Topic: UAPA

Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) today welcomed the Delhi High Court's decision to grant bail to its member and Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha, Pinjra Tod activists and Jawaharlal Nehru University students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita in the northeast Delhi violence conspiracy case.

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.

The Delhi High Court has granted interim bail to Jamia Millia Islamia student leader Asif Iqbal Tanha, accused in the Delhi pogrom conspiracy case, to appear for his three remaining backlog BA examinations papers.

a 67-year-old left activist has been imprisoned in Viyyur central jail for alleged Maoist links for the past six years. Denied bail, parole, and speedy trial, Ibrahim, who was booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), is suffering from a severe case of diabetes and cardiac issues. Though he takes 22 tablets every day, the diabetes is still not under control.

Three under-trial prisoners in the Bhima Koregaon case – Mahesh Raut, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor – have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.

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.