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“My father died hearing allegations against me:” Tripura Muslim man acquitted after 4 years in jail in terror case

A Tripura Muslim man, Habib Mia, now 41, was acquitted by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court last week after four years of imprisonment in the 2005 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) blast case in Bengaluru under draconian UAPA.

Kerala govt under fire over police chief’s “recruiting ground for terrorism” remarks

The outgoing Director General of Police (DGP) of the Kerala State Police, Lokanath Behera was in the midst of a fresh row as his remark that Kerala has become recruiting ground for terror outfits, leading Opposition parties and Muslim groups to condemn the left ruling State's police chief's "pro-Sangh Parivar" remarks.
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A cab driver from India’s capital who went to jail because he is Muslim

Mohammad Alam was arrested in October 2020 along with three others- journalist Siddique Kappan, Campus Front of India (CFI) office-bearers Atiqur Rahman and Masood Ahmad while they were on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh to report on the rape and killing of a Dalit woman which had triggered nationwide outrage and visit the family members of deceased.

“She kept asking about her son.” Family, activists mourn death of Siddique Kappan’s mother

"Mother's health was better when he (Siddique Kappan) came home once to meet her. But it worsened when he was taken back to jail" said Raihana Siddique, wife of arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan.
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Global journalists’ body calls for release of Siddique Kappan

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organisation that promotes press freedom worldwide, welcomed the decision by a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district to drop a breach of peace charge against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, and urged authorities to drop all other charges against him and release him immediately.

Delhi violence: HC adjourns activist Gulfisha Fatima’s plea for release

28-year-old Gulfisha was arrested on the basis of an FIR on the Jaffrabad sit-in protest against CAA on 9 April 2020 and slapped with the draconian UAPA on 18 April 2020 along with Jamia Millia Islamia student leaders Safoora Zargar and Meeran Haider in connection with the Delhi violence conspiracy case.
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