Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: UAPA

Supreme Court says jail is rule, bail exception under UAPA

The language of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) suggests that under the law, jail is the rule and bail is the exception, the Supreme...

15 years as undertrial prisoner; Zakariya, Kerala Muslim youth, still in jail

Kerala Muslim youth, Zakariya, who was picked up by the Karnataka Police at the age of 19 charging him with draconian UAPA in connection with the 2008 Bengaluru bomb blast, completed 15 years in prison on 5 February 2024.

Forced silence thickens the air as PFI leaders complete 500 days in prison

February 4, 2024, marks 500 days in jail for Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders who were arrested by NIA in September 2022. The arrests...

Four years of wrongful incarceration: Remembering Sharjeel Imam as an act of memory resistance

Sharjeel Imam’s politics was no-nonsense, action-oriented, and pointedly disruptive of existing political power hierarchies that sought to disenfranchise Muslims politically and socially

UP Police arrests nine Muslim youth in two months over terror charges

Under the guise of a crackdown on an alleged “ISIS module”, the Uttar Pradesh police hunt down Muslim youth with full vigour. In the past two months, nine current and former students of Aligarh Muslim University have been arrested over terror charges from different places inside and outside the state.

Lok Sabha security breach: Accused booked under UAPA

The Delhi Police has registered a case under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Lok Sabha security breach, officials said on Thursday.