Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Aslah Kayyalakkath

Aslah Kayyalakkath is a Founding Editor of Maktoob. He tweets @aslahtweets

“Most harassed group by State”: Former heads of banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir on NIA raids

The raids by National Investigation Agency (NIA) are meaningless and an open attempt to harass, intimidate and restrict the sympathizers of banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir from carrying any activity on their personal and individual capacities for the ultimate good of the society at large, former heads of the banned organisation said in a joint press statement on Tuesday.

‘Why they killed our sons?’ parents of lynched Muslim men in Tripura ask

On the threshold of adulthood, Saiful Islam, a 21-year-old in Tripura was planning to return to Chennai where he worked as a construction labourer, when he confronted brutal death, leaving his five-month-long married wife behind.
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After 20 years, Surat court acquits 126 Muslim activists in SIMI case

After 20 years of trial, the district court in Surat in Gujarat has acquitted 126 Muslim activists who were arrested in 2001 and jailed for two years under the draconian UAPA charges in the Surat Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) convention case.

One year of CAA: Remembering two Muslims killed by Mangaluru police

On this day last year (2019 December 19), two Muslim youths Naushin, 23 and Abdul Jaleel, 42 were killed in police firing in Mangaluru during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Amir’s newborn must get justice, says mother of slain brothers in northeast Delhi

Shabeena Amir in northeast Delhi’s Old Mustafabad was 4 months pregnant with her third child, as her husband Amir Ali's corpse was raised from the drainage. They were eagerly waiting for their newborn along with their two children, Alfisha who is 5, and 3-year-old Alisha.

Siddique Kappan beaten in custody: Journalist union tells Supreme Court

Arrested journalist Siddique Kappan was beaten thrice and subjected to mental torture during custody, alleged the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), in its rejoinder affidavit before the Supreme Court.
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