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Topic: Detention

Free after 6 months, Sonam Wangchuk says, ‘Everyone should go to jail at least once’

Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on 26 September last year after protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh turned violent.

Andhra police arrest Bihar IG over 2021 ‘custodial torture’ of Deputy Speaker. Court orders release

A Patna court has refused Bihar IPS officer's transit remand, citing lack of arrest warrant, no intimation to competent court for transit remand pre-arrest, & failure to submit case diary.

Solitary confinement, no lawyer. Delhi HC intervenes in Indian’s UAE detention

According to an RTI response accessed by ThePrint, data provided by UAE authorities showed that as of August this year, 1,419 Indians were being detained in the UAE.

Retd major in ‘hot soup’—secrecy around Celina Jaitly’s brother spotlights UAE’s ‘blackbox detentions’

Retired Indian Army Major Vikrant Jaitly was picked up from a Dubai mall last year. Charges against him haven’t been made public & UAE authorities remain tight-lipped.

With PSA detentions getting quashed & revoked, how J&K cops are trying to make ‘tighter’ cases

J&K police in 2021 started training personnel in drafting dossiers to ensure there are no 'weak grounds or copy-pasting', so that detentions under Public Safety Act could be upheld & extended.

Families of Navy veterans jailed in Qatar appeal to Modi govt — ‘walk the talk, bring them back’

The 8 former Indian Navy officers have been kept in solitary confinement in Doha for over 4 months. They have not been charged with any crime yet.

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s return makes Chinese realise ‘US imperialism is a paper tiger’

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained by Canada in 2018 at US’ extradition request over alleged violation of Iran sanctions. But was it a prisoner swap deal with China?

J&K HC quashes detention of NC leader, says his activities are normal in a democracy

National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar was arrested on 6 August last year as the authorities said he would oppose the scrapping of Article 370.

Police fails test of law every time Chandrashekhar Azad or an anti-CAA protester is detained

Every citizen, including the women at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, has the right to protest peacefully, especially, against government. And police can’t detain them.

2 politicians freed, internet back for 80 Kashmir businesses, educational institutions

Hakeem Yaseen, chief of Kashmir-based People’s Democratic Front, and Ashraf Mir, ex-MLA of the Peoples Democratic Party, were released on health grounds.

On Camera

Maoist insurgency has been defeated. Naxal ideology likely to survive

Decline of Maoist violence should not obscure the possibility that discontent could resurface—whether as renewed insurgency, localised agitation, or any other form of resistance.

RBI delays stricter trading loan rules as volatility climbs amid Iran conflict

The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.