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[Yashada @Yashadaaa]

The recent event at @SouthAsianUni where I was encircled by Right Wing extremist goons & then beaten up,touched inappropriately by Ratan Singh, isn't an isolated event. Fr last 1 year I've been sending mails to the administration about how they've made me feel unsafe(1/n)

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

Settlers seized a Palestinian citizen’s vehicle and threw it from an elevated area in the village of Deir Abu Mash’al, west of Ramallah.

[Kunal Purohit @kunalpurohit]

Have been writing this for a while, but worth reiteration:

Maharashtra is the country’s most polarised, dangerous communal tinderbox right now.

These visuals you see are a result of a careful, orchestrated campaign, led by BJP leaders.

Links below.

[Divya Ravindranath @divyarrs]

There are many ways to read a city. Here’s a postcard mapping Mumbai through women’s writing (fiction) — stories that take us across trains, apartments, overbridges, memory, intimacy, labour, migration, ambition, and everyday life. 1.

[Hajara Najeeb @hajara_najeeb]

I had started writing this when Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s case happened. When I finished it, a professor was issued a show-cause notice for writing an email to a vice chancellor to conduct election to the teachers' association.
For writing an email. A show-cause. To a professor.

[tabitha arnold @thetolerantweft]

Embroidery almost done 🗣️ (me for algorithm and scale, I’m 5’3)

[Kate 🕊 @affleckquine]

Amal was under rubble and still conscious, she was speaking to family. The IOF fired on rescuers for 6 hours to make sure she couldn't survive.

[Yashada @Yashadaaa]

@eeliehs :')))))

[Suchitra Vijayan @suchitrav]

“Tamegh Tanwar, a Dalit professor of history and conservation at the University of Rajasthan who has spent over two decades studying the city, explained that the Old City’s vegetarian character did not emerge organically; it was engineered. He presented the dichotomy of Muslim vendors and those from non-Brahminical castes selling meat openly at its fringes, while an entirely different code operates within.”

The Invisible Caste Lines Of Jaipur's Food Scene by Roopashi Semalty for @project_polis

https://t.co/KcXsDgrUUV

[alice hamilton @AliceRHamilton]

real activism btw

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#ALARMING

*Torture of Shiv Kumar*

On 12 March 2026, Shiv Kumar, a labour rights activist, and Ilakkiya, a student activist, were abducted from the near gate of Dayal Singh College, Delhi. Their detention was carried out without any due process, in blatant violation of their fundamental legal and constitutional rights.

Following his abduction, Shiv Kumar was subjected to systematic and severe physical and sexual torture. He was beaten with his own belt, with the metal buckle repeatedly directed at his genitals. He was suspended upside down for over two hours and beaten with a rubber baton on his lower body. Officers lifted him by his beard, crushed his foot under their shoes, and kept him handcuffed throughout his detention.

He was continuously abused and coerced. He was forced to record a false statement at gunpoint claiming he had gone underground—clearly an attempt to conceal his illegal detention. He was also threatened with death.

In an egregious act of sexual violence, Shiv Kumar and fellow detainee Rudra were stripped naked in each other’s presence and subjected to sexual humiliation and assault. Shiv Kumar was further coerced into physically assaulting another detainee.

*Abduction and Torture of Manjeet Kumar*

Later the same day, Manjeet Kumar, a worker and activist associated with the Majdoor Adhikar Sangathan and a close associate of Shiv Kumar, was abducted while returning from a solidarity programme demanding the release of Advocate Surendra Gadling. He was stripped naked, forced to lie face down, and beaten on the soles of his feet while officers sat on his back.

Upon discovering his Dalit identity, officers subjected him to caste-based humiliation, forcing him to clean rooms while naked. He was also subjected to severe sexual violence, including being forced into a sexual act by an officer. This abuse was recorded by other officers present in the room.

