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Kashmiri man released after 11 years of wrongful imprisonment https://muslimmirror.com/eng/kashmiri-man-released-after-11-years-of-wrongful-imprisonment/  “No evidence was found that he was in touch with terrorist elements through electronic gadgets,” the judge said.  Bashir’s family had staged dozens of protests when he was picked up by Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, vouching for his innocence. The family said that even the Jammu and Kashmir Police had informed Gujarat Police about the innocence of Bashir and yet he was not released, reported the local news agency KNT.

Fr Stan Swamy challenges constitutional validity of UAPA’s bar on grant of bail before Bombay HC https://www.theleaflet.in/fr-stan-swamy-challenges-constitutional-validity-uapas-bar-on-grant-of-bail-before-bombay-hc/ by T he Leaflet July 2, 2021 Swamy has contended that this provision creates an ‘unsurmountable’ hurdle for the accused to get bail and, thus, is violative of Articles 14 (right to equality) and 21(right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution. The plea also says the use of “front organisation” is dehors any statutory backing and further the use of this terminology in the first schedule of the UAPA is violative of Article 14, 19 and 21 in so far as it places arbitrary and overarching restrictions on fundamental rights.

Who will give back the benefit to Adivasi and marginalised people when their activists, are wrongfully  incarcerated 

https://youtube.com/embed/Kz3mIxLLHgU?start=346&end=608   Third Eye Jul 2, 2021
Activist Akhil Gogoi who was discharged by NIA Court in UAPA Case,is a social activist from Assam and was prosecuted for protesting against the CAA and NRC. AkhilGogoi was elected the Member of Assam Assembly while he was in jail and now he has been acquitted by the court, there are fresh questions on the arbitrary usage of an anti-terrorism law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA. Now Akhil Gogoi has demanded the resignation of Home Minister AmitShah as National Investigating Agency #NIA comes directly under the Home Ministry.
He ends with saying who will give back the and and half years to Akhil Gogoi but more importatnly those whom he was working for. thekind of progress they would see in their lives. The same argument is applicable tot he Tribal Movements in the case of Fr. Stan, or even the student ommunity in the detention of Anand Teltumde.