GOOD NEWS: The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Safoora Zargar, a member of the Jamia Coordination Committee on humanitarian grounds.
Safoora who is 23 weeks pregnant was arrested by @DelhiPolice under the repressive Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in April for her alleged role in the February #DelhiRiots. There are many others who continue to be in jail just because they protested against the government.
Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Meeran Haider, Sharjeel Imam, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and Asif Iqbal Tanha are in jail as the Delhi police claim they were involved in plotting the Delhi riots.
The 6 were involved in the nationwide protests against the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The #CAA legitimises discrimination on the basis of religion and contravenes the Constitution of India and international human rights law.
The 6 have also been arrested under UAPA. With no provisions for adequate pre-trial safeguards against torture and other ill-treatment wiithin the UAPA, as well as the imminent threat of a #COVID19 outbreak in jail, there are grave concerns for the wellbeing of the 6 arrested.
In their communication to the Government of India on 6 May 2020, 8 UN Special Rapporteurs & the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention raised serious concerns about the 2019 amendment to the #UAPA.
They raised concerns regarding ‘the designation of individuals as “terrorists” in the context of ongoing discrimination directed at religious and other minorities, human rights defenders and political dissidents, against whom the law has been used.
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