*Targeting of Family and Legal Support*

When Manjeet’s mother and his friend Aman went to file a habeas corpus petition, Aman was abducted while returning to Delhi. After reaching near his village and separating from Manjeet’s mother (the petitioner), he was picked up and brought to the Delhi Police Special Cell office in New Friends Colony. He was explicitly threatened not to approach the courts. This represents a direct attack on the right to legal remedy and the justice system itself.

*Further Abductions and Torture*

On the following day, Gaurav was abducted and subjected to brutal torture and sexual humiliation alongside Rudra. Both were stripped naked, and Gaurav was physically assaulted, including being beaten with a metal chain on his genitals. He was coerced into recording a false statement and, upon refusal, his head was repeatedly slammed against a wall.

Akshay, a *Delhi University Law Department student*, was also abducted and tortured. Officers deliberately targeted his previously injured knee, forcing his legs apart and applying pressure while beating him.

Avinash was abducted on 13 March along with others. He was slapped, kicked, and humiliated, including being mocked and feminized. He and Gaurav were forced into degrading acts under threat of violence, and further abuse was inflicted on all detainees.

Contd…

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

A little boy in Gaza crying ‘my mother’ over and over again while being comforted by another little boy. This world is so cruel and hateful.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#SOS: The CASR has noted that officers in plain clothes have abducted these students and activists, taken them to an unknown location in a black Scorpio. Does policing now include "Enforced Disappearances" @CPDelhi?

Why is the @DelhiPolice acting like a local goon? Some of these activists have been subjected to torture in the past. The same may happen to them this time as well.
The Police's ILLEGAL action not just violates their fundamental rights but also causes immense suffering because they will be tortured. Or is the Delhi Police going to take this a step further and order summary execution, like what happens in Pakistan? Surely it will be a great achievement and bring laurel to the Commissioner.

Will the Delhi Police officers who are resorting to such illegal, deplorable, unbecoming conduct pay for the injuries and mental harassment being subjected to them? It is a fit case for the Supreme Court or the Delhi High Court to take suo-motu cognisance! Why are these powers vested with them otherwise?

[TVS🌳 @10mae_greenkid]

Mumbai is literally boiling with 40°+C temperature and a bad AQI,
Mangroves are our first and last line of defence from rising sea levels
Yet the BMC proceeds with axing 45000 mangroves for a car freeway..
And more tragic is compensatory plantation to be done in Chandrapur.

[“forklift certified” em @cowlesbian]

ai can’t write good because it’s designed to write pleasantly average sentences with all the right words in the right order and imho good writing requires u to strategically deploy a word that is wrong and maybe even evil

[Yashada @Yashadaaa]

@eeliehs I think you do

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I'm sorry but you need to see this peaceful kitty with butterflies.
You're welcome.

[Priyanshu Kumar @priyanshu__63]

दिल्ली पुलिस द्वारा गिरफ्तार करके जेल भेजे गये लेफ्ट विंग JNUSU के 14 छात्रों को कोर्ट द्वारा तिहाड़ जेल से रिहा कर दिया गया है 👇🏼

छात्रों का संदेश स्पष्ट है कि वो रूकेंगे नहीं, JNU की VC पर कार्रवाई तक आंदोलन जारी रहेगा।।

[Neha @neha_aisa]

जो इकलौता सबक़ आपकी तिहाड़ जेल हमें सिखा पाई है वो ये है कि समता और आत्मसम्मान की लड़ाई किसी रिहाई की मोहताज नहीं है!

इस लड़ाई को पहले भी लोग लाठी, गोली और जेल के डर को पार कर के लड़ते रहें हैं और आज भी लड़ते रहेंगे!

#JNU #ugcregulations

[Ben Schalman @OfficialT_P_V]

Netanyahu is, by far, the worst US President in my lifetime.

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

The original cartoon posted by The Wire on the made-up medal the Israelis palmed off on Modi has been deleted as a threat to national security!

So I am uploading it again and would urge everyone to download and do the same!