Shaheen Bagh Protests

Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh protest: Public spaces cannot be occupied 'indefinitely', says apex court

A three-judge bench observed that while dissent and democracy go hand in hand, protests must be carried out in the designated areas

Revisiting a ground report from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh: What it means to live in a city of dissent and under siege

This essay is as much about the making of the iconic protest site of Shaheen Bagh as about emergent forms of life, publics and place-making in a city, and a nation, being reconfigured by the normalisation of barricades.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Number of protesters dwindles at Shaheen Bagh after government’s decision to lockdown Delhi

At Shaheen Bagh, the number of protestors who have been on a sit-in protest against the CAA has reduced significantly on Monday amid lockdown announced in view of coronavirus till 31 March

Section 144 imposed in Shaheen Bagh; police deployed in large number even as Hindu Sena calls off protest

Delhi Police made a heavy deployment of security personnel in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months

Shaheen Bagh protesters peaceful despite facing threats, SC-appointed interlocutor says in affidavit; blames police barricades for traffic woes

People protesting against CAA at Shaheen Bagh have continued their agitation despite threats and police barricading led to commuting woes near the site, Supreme Court-appointed interlocutor Wajahat Habibullah said in an affidavit

Over 200 women gather near Delhi's Jaffrabad metro station to protest against CAA and NRC, raise slogans of 'aazadi'

Over 200 women gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in Delhi on Saturday night in protest against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Anti-CAA protesters open road number 9 near Shaheen Bagh; police barricades remain in place on opposite end

A road near the Shaheen Bagh protest site was opened by a group of anti-CAA protesters on Saturday

Hyderabad top cop says Shaheen Bagh-type sit-in will not be allowed, warns of action if public inconvenienced

Amid continuing anti-CAA protests in parts of the country, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Saturday said no Shaheen Bagh type stir would be allowed in the city

'Not only route between Delhi and Noida': Shaheen Bagh protesters ask SC to pass order to ensure their security if parallel road is opened

On day three of the negotiations between Shaheen Bagh protesters and Supreme Court-appointed mediators, Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, those participating in the two-month-long sit-in against the Citizenship Amendment Act said that the apex court should pass an order to ensure their security if the road parallel to the protest site was opened.

Noida-Faridabad road closed due to Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests opens briefly for 40 minutes, shut again

The road connection Faridabad to Noida was briefly reopened by Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday, which was blocked for the last 69 days since the anti-CAA protests began at Shaheen Bagh in south-east Delhi.