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'''Mihir Desai''' is a human rights lawyer<ref>{{cite web|last1=Manish|first1=(13 February 2015)|title=Be true to the cause, use litigation to support movements and advance the law|url=http://blog.mylaw.net/be-true-to-the-cause-and-use-litigation-to-support-movements-and-advance-the-law/|website=myLaw.net|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> in cases of mass murders & riots,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Desai|first1=Darshan|title=Will Zakia Jafri's fresh plea for justice take Gujarat riot investigations to Modi's doorstep?|url=http://scroll.in/article/749408/will-zakia-jafris-fresh-plea-for-justice-take-gujarat-riot-investigations-to-modis-doorstep|access-date=2 December 2015|work=Scroll.in|date=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Iyer|first1=Lakshmi|title=Modi's hour of trial - Best Bakery case: SC verdict before Gujarat polls puts Narendra Modi in a tight spot|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/best-bakery-case-sc-verdict-before-gujarat-polls-puts-narendra-modi-in-a-tight-spot/1/196230.html|access-date=30 November 2015|work=India Today|date=26 April 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tussle over prosecutor in Best Bakery retrial|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040608/asp/nation/story_3344978.asp|access-date=1 December 2015|work=The Telegraph, Calcutta|date=8 June 2004}}</ref> fake encounter & custodial deaths by the police,<ref>{{cite news|title=Amit Shah was in touch with police officers: lawyer|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-was-in-touch-with-police-officers-lawyer/story-4dcf3THbyXWlIhHDDGWSyI.html|access-date=2 December 2015|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Punwani|first1=Jyoti|title=State Govt Refuses to Appoint Special PP in Khwaja Yunus Case|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/crime/State-govt-refuses-to-appoint-special-PP-for-Khwaja-Yunus-case/articleshow/24681484.cms|access-date=30 November 2015|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=25 October 2013}}</ref> [[police brutality]], freedom of speech & journalists,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deshpande|first1=Vinaya|title=Relief for ex-editor of Urdu daily|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/govt-restrained-from-taking-action-against-awadhnama-editor/article6874832.ece|access-date=1 December 2015|work=The Hindu|date=10 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Deshpande|first1=Swati|title=Mere criticism of govt is not sedition: HC|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mere-criticism-of-govt-is-not-sedition-HC/articleshow/46599584.cms|access-date=1 December 2015|work=The Times of India|date=17 March 2015}}</ref> political activists & prisoners of conscience,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deshpande|first1=Swati|title=TISS activist attack probe handed to CID|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/TISS-activist-attack-probe-handed-to-CID/articleshow/5129060.cms|access-date=1 December 2015|work=The Times of India|date=16 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Sunaina|title=The thin line between dissent and rebellion: Why is a radical Dalit cultural group and its members being persecuted in Maharashtra?|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/04/the-thin-line-between-dissent-and-rebellion/|access-date=1 December 2015|work=Tehelka|date=20 April 2013}}</ref> excesses by the state,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Aamir|title=Plea in HC: 'Police will enter people's homes, restaurants, ask what are you eating?'|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/police-will-enter-peoples-homes-restaurants-ask-what-are-you-eating/|access-date=1 December 2015|work=The Indian Express|date=24 April 2015}}</ref> mass disappearances & deaths and genocide probes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Mudasir|title=People's Tribunal to Probe Rights Abuse|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/news/people-s-tribunal-to-probe-rights-abuse/31668.html|access-date=2 December 2015|work=Greater Kashmir|date=6 April 2008}}</ref> A senior counsel, he has been practicing criminal matters in [[Bombay High Court]], [[Mumbai]] and the [[Supreme Court of India]].

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