Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Anti-Muslim Pogrom Delhi 2020

Delhi Court discharges Tahir Hussain, 9 Muslim men from graver offence in NE Delhi violence case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday discharged former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain and nine Muslim men from the charge of 'causing mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a building', in a case of 2020 northeast Delhi violence.

“CAA/NRC protests prima facie terrorist act”: Delhi HC dismissing Umar’s bail plea

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that the protest planned by young human rights defender Umar Khalid and others against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) was a premediated plan and would prima facie be covered by the definition of 'terrorist act' under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

“My daughter wakes up at odd hours of night, asking for her father,” says wife of jailed Tahir Hussain

“My daughter, in Standard VIII, wakes up at odd hours of night, asking for her father,” says Sama, wife of former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain, who is languishing in jail under draconian UAPA since February 2020 in connection with the northeast Delhi violence cases.

Delhi pogrom: Trial pending in over 50% cases, Delhi Police tells HC

More than two years after anti-Muslim pogrom broke out in the national capital following the anti-CAA protests, Delhi Police has said that out of the total 541 FIRs registered in connection with the incidents, only eight have been decided in the courts and trial is pending in 51 percent of the cases.

“My son will walk out of jail very soon,” Umar Khalid’s mother as he marks 2 years in jail

Khanum was at a solidarity meet for Umar Khalid at Delhi's Press Club of India on Tuesday.

Is opposition to CAA, scrapping of Article 370 illegal in itself? Umar Khalid asks Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved order in the appeal filed by human rights activist Umar Khalid challenging the trial court's order refusing him bail in case involving draconian UAPA charges alleging a larger conspiracy in the northeast Delhi pogrom of 2020.