UAPA

Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy under UAPA https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-lg-gives-prosecution-sanction-against-arundhati-roy-under-uapa-101718371339683-amp.html  Jun 14, 2024  Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday granted sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for her alleged 'provocative' speech at an event in 2010, Also .former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain under section 196 of CrPC. ...Besides Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, the others who made speeches included late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, SAR Geelani (anchor of the Conference and prime accused in the Parliament attack case) and Varavara Rao.

The complainant Sushil Pandit, an activist from Kashmir, had filed a complaint under Section 156(3) of CrPC before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court, New Delhi, who disposed of the complaint on November 27, 2010 with the directions to register an FIR.It was alleged that Geelani and Arundhati Roy strongly propagated that Kashmir was never part of India  

अरुंधति रॉय पर UAPA, शुरू हो गया पुराना खेल https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkIQFRzl-o Jun 15, 2024
अरुंधति रॉय पर चौदह साल पुराने मामले में UAPA की धारा के तहत केस चलेगा। इतने साल से ध्यान में नहीं आया, लगता है कि अपनी हार से बौखलाई सरकार अब फिर से उन्हीं तरीकों पर आ गई है। NDA के सहयोग से सरकार बनने के बाद भी यह NDA नहीं, मोदी सरकार है, अगर यही बताना था तो NEET के मामले में पारदर्शी होना था न कि लेखकों और पत्रकारों को जेल का रास्ता दिखा कर डराने की चाल चलनी चाहिए थी।

Meet 10 ‘political prisoners’ of the Narendra Modi regime in jail without trial https://www.telegraphindia.com/gallery/meet-10-political-prisoners-of-the-narendra-modi-regime-in-jail-without-trial-photogallery/cid/2026467 

the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2022, show that the number of undertrial inmates numbered 4,34,302 or 75.8 per cent of total prisoners.

Between 2016 and 2020, 24,134 individuals have been charged with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) alone, only 386 of whom have reportedly been acquitted.

1. Umar Khalid, for allegedly inciting people through his speeches before the Delhi riots that occurred in February 2020

2. Surendra Gadling, a lawyer and Dalit rights activist from Nagpur

3. Rona Wilson, an activist and public relations secretary of the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners,accused of inciting caste-based violence through speeches, and having Maoist connections. 

4. Jyoti Jagtap, a Dalit and Adivasi rights activist and member of the Kabir Kala Manch cultural group, 

5. Hany Babu, a professor of linguistics at Delhi University,, facing allegations of having links with Maoist organisations and inciting caste-based violence.

6. Sagar Gorkhe,e has been detained under various sections of the IPC and the UAPA, facing allegations of having links with Maoist organisations

7. Mahesh Raut, a land rights activist and former Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow, for alleged links with Maoist organisations and inciting caste-based violence. 

8.  Ramesh Gaichor, a Dalit rights activist and yet another member of the Kabir Kala Manch cultural group,

9. Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist and former editor of the ‘Kashmir Narrator magazine’,  charges including "complicity" and "waging war against the state" in Kashmir.

10. Khurram Parvez, a Kashmiri human rights activist and chairperson of the Asian Federation Against is accused of funding terrorism and conspiring against the state,

Cooment in WA: A Guess Gulfisha, jailed in connection with CAA, was not found to be worth mentioning

'The Incarcerations ' pulls back the curtain on Indian democracy to tell the remarkable and chilling story of the Bhima Koregaon case, in wgich sixteen human rights defenders professors, lawyers, journalists, poets- have been imprisoned, without credible evidence and without trial, as Maoist terrorists. ( from blurb)

The Incarcerations - Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India by Alpa Shah, 2024

This book is available at CED 

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 बिना ट्रायल का मुक़द्दमा   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u8MYCO8oFQ   Trial without trial
Ravish Kumar Official Jan 9, 2025 Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale have been granted bail after six and a half years in the Bhima Koregaon case. Both were kept in jail for six and a half years without any trial. Others are still in jail in this case. The NIA finally did not oppose the bail plea of ​​Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale who had been fighting for bail for so many years. Can any agency or court bring back their time? Is this not a matter of shame for our society and the judicial process? Similarly, Prof GN Saibaba was kept in jail for ten years. After coming out of jail, his weakened body deserted him. Stan Swamy died in jail. Rona Wilson has been accused of planting fake evidence in his computer. Other people accused in the Bhima Koregaon case have also alleged that evidence was planted in their computers. If all this is not a matter of concern for you then what is.

Supreme Court shocked over bail plea pending in Allahabad High Court for 4 years https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-shocked-bail-plea-pending-allahabad-high-court-4-years  https://www.greaterkashmir.com/national/supreme-court-expresses-shock-over-4-year-delay-in-allahabad-high-court-bail-plea/#google_vignette 

 Imran’s bail plea had been adjourned 16 times in the High Court. The council also pointed out that the co-accused in the case had already been granted bail. Seeking relief, Chaudhary requested interim bail for his client. However, the Supreme Court declined to entertain the plea, noting that the trial in the case was nearing completion.

“Perhaps, what is now left could be the recording of the further statement of the petitioner-accused under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C. and the final arguments,” the Court observed.

Is setting up protest site enough to attract UAPA, asks Delhi HC https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/is-setting-up-protest-site-enough-to-attract-uapa-asks-delhi-hc-101736416698197.html Nupur Thapnil By Shruti Kakkar Jan 09, 2025  

“Is it your case that only setting up a protest site is enough for UAPA or those protest sites resulted in violence? But the most important thing is intent under UAPA which has to be established. See you cut down the conspiracy, the conspiracy there is a WhatsApp group and in these groups, there are instigations that ‘let’s do this’, a planning which is of a chakka jam,” the bench asked Prasad.

It added, “There is also a hint of violence… which actually happens. Till then, if they are involved, you may say UAPA is attracted. But when you draw attention to something like JACT (Whatsapp group), your own argument is that they were organising protest sites. Is that good enough?”

Evidence found on a second Indian activist’s computer was planted, report says https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/06/bhima-koregaon-case-india/  An unidentified attacker used malicious software to infiltrate the two computers and deposited dozens of files in hidden folders on the devices, Arsenal said. Investigators later cited the documents as incriminating evidence linking the activists to a banned Maoist militant group that aims to overthrow the government. Aresenal Report https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/e2ccf42f-91de-40d2-856b-fd5b249ed1e7/note/fdb246b4-cef6-47ef-97bc-84d0dfbe85c6.#page=1
July 6, 2021