon, they choose to arrest Disha Ravi - from another city - for rallying attention for the farmers. Why do we pay your salaries, Delhi Police?

Here's why I think nothing will happen to Kapil Mishra after that story. The official handle of the Hindu Ecosystem (37K followers) has QT'ed my tweet to ask more people to join. Such confidence can only be displayed if they know nothing will happen to them. Zilch.

If you paid $14.99 a month for a Zoom Pro membership, you paid more to Zoom than it paid in federal income taxes even as it made $660 million in profits last year – a 4,000 percent increase since 2019. Yes. It's time to end a rigged tax code that benefits the wealthy & powerful.

The minor #Rohingya girl (14yo) who is to be deported back to Myanmar from India today is currently at the Indo-Myanmar border with police officials. She has been there for the last 5-6 hours. None of her relatives nor her parents will be there to recieve her. Priya Pillai

For the first time, the total detected COVID-19 cases has crossed 1,00,000 in a day in India: 1,02,996 cases so far, by my count. (And with #Jharkhand's data still yet to come in)

Children have been dying of encephalitis because of lack of oxygen for decades - we didn’t need to wait for COVID to start scrambling for oxygen plants

Antibiotics are not necessary and do not help in most cases of #COVID19 . Abuse of antibiotics will lead to #AMR - which is increasing especially in developing countries

“More people have received a Covid booster vaccination in the UK per head of population than are reported to have had their first shot in Africa” Forget vaccine equity; these boosters are only to do with rich nations boosting pharma pockets. theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…

open calls for genocide doesn’t fall under the ambit of UAPA. it’s only reserved for activists, journalists, students and comics

.Delta It's been 3 days that I've been trying to change my DEL-IAD flight. An error pops up every time in doing so online and your customer service is elusive on call. The option to message customer care is not working since I'm currently in India. How can we resolve this?