Sukanya Shantha
@sukanyashantha
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Mangalore/ Mumbai
Joined December 2010
On Human Rights Day, @thewire_in launches its first in the series ‘Barred–The Prisons Project’ in partnership with @pulitzercenter. From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System https://t.co/YF44t2xjIo Artwork: @PariplabV Editing: @jahnavi_sen
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In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.
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दिल्ली के लाल क़िला मेट्रो स्टेशन के पास हुए एक कार धमाके के कुछ ही घंटों बाद मुंबई पुलिस 2006 मुंबई ट्रेन ब्लास्ट मामले में बरी किए गए लोगों के घर पहुंची थी. हालांकि, पुलिस के पास इसके लिए कोई वैध अदालती दस्तावेज़ या कागज़ नहीं थे. @sukanyashantha ॰ https://t.co/W5A2OktO9Q
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'Still Finding Ways to Trouble Us': Hours After Delhi Blast, Mumbai Police Visited Several Acquitted in Bombay Blast Case
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Local police reached the homes of several of the men who had been acquitted in the Mumbai blasts after 19 years of incarceration. 'The police want to tell me they have their eyes on me and also want...
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'Still Finding Ways to Trouble Us': Hours After Delhi Blast, Mumbai Police Visited Several Acquitted in Bombay Blast Case @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/5EetcOLG2d
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Local police reached the homes of several of the men who had been acquitted in the Mumbai blasts after 19 years of incarceration. 'The police want to tell me they have their eyes on me and also want...
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Shameful to go after Kashmir Times. Fun-fact: India is in the bottom heap - 151 of 180 countries in the world press freedom index. The slide after 2019 has been precipitous.
We are being targeted precisely because we continue to do this work. SIA Raids: Another Attempt to Silence Us
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Director general of the J&K police Nalin Prabhat termed the explosion as an “accident”. Prabhat said that a team of police investigators and forensic science laboratory experts were handling the recovery when the “accident” happened at around 11:20 pm.
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Tailor Mohammad Shafi Parray was one of the nine people who were killed in the Nowgam police station blast on the night of November 14.
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“After Each Incident of Terrorism, I Fear I will Fall Victim to the State’s Terror” Heart-wrenching and terrifyingly honest piece by @BegunahQaidi in @thewire_in
https://t.co/0vtoMZOCBj
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For people like Abdul Wahid Shaikh – who in the past has been branded a terrorist and imprisoned for years under baseless charges before being acquitted – such fears are not paranoia. They are lived...
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Maharashtra ATS Arrests Muslim Youth Over Alleged Links to Al Qaeda; Others Summoned Claim ‘Harassment’ | @sukanyashantha reports https://t.co/67SUxfyUSm via @thewire_In
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Over 60 mainly college-going youth have allegedly been summoned in the case after they attended a socio-religious event in Solapur that Hangargekar had only briefly visited, according to the organi...
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Over 60 youths, mainly college-going, have allegedly been summoned in the case after they attended a socio-religious event in Solapur, of which Hangargekar was a convener. @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/B04FRpaufK
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Over 60 mainly college-going youth have allegedly been summoned in the case after they attended a socio-religious event in Solapur that Hangargekar had only briefly visited, according to the organi...
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Maharashtra ATS Arrests Muslim Youth Over Alleged Links to Al Qaeda; Others Summoned Claim ‘Harassment’ @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/B04FRpaufK
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Over 60 mainly college-going youth have allegedly been summoned in the case after they attended a socio-religious event in Solapur that Hangargekar had only briefly visited, according to the organi...
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@sukanyashantha Parvati Sandmek, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, was able to meet her husband after their lawyer threatened to file a habeas corpus plea in court. @sukanyashantha✍️
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Parvati Sandmek, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, was able to meet her husband after their lawyer threatened to file a habeas corpus plea in court.
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पार्वती संडमेक कथित माओवादी संबंध के मामले में छह साल जेल में बिताने और पांच केसों में बरी होने के बाद 30 अक्टूबर नागपुर केंद्रीय कारागार से रिहा हुई थीं. जैसे ही वह जेल से बाहर निकलीं, पुलिस की एक टीम बिना किसी वॉरंट या नोटिस के उन्हें अपने साथ ले गई. https://t.co/TB97FRY0z9
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Acquitted After Six Years' Jail, Tribal Woman Walks Out Only to Be Taken By Police; No Notice Given @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/gwQiphkLAO
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Parvati Sandmek, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, was able to meet her husband after their lawyer threatened to file a habeas corpus plea in court.
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Arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, abductions/threats are routine in Maharashtra for those in Naxal cases. It happened again to 30 yr old Parvati Sandmek: freed after 6 yrs in jail & 5 acquittals—only to be bundled away by plainclothes cops. Her story: https://t.co/fB3GtV5pZH
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Parvati Sandmek, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, was able to meet her husband after their lawyer threatened to file a habeas corpus plea in court.
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Acquitted After Six Years' Jail, Tribal Woman Walks Out Only to Be Taken By Police; No Notice Given https://t.co/emDOwTFldD via @thewire_In
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Parvati Sandmek, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, was able to meet her husband after their lawyer threatened to file a habeas corpus plea in court.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right- MLK Jr. Join us for the launch of Anand Teltumbde’s Prison Memoir. @India_NHRC @TheQuint @sohitmishra99 @thewire_in
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Student Alleges Attempted Gang-Rape at South Asian University; Campus Protests Demand Action The survivor has also named SAU staff who allegedly didn't take the incident seriously and prevented her from speaking to her mother. @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/tWknzetrmH
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The survivor has also named SAU staff who allegedly didn't take the incident seriously and prevented her from speaking to her mother.
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South Asian University Pupil Alleges Attempt to Gang-Rape Her; Protesting Students Demand Action https://t.co/240f94cigG via @thewire_In
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The survivor has also named SAU staff who allegedly didnt take the incident seriously and prevented her from speaking to her mother.
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Mumbai Police Detain TISS Students Who Attended Gathering In Honour of G.N. Saibaba @sukanyashantha
https://t.co/hToFcQwZep via @thewire_In
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Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration.
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Mumbai Police Detain TISS Students Who Attended Gathering In Honour of G.N. Saibaba Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration. @sukanyashantha✍️ https://t.co/Py0MmWdM5Y
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Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration.
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Mumbai Police Detain TISS Students Who Attended Gathering In Honour of G.N. Saibaba https://t.co/GSmrlaeAGB via @thewire_In
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Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration.
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