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Activist Peter Steudtner (2nd R) of Germany and Ali Gharavi (2nd L) of Sweden talk to the media after their release from Silivri prison in Istanbul on October 26, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Human rights activists released from Turkish jail

Amnesty International's Andrew Gardner said the case was "a completely baseless prosecution that doesn't have a shred of...

26 Oct 2017 2:52 PM IST

The ruling TMC which had won 34 per cent of seats uncontested in the gram panchayat polls in West Bengal on Monday justified in the Supreme Court the elections and urged the court not to interfere. (Representational image)

Supreme Court extends activists' 'arrest' till September 12

who were taken into custody by the Maharashtra police in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence earlier this year.

7 Sept 2018 5:09 AM IST

SC refused to interfere in arrest of activists -- Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha -- in Bhima-Koregaon case. (Photo: PTI)

No relief for activists

Mercifully, the order allows the charged intellectuals to stay under house arrest for another four weeks.

29 Sept 2018 12:31 AM IST