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October 26, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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#Replug | Justice from India’s courts has become a rare exception, especially when the justice seekers are Muslims or critics of the government. Indian courts have reversed the rule of “bail and not jail” for such citizens.

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August 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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As part of 'Delhi 2020', Scroll's series looking back at the Delhi riots, Shoaib Daniyal, speaks to Banojyotsna Lahiri, activist, researcher and Khalid's partner on how life has been for the past five years.

Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/S-8jnstkw40

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February 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The Court told the prosecution that it cannot endlessly hear submissions against the bail applications of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and six others in the 2020 riots case, Bar and Bench reported.

Read more: scroll.in/latest/1078271

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January 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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To break it into simple words, they're Muslims, and they must spend 8-10 years in jail without being guilty of any crime. The Delhi riot has been a classic case of a politically manufactured riot by the BJP. The actual accused have been garlanded, moving up the Sangh ladder,... (1/3) #UmarKhalid
January 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing #UmarKhalid, also said that no weapons or incriminating material had been recovered from Khalid, adding that there was no physical evidence of any violence against him.

Read more: scroll.in/latest/10882...

#DelhiRiots2020
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Before his prolonged incarceration, #UmarKhalid used to believe that he knew the world quite well.

Now, as the trial is yet to begin, the restive feeling he once felt has “metamorphosed to resignation”.

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Anant Gupta traces his journey from 2016 to the present.
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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The activist had approached the High Court after an additional sessions judge had rejected his plea on May 19.

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May 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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In January, the Supreme Court denied #UmarKhalid bail. Days later, Scroll interviewed him through one of his JNU friends who regularly visits him in Tihar Jail. scroll.in/article/1090...

How has his prolonged incarceration changed him?

Anant Gupta reports
February 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Like #UmarKhalid, many Indians who have been charged under #UAPA are public figures who have spoken out against injustice and command widespread respect for their work. scroll.in/article/1053...

Notably, young people are the most vulnerable to sedition charges, writes Sonia Faleiro.
The price that Umar Khalid is paying for dissenting in Modi’s India
The activist has been in prison for nearly three years, awaiting trial.
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January 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Why are liberal Indians so upset over #UmarKhalid #SharjeelImam judgement?! What were you expecting?

Parliament, Media, Judiciary, Election Commission, the Police - they are all beholden to this rogue Modi-RSS regime!

If you believed otherwise - YOU are plain delusional!
September 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Even though the State may have fabricated a key conspiracy meeting, relied on a discredited witness & hasn’t produced any physical evidence, #SupremeCourt refused bail to Muslim activists #UmarKhalid & Sharjeel Imam, reports @betwasharma.bsky.social

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How The Supreme Court’s Bail Order Against Umar, Sharjeel Enables Govt Efforts To Silence Muslim Voices
Time and again, lower courts have caught the Delhi Police fabricating evidence in riot cases. Yet in Umar Khalid’s case, even as their claims about a key conspiratorial meeting fell apart, judges—from...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Umar Khalid Granted Interim Bail by Delhi Court
This was originally posted on India Weekly. Read the detailed report here:
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2020 Delhi riots case: Court grants interim bail to Umar Khalid - Indiaweekly
A DELHI court on Wednesday granted seven days interim bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the conspiracy case connected to February, 2020 riots, to attend a family event. Additional ses...
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December 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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The activist questioned why the Delhi Police did not name others with ‘bigger roles’ as accused persons in the alleged larger conspiracy case.

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October 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Join the X storm for Umar Khalid. Six years in jail without trial is six years too many.

Raise your voice against this injustice and demand his freedom.

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September 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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#FreeUmarKhalid

#UmarKhalid, difensore dei diritti umani e attivista studentesco, è da 5 anni in prigione senza processo, con accuse politiche e pretestuose.

#India #Modi #racism #HumanRights #12settembre

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India: Free Umar Khalid - Stop Invoking Counter-Terrorism Law to Silence Dissent
A statement from organisations calling for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Arundhati Roy Remembers Gaza At the Launch of Her New Book “Mother Mary Comes to Me”

#WLF #wayanadliteraturefestival #indianliterature #keralaliteraturefestival #ArundhatiRoy #indianwriters #godofsmallthings #wayanad #india #politics #Fascism #gaza #umarkhalid #palastine #mothermarycomestome
October 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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👋 Meet Hannah Van Dijcke (@hrf.org), speaker at our webinar on March 17th !

Sign up here 👉https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/justice-on-hold-umar-khalids-story-of-resistance-tickets-1984880592283?aff=oddtdtcreator !

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March 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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🚨 CRISIS ALERT: BAIL IS NOW A POLITICAL PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT 🚨
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#SupremeCourt #DelhiHighCourt #ArvindKejriwal #JudicialBias #BailPolitics #RuleOfLaw #IndiaJudiciary #JusticeDenied #UmarKhalid #SharjeelImam #Article21 #IndiaJudicialResearchReport2025 🏛️🔒⚖️
JUDICIAL PRIVILEGE: How Bail Became a Political Barometer in India - RMN News
JUDICIAL PRIVILEGE: How Bail Became a Political Barometer in India An Exclusive Report from the India Judicial Research Report 2025. By Rakesh Raman New Delhi | November 19, 2025 The constitutional gu...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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#UmarKhalid case shows that questioning the govt is criminalised & treated as an attack on the country: a dangerous conflation

50 people were killed in the riots. They, & all of us, deserve the truth, based on an honest investigation/ evidence, not a predetermined
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📣 Missed our webinar 'Justice on hold: Umar Khalid's story of Resistance' with Hannah van Dijcke (@hrf.org), Dr Banojyotsna Lahiri and Betwa Sharma (Article 14) ?

You can watch the full recording on our YouTube channel 👉🏽
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Justice on Hold: Umar Khalid's story of resistance- webinar 17 03 2026
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April 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (#JNU) #student leader, #UmarKhalid was granted seven days of interim bail by a #Delhi court to attend his cousin's #wedding, from December 28 to January 3.

Details here: www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/d...
December 18, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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PRESS: During Banned Books Week, @PENamerica & HfHR host a DC salon for Umar Khalid’s writing. Oct 6, 5 pm ET. Media: david@hindusforhumanrights.org @FreeUmarKhalid1 @StandWithUmar #UmarKhalid #UmarKhalid6YearsOfInjustice buff.ly/KoYZfpW
PRESS BLAST: PEN America and Hindus for Human Rights Host Literary Salon for Umar Khalid in D.C. — Hindus for Human Rights
Literature as Resistance: A Literary Salon for Umar Khalid Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 5 p.m. ET | Washington, D.C. PEN America and Hindus for Human Rights invite journalists to a Banned Books Week…
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September 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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🚨#BREAKING | Delhi HC on Tuesday denied bail to JNU student leader Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam, facing prosecution in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots

#DelhiRiots2020 #UmarKhalid
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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How to buy Umar Khalid's book from Oceania? Anyone? Not buying from Amazon.

It is his PhD thesis:
Fractured Communities
Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power

For those who don't know #UmarKhalid is a star student intellectual was imprisoned by the Modi government under false charges.
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July 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM