Topic: Fabricated Police stories
“They snatched my 11 years when I was in the prime of life,” Kashmiri man walks free after decade in jail
Bashir Ahmad Baba, then 31, left his home for Gujarat taking his father’s leave for 10 days only to return on June 23 this year after languishing for 11 years in Vadodara Central Jail in Gujarat following his wrongful conviction under the draconian UAPA.
“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.
My father is framed by UP police, says daughter of jailed Muslim scholar Umar Gautam
The daughter of jailed Muslim scholar, Mohammed Umar Gautam, defended the innocence of her father refuting the claims of investigation agencies and media. Speaking to Maktoob, she said the accusations are false and her father only exercised his constitutional rights.
“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.
Prominent international figures urge release of human rights defenders in India
Over 50 eminent international figures including members of several European parliaments academics, lawyers, Nobel laureates, civil society leaders, and diasporic organisations have signed a joint statement urging the Indian government to show compassion and responsibility in the current Covid emergency, and call upon the authorities to release all arrested human rights defenders into safe conditions in the light of the dire threats to their health given the spread of Covid in Indian prisons.
Tracing Sharjeel Imam from IIT to Tihar
Sharjeel Imam, a well known and recognised name, forebearer of anti-CAA/NRC protest is more than just a political name, he often escapes many gazes for his political aura. It is necessary to remark that he is a terrific scholar of critical attributes who led a movement against CAA/NRC that marked its footprint on the walls of history.
