Tag: Majid Alam

By Majid Alam Around a month ago, many activists including journalists and lawyers were arrested from different states in India for having links to Maoist groups- considered violent and illegal in the country. The activists were also accused of inciting violence during the Bhima Koregaon in January 2018. The activists arrested include Varavara Rao, lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, and activists Arun Fereira, Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves. The raids were carried out in Delhi, Faridabad, Goa, Mumbai, Ranchi and Hyderabad. Days later the Supreme Court, the apex court in the country lashed...