Sunday, May 25, 2025

Topic: Anti CAA protest

“Political protest not a crime,” Safoora Zargar seeks discharge from UAPA charges in 2020 Delhi violence case

Safoora Zargar’s legal team strongly argued that the allegations against her stem from her participation in peaceful protest activities, which are protected under constitutional rights.

Fought discriminatory citizenship law, Gulfisha Fatima marks five years in jail

A young, vibrant woman who was sent to prison in her early to mid-20s has now turned 31—spending all those years behind bars after being targeted by the Hindu nationalist BJP government for her dissent against discriminatory citizenship laws.

Sharjeel Imam gets bail in sedition case, to stay in jail in UAPA case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Muslim student leader and research scholar Sharjeel Imam in a case about making allegedly seditious speeches during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

‘Fundamentally discriminatory’: UN raises concern over CAA

The United Nations on Tuesday raised concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act after the BJP-led union government issued notification of the rules under the controversial legislation introduced in 2019, reported Reuters.

Students at central universities protest CAA, burn CAA rules; police action in Delhi

Hundreds of students from various universities, including Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in Hyderabad, expressed their opposition to the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as they conducted protests inside the campuses on Tuesday.

Kerala: Eight sent to jail for 14 days over anti-CAA protests

Eight activists belonging to the Fraternity Movement were sent to 14 days of judicial custody on Tuesday, a day after they led a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Kozhikode.