Labour Activists Arrested

Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who arrested on January 12 from a labourers' protest at Kundli border point, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an attempt to murder case. She has been lodged in a Karnal jail in Haryana. Ms Kaur had accused the police of sexual assault under custody, but the allegation was denied by au...

The farmer protest, the resultant law and order issues, and a string of arrests in the aftermath of the January 26 violence in the national capital has brought international attention on India. The focus has particularly been on the alleged police high-handedness against and arm-twisting of dissenters in India in the past few weeks. The arrest of y...

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Wednesday hear a bail plea of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, arrested on charges of extortion and attempt to murder.

A 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab has been behind bars for a month without bail. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12 when she had joined a protest by labourers at Haryana's Kundli. The young woman has been in police custody for nearly a month without bail and has allegedly suffered sexual abuse while in custody.

Labour activist Hua Haifeng was arrested on suspicion of illegally using eavesdropping equipment to monitor a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes.

China has formally arrested four labour activists who have helped workers fight for their rights, lawyers for two of them said today, as the government steps up a crackdown on activists pressing for change within the system.

A human rights lawyer says 11 activists arrested during a labor protest for chanting anti-monarchy slogans have been convicted of illegally demonstrating and sentenced to up to a year in prison.

Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who arrested on January 12 from a labourers' protest at Kundli border point, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an attempt to murder case. She has been lodged in a Karnal jail in Haryana. Ms Kaur had accused the police of sexual assault under custody, but the allegation was denied by au...

The farmer protest, the resultant law and order issues, and a string of arrests in the aftermath of the January 26 violence in the national capital has brought international attention on India. The focus has particularly been on the alleged police high-handedness against and arm-twisting of dissenters in India in the past few weeks. The arrest of y...

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Wednesday hear a bail plea of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, arrested on charges of extortion and attempt to murder.

A 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab has been behind bars for a month without bail. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12 when she had joined a protest by labourers at Haryana's Kundli. The young woman has been in police custody for nearly a month without bail and has allegedly suffered sexual abuse while in custody.

Labour activist Hua Haifeng was arrested on suspicion of illegally using eavesdropping equipment to monitor a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes.

China has formally arrested four labour activists who have helped workers fight for their rights, lawyers for two of them said today, as the government steps up a crackdown on activists pressing for change within the system.

A human rights lawyer says 11 activists arrested during a labor protest for chanting anti-monarchy slogans have been convicted of illegally demonstrating and sentenced to up to a year in prison.