Himalayan Advocacy Center

library & legal aid for the environment, focussing on the himalayan and third pole region.

[Samar Halarnkar @samar11]

Close to 2 lakh trees likely to be felled for #Karnataka CM's @DKShivakumar Bidadi AI Township.
He would be well advised to abandon his insistence and withdraw this disastrous project. https://t.co/H7srZhFRUw

[Siba Mohanty @Siba_TNIE]

#TNIEEditorial: The genetic rescue attempt of Similipal tigers by Odisha shows that science-based intervention, an appetite for risk and administrative support can make for a perfect conservation template

#Odisha #Tigers #Similipal

Story 🔗: https://t.co/hTCKhxcjVR

@NewIndianXpress
@santwana99
@XpressOdisha

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

VIDEO | Delhi High Court grants bail to Khurram Parvez in an alleged terror funding case, advocate Swati Khanna, says, "Order will be uploaded in the evening, so do not know the (bail) conditions as yet. Khurram has two cases against him... thankfully he has got regular bail. In RC 37, we have argued and concluded our arguments on bail as well as charge in the trial court... before Principal District Judge, Patiala House."

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

[Joe Athialy @joeathialy]

This is great news. The case was bound to fail. But all along, it was never about the facts. It was about the process as punishment. If the Court is serious, it should impose a financial cost on the agencies involved to compensate for the losses incurred by Prabir and @newsclickin, and penalise the officials who ordered the action. If this was an ‘gross abuse of law,’ shouldn't someone be held accountable? If not, this is bound to be repeated, case after case, only for the courts to dismiss them years later - after all the damage has already been done.

[Fahad Shah @pzfahad]

Delhi High Court grants bail to Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez in an alleged terror funding case under UAPA. He was arrested by NIA in November 2021 and was denied bail by trial court in December 2024, reports LiveLaw.

[Himalayan Advocacy Center @hiadce]

@nit_set @UNFCCC @reporters_co We've gotten quite some info detailing Indian engagement with the COP under RTI. Anyways, blanket denials are disproportionate considering our fundamental right against adverse impacts of climate change. The Ministry merely holds info as a custodian on our behalf isn't it.

[Himalayan Advocacy Center @hiadce]

@Jairam_Ramesh Whether Para 5(D) and other similar guidance now needs to be interpreted in light of the ITLOS climate ruling to which India is a party?

https://t.co/328MlIUAlD

[Himalayan Advocacy Center @hiadce]

@Article14live @UnSeerat27736 @UnSeerat27736 check this out re another situation in handwoar: https://t.co/ULKGR7FObj

[Himalayan Advocacy Center @hiadce]

@gautambhatia88 This blog lays out the law without the context. Any writing that invokes Kashmir ought to center Kashmiris including those that continue to be incarcerated under comparable circumstances.

https://t.co/VMETG7aKkr

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

As the conflict escalates in #Manipur between Kuki-Zo and Naga community, I spoke to C Kowa Kobai, host of ThreeFree Podcast. About :

1. How mainland Indian journalism and CSOs are largely failing to read the conflict.
2. How concerted narrative building by powerful entities plays a role today in conflicts.
3. Why it's important for us as journalists to factor that in when trying to locate facts and evidence.
4. And why we must read the history (beyond social media) of the region and the communities to understand better.

I found the host to be amazing in how he navigated the conversation so thougthfully. The homework and thinking clarity were evident.

There were no pre-recording discussions with him on the questions or thrust etc, so it is spontaneous, with all the potential pros and cons of doing one in this manner.

https://t.co/YqURCe6h1f

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING Calcutta High Court has UPHELD the maintainability of #PILs challenging the Great Nicobar Project on grounds of violations of the Forest Rights Act.

The court held that the tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar was ‘very vulnerable’ and that a project involving huge expenditure must proceed in accordance with governing laws and is not beyond the scope of judicial review.

#CalcuttaHighCourt #GreatNicobar #AndamanNicobar

Read: https://t.co/fZtex0wvhF

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

Numbers tell stories, but only if you know how to read them.

This year, The Reporters' Collective @reporters_co is committing to consistently share our skills with journalists, researchers, and civil society.

As a first step, we are partnering pro bono with the @cfa_ind on a three-day residential workshop in New Delhi.

Stories in Numbers: Storytelling and Data Interpretation A 3-day residential workshop in New Delhi | 2–4 June 2026 |

What lies beneath the numbers? Where does the data lead? And how do you turn it into a story that demands attention?

This workshop is built for people who want to do the work, not just read about it. Practical skills, methods, hands-on sessions. No theory for theory's sake. You will learn to:

Make sense of complex data and public records
Track money across government and corporate systems
Work with budgets and open datasets
Turn raw data into clear, compelling stories of accountability

If you are a journalist, researcher, or civil-society professional whose work would benefit from a sharper grip on data, this is for you.

Limited seats. Register now.

Course details and registration →
https://t.co/s6qgjkrXUD

If it isn't a fit for you, please pass it on to someone it might help.

[Article 14 @Article14live]

The Nicobarese tribe withdrew consent for Rs 92000-cr Great Nicobar Project in 2022. The Shompen never gave it—no one speaks their language. Yet govt-backed tribal body okayed project, a power it does not have, 3 former members tell @rishpardikar

https://t.co/eTUbn9aE7f

[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

Did you know @PARInetwork has commissioned the redoubtable @VidyaKrishnan to work on a series on the current state of rural health and rural healthcare? Here is Part Two.

[Article 14 @Article14live]

“With this bail order, authorities wanted to humiliate us for being part of an anti-mining movement that will not only displace us but also ruin these beautiful hills that provide us with basic necessities"
#SupremeCourt, however, said it wouldn't comment on the mining itself
6/6

[Nikita Jain @nikita_jain15]

Thank you to @Article14live for giving space to such stories. I also published about the fake cases and harassment of activists in Tijimali @MaktoobMedia
Both are important platforms currently and need all the support and subscription.

[Elizabeth Tsurkov @LizHurra]

Link to this important Haaretz article without the paywall https://t.co/cM3Gm1pVhY

[Helyeh Doutaghi | حليا دوطاقي @Helyeh_Doutaghi]

"Still, Minab" is the single most heart-wrenching and yet life-affirming work I have ever done in my life. In this fieldwork ethnography of the Minab massacre, I conducted in-depth interviews with 35 people, including 8 families, volunteer workers in town, and local eyewitnesses.

The existing accounts of Minab in both English and Farsi language media, while valuable, remain incomplete.

This mini‑series was born from a responsibility to affirm the victims’ own voices: their lives, testimonies, and interpretations as undeniable sources of knowledge about this atrocity. It is also a commitment to them.

This commitment also makes this work freely available and accessible to all. You are welcome (and encouraged) to share and use it widely.

Here is the first episode of the ethnography of Minab—the massacre and its aftermath.

Parastesh Zaeri, 11, survived the US-Zionist attack on her school. But she does not know that her brother, Ali Asghar, 9, who came upstairs after the first explosion to look for her, did not survive.

This is Parastesh's account of what happened that day. The life of Ali Asghar. What was taken from us. And our promise and dedication to carry him forward.

"Still, Minab" honors the people of the south, holding its pain and dignity together, as a testament to the best of humanity.

/special thanks to @Jedaal & @bikrumsinghgill

Watch the first episode here:
https://t.co/K3E9o4BUOc

#StillMinab #MinabSchool

[Sarayu Pani @sarayupani]

Writing admittedly beautiful prose about rivers doesn’t give one expertise in climate change or the politics of resistance to it.