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Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
What happened in Pasighat would not have happened had DGP Jamwal, SP Lamba, and the government handled it well. At this point, I have nothing to say about the police action against me and Sunny Tayeng, and their illegal surveillance. I just wish they had asked lawyer Sunny Tayeng, who is appearing for anti-dam activists Ebo Mili, Tajong Talom, Otul Jerang, and many others, and me at least once instead of asking for a search warrant from the court. Sunny is a busy lawyer and brilliant at her work, so she needs to focus on her practice rather than being burdened by extra work. We will see what happens tomorrow so will you all. Please be reassured that I have seen enough intimidation in my life, so this isn’t something that will stop me from writing or my activism. More power to the people of Siang valley and Arunachal. We owe it to Siang and her people. I will continue to stand with the people of Siang Valley, with Ebo Mili, Otul Jerang, and Tajong Talom, who are in judicial custody in Pasighat, and Adum Tayum, Okut Palloh, Oson Paron, and Omak Paron, who are in jail under APUAPA. Please don’t get distracted by the East Siang district police action against Sunny and me. They would not have done it without someone’s direction. Please continue talking about Siang and her people. Once again, thank you very much for the solidarity.
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
<New Work>
In this report for @NewDelhiPost, I reveal the legal risks faced by a Rs. 23,000 crore bauxite mining project pursued by the Adani Group & explain its links with Adivasi rights,wildlife & forest protection.
Click here👇to read the full report newdelhipost.co.in/adanis-al…
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Isn’t the Siang so beautiful? She brings me solace and calms my anxious mind. She is the witness. #SaveSiang
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
🚨 Arunachal Pradesh police applies for search warrants against one of state's most respected journalists, Tongam Rina, associate editor @arunachaltimes_ and lawyer Sunny Tayeng who represents environmental activists Ebo Milli, Otul Jerang and Tajong Talom.
#SiangUpperMultipurposeProject #Siang
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Today, at 4 PM (IST) 4.15 PM (Nepal ST)
Webinar: Beyond the Breach: Understanding Cascading Mountain Hazards in Nepal and Building Climate Resilience
Register at the link below for joining the webinar
forms.gle/VUbsm1g3L2vAvZgw7
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Schrödinger’s Supreme Court.
'Logical Discrepancy' Category Allowed In Bengal SIR As Interim Arrangement, Its Legality Yet To Be Decided : Supreme Court |@DebbyJain
How can a person already in 2003 voter list be categorised as 'logical discrepancy'?, #SupremeCourt Court asked.
livelaw.in/top-stories/logic…
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
So Indian citizens deprived of transparency and accountability in the name of preventing publicity lawyers. Because of course there was no other way to deter them.
CJI Surya Kant led bench shuts off live streaming of mentionings in court 1. This comes after CJI Kant had expressed displeasure yesterday at a lawyer and said ,"are you saying all this for media?"
#SupremeCourt
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Art installation by the Mumbai School of Monumental art and Applied Absurdities called The Geometry of Abstract Objects Blocking Pedestrian Movement. Govandi Station. #IndianRailRomeo
This Friday in Kolkata. Join us for a discussion with Rahul from @goafoundation on what does it really mean to think of a world shared with future generations?
Sign up here: veditum.org/vifo301026
Hosted by Kolkata Change Makers at @veditum's office. Pls join us & share / RT.
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Hello @MumbaiPolice @Santacruz_PS
Juhu Beach is a Public Beach
With No timing restrictions
Role of Juhu Beach Police is to patrol the beach
To keep visitors safe
Not to remove the visitors
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
The blunders Tata Consulting Services usage of AI is doing with our electoral rolls part of SIR
Election Commission’s software has made a massive blunder. It’s translating Hindi/Urdu names by treating them as if they were English.
For example, the name was Muhammad Iqbal Beg, but the software turned it into “Mohammad Iqbal Bheek Mangte Hain”.
