Suchitra Vijayan

New York

Writer at Freelance

Founder and The Executive Director at The Polis Project

Barrister. Chair, International Human Rights Committee, New York City Bar | Founder @project_polis; Teach @NYUgallatin & @columbia.

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A Ship Called Madleen

3 weeks ago | thepolisprojectinc.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

On June 1, 2025, the Madleen departed from Catania, Sicily. Its destination: Gaza. Named after Gaza’s first fisherwoman, the vessel carries urgent supplies—flour, baby formula, water desalination kits, children’s prosthetics, and sanitary products—that have become contraband under siege. The Polis Project is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Weaponizing Law, Silencing Dissent: Inside Israel’s War on Civil Society

2 months ago | thepolisprojectinc.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

On April 3, 2025, a coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations—including 7amleh, the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media—issued an open letter to the international community. In clear, urgent language, it warned of an escalating campaign by the Israeli government to suppress dissent, dismantle civil society, and insulate itself from legal scrutiny.
The Constitution, in Name Only: Mahmoud Khalil and the Architecture of Lawless Power

2 months ago | thepolisprojectinc.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

"Who has the right to have rights? It is certainly not the humans crowded into the cells here. It isn't the Senegalese man I met who has been deprived of his liberty for a year, his legal situation in limbo and his family an ocean away."— Mahmoud Khalil, letter from ICE detention, March 2025"They really brutalized me."— Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, recalling his gagging and beating in a U.S. courtroom, 1969The mask is off.
US Supreme Court Sides with Trump’s Deportation Regime—Here’s What It Means

2 months ago | thepolisprojectinc.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

On April 7, 2025, the United States Supreme Court quietly authorized what can only be called a state-sanctioned act of disappearance. In a four-paragraph, unsigned per curiam opinion, the Court vacated two emergency restraining orders that had temporarily halted the Trump administration’s mass deportation of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This ruling—in Trump v.
The Longest Speech Says the Least: Cory Booker's Fake Filibuster

2 months ago | mediapodcast.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

Senator Cory Booker spoke for over 24 hours straight — a historic marathon of words that many media outlets immediately heralded as a sign of political revival, resistance, and moral courage. “Finally, some fire,” said The New York Times. “A stunt that worked,” said Bloomberg. Pundits praised his energy, commitment, stamina and “moxie”. But we’re not clapping. It's Not You, It's The Media is a reader-supported publication.
Trump’s Lawless, Spectacle-Driven Crackdown on Venezuelans

Mar 18, 2025 | mediapodcast.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

No hearings. No due process. No evidence of crimes. Deported under a wartime law from 1798. Thrown into CECOT, El Salvador’s most brutal prison—where prisoners are meant to disappear. This happened despite a federal judge explicitly blocking the deportations. The Trump administration ignored the ruling and carried them out anyway. The U.S. Just Deported 200+ Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Notorious Mega-Prison—Defying a Court Order. This wasn’t just another deportation.
Bulldozer Justice: In Conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing

Jan 27, 2025 | thepolisprojectinc.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

Arshu John, the political editor at The Polis Project, sat down with Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, to discuss India's escalating use of punitive demolitions. Rajagopal called these demolitions an “aggravated form of human rights violation,” a tool weaponized by the state to collectively punish marginalized communities—primarily Muslims—under the guise of legality. The Polis Project is a reader-supported publication.
The Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Justice: 10 Realities We Must Confront

Jan 15, 2025 | mediapodcast.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. (Credit: Dropsite)Thanks for reading It's Not You, It's The Media! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, announced today, marks welcome news in the 15-month genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. But let’s not mistake this for peace.
LA is NOT Gaza, and Other Bad Media Takes

Jan 10, 2025 | mediapodcast.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

The media coverage around the California fires has been troubling, to say the least. From bad comparisons to outright exploitation, it’s missing the bigger picture. Let’s break it down. The comparison between the California fires and Gaza is both harmful and absurd. In Palestine, Israel and the US are directly responsible for an ongoing genocide of decades of systemic violence, apartheid, occupation, and destruction.
Secretary Antony Blinken’s Exit Tour: A Masterclass in Gaslighting and Genocidal Complicity

Jan 6, 2025 | mediapodcast.substack.com | Suchitra Vijayan

Antony Blinken’s exit interviews with The New York Times and Financial Times weren’t just PR fluff—it is a masterclass in evasion, hypocrisy, and defending genocide with a straight face. Blinken didn’t just justify complicity in Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza; he gaslit the world while doing it. Let’s unpack this theatre of absurdity. Thanks for reading It's Not You, It's The Media! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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