Topic: Siddique Kappan
International Press Institute demands Siddique Kappan’s immediate release
International Press Institute (IPI) has called calls for the immediate release of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, and strongly condemned "the unacceptable ill-treatment he has received at the hands of the authorities as well as the apparent deprivation of his basic due process rights."
UP court rejects bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan
A Mathura local court in Uttar Pradesh has rejected the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been charged under draconian UAPA in Hathras conspiracy case along with other seven Muslim youths.
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.
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.
Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s mother dies at 90
Khadeeja Kutty, mother of arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, passed away on Friday.
