Indigenous Peoples’ Un-Freedoms and Our Academic Freedom: A Call for Solidarity
This joint statement has been endorsed by over 130 signatories, including international academics, activists and civil society organizations, as well as diasporic Indian academics and researchers, working with Adivasi (indigenous) communities in India. Available in 6 languages (English, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Panjabi, Malayalam)
Solidarity statement with Sabyasachi Das and the faculty of Ashoka University by the international academic community
statement of solidarity with economics scholar forced to resign from Ashoka University due to critical research on electoral manipulation
"Hopefully waiting" writes Shoma Sen from prison
This handwritten note by Shoma Sen marks five years in prison for the activist and academic.
Letter from G.N. Saibaba to his wife (15th June 2023)
Letter from Dr. G.N. Saibaba sent from Nagpur Prison to his wife on 15 June 2023
Two poems by Sudhir Dhawale and Surendra Gadling
Poems written by Sudhir Dhawale and Surendra Gadling on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of their incarceration under the Bheema Koregaon/Elgar Parishad case. Free BK16!
Statement on the institutional murder of Dalit student at IIT Bombay
statement of solidarity with APPSC IIT Bombay and the family of the deceased 18-year old Dalit student; call to urgently introduce measures to end caste discrimination
Doctors’ Associations and medical professionals call for urgent bail for Dr. G.N. Saibaba due to his deteriorating health
Doctors’ associations around the world call for immediate bail for Dr. G.N. Saibaba due to his deteriorating health.
Letter of Solidarity with Afreen Fatima
Academics stand in solidarity with Afreen Fatima and call on UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights and Housing to condemn the police demolition of her home and demand her safety and legal redress for the violation of her rights.
Indigenous Peoples' intellectual labour and resistance against a Military Firing Range in India: Chronicling the Netarhaat Movement
Indigenous rights researcher and activist Jerome Kujur and Isha Savani from InSAF India reflect on the longstanding nonviolent Netarhaat movement against a military firing range on their lands.
International petition to Chief Justice of India on incarceration of GN Saibaba
Civil society organisations around the world and Indian diaspora groups have issued a joint letter to the Chief Justice of India expressing grave concern for the health of incarcerated English professor and social justice activist G.N. Saibaba, and call for medical bail and immediate treatment in the hospital.
Bogus terror charges won’t erase Stan Swamy’s inspiring legacy of work with Adivasi communities
In an article for Jacobin Magazine, P.M. Tony and Lotika Singha look at the Bagaicha social justice movement that radical Jesuit priest Stan Swamy helped to shape in Jharkhand, India. The article also examines their methods of research and analysis. Read the full article here.