Another example: A woman’s name was Phool Kali Devi, and the software changed it to “Murkh Kali Devi” .
Absolute chaos, what’s going on?
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
Election Commission’s software has made a massive blunder. It’s translating Hindi/Urdu names by treating them as if they were English.
For example, the name was Muhammad Iqbal Beg, but the software turned it into “Mohammad Iqbal Bheek Mangte Hain”.
Another example: A woman’s name was Phool Kali Devi, and the software changed it to “Murkh Kali Devi” .
Absolute chaos, what’s going on?
A blue green bea eater, and river grasses along an undulating river bank of River Ken in Bundelkhand.
My 1st contribution to the #SandBanksOfIndia campaign by @indiasandwatch, @indiawater & @SloganMurugan!
Do share you pictures of healthy #SandBanksOfIndia! @veditum
A collaboration between us ISW / @veditum, @indiawater, and @SloganMurugan to find photos of healthy river banks from India!
Post a photo of a healthy riverbank from India, use #SandBanksOfIndia and tag us. Tell us which river it is and where the photograph was taken.
1/3
Some facts and questions:
Fact: This is actually a diversion of the Ganga, and not the actual river.
Question: we often hear of aquatic life being found in the canals in these parts. Was that somehow considered in this decision?
They stopped the flow of the Ganga near Har ki paudi at Haridwar for next 18 days just so they can clean it before Diwali. And the moment the water level dropped the truth came out...the entire riverbed is buried under clothes, plastic bags, discarded slippers, and pure filth.
The natural stones that should be there..but completely hidden under our garbage.
Year after year the same story bhakts leave behind their waste the administration stops the water once a year, locals cleans up the mess we created and then we start dumping again the moment the water returns. 😒
You cant revere a river as divine and simultaneously turn her into a landfill.
If this is how we treat the river we claim to worship then maybe we dontt deserve to call her MAA at all.
Period !!
Join us this Saturday as we reflect on year 3 of @indiasandwatch in the public domain, and how citizens and communities have created protection for India's rivers from illegal mining.
Register here: veditum.org/isw3year
@veditum @aishani07 @Indian_Rivers @indiawater
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
#SandMining
One activity that is causing slow death for our rivers !!!
This is somewhere in the lower #Himalayas ... zoom to see the machines gnawing at the river bed.
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
On 16 Oct around 11 pm, Odisha police picked up Dr Randall Sequeira and Laxman Naik without a warrant. Phones seized. Held overnight with no access to lawyers or family. Neither is named in the FIR. Dr Sequeira treats Adivasis in these hills. Laxman Naik is a Dalit leader of the Maa Mati Mali Surakhya Manch.
They now face attempt to murder, dacoity and Arms Act charges. Bail refused. Courts are on vacation until 27 October.
This is Fifth Schedule land. Kondh, Paraja and Dalit families have said no — these hills feed their streams, fields and the Indravati river. The Supreme Court upheld the same principle of gram sabha consent at Niyamgiri in 2013.
The state’s answer so far: 43 police cases and more than 100 people jailed in three years.
Every day these two spend in Rayagada jail is a warning to every village that resists.
Defending jal-jangal-jameen is not a crime.
Release Dr Randall Sequeira and Laxman Naik.
#JalJangalZameen #AdivasiRights #FifthSchedule
@aruna_sekhar @Prafulla1951 @Countercurrents @MaktoobMedia @RahulGandhi @INCOdisha
@gutta_rohith @Jairam_Ramesh
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
#Breaking
Delhi Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court extends CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka’s judicial custody by 2 days.
Das and Ranka have been in jail since October 14.
@SauravDassss @AshutoshRanka @Cockroachisback @CJP_for_India
Siddharth Agarwal retweeted
People can have differences and nuanced takes on CJP but it is inexcusable to remain silent on the custody of Ashutosh and Saurav. This is an egregious violation of a citizen's liberty. Please speak up. If not on principle, than in self-interest, for this is setting a precedent.