Topic: UP

Condemning the arrests of journalists and activists under draconian UAPA for demanding justice in the case of the brutal gangrape of the Dalit woman in Hathras, the Campaign Against State Repression demands the withdrawal of the case against them, the immediate release of Atikur Rahman, national treasurer of Campus Front of India (CFI), Masud Khan, CFI Delhi general secretary and senior journalist Siddique Kappan, secretary of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) Delhi unit and Alam, the car driver and action against the perpetrators of the horrific rape.

Congress MP from Kerala T. N. Prathapan on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the release of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, booked under draconian UAPA by the Uttar Pradesh police.

"The shameful truth is many Indians don't consider Dalits, Muslims and Tribals to be human," Gandhi said.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan and urged the Uttar Pradesh government to release him and withdraw all the charges.

The Popular Front of India (PFI), an organization which strives for the empowerment of Muslims and other marginalized sections in India, has issued a statement condemning the vilification of PFI and said that new rounds of allegation against Popular Front are nothing but an attempt by the Uttar Pradesh government to divert the attention away from its failure to handle the Hathras rape case.

"Denying justice to the girl who brutally rape-murdered by casteist men is lawful in UP while meeting a bereaved family and offering solidarity to their fight for justice is a crime."