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18 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Siddique Kappan, Atiqur Rahman, Masood Ahmed and Alam were arrested en-route to reporting on a case of rape & murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras.

On June 15th, a Mathura court dropped bailable charges against them...1/n
S.151, 107, 116 of CrPC were dropped because the police failed to complete enquiry within the prescribed period of 6 months. Non-Bailable charges such UAPA and sedition have not been dropped and mean they will continue to be detained. 2/n
Earlier this year, Kappan's wife wrote to the chief justice about his mistreatment in hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 in detention which eventually led to SC order for him to get treatment in Delhi.. 3/n
In December 2020, we learnt through Kappan's affidavit to SC that he was beaten and mentally traumatised in custody on the pretext of questioning...4/n

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In 2012, 29-year-old Mohammed Ilyas was arrested in Nanded on the claim that he was part an LeT conspiracy. At the time, his youngest child was just over two weeks old. After his arrest, his fruit shop was forced shut with the landlord asking them to vacate the premises...1/9
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7 Sep 20
Thread on Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS), a new information infrastructure being build by Ministry of Home Affairs. According to a press release by MHA, home secretary stated "along with CCTNS, ICJS will offer a 360 degree profile of anyone". mha.gov.in/sites/default/…
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27 Aug 20
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9 Jul 20
⚡️Here’s a master thread ⚡️of a ten day curation on #AntiTerrorLaws & #UAPA led by @GuneetKaurAhuja & @aimanjkhan who brought to fore critical inputs from Sahana Manjesh, Parijata @mrinpinshar, @SarimNaved & @meeracomposes: 1/
Day 1: on the colonial legacy of the legal concept of “unlawful association” which underpins contemporary anti-terror laws in India: 2/
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27 Jun 20
#Policebrutality and impunity in India: TW
P Jayaraj & his son Bennix were arrested for violating #lockdown rules. They were brutally tortured & killed in police custody. The details of their torture are horrifying.
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"More than 1,000 people of Sathankulam town in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district...all trade union bodies, various political outfits, activists, and the local public staged protests in various parts of the town."

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26 Jun 20
Hello, now that we know that UAPA is a repressive law that needs to go. What can we do for #RepealUAPA? As we build this online dialogue against UAPA, it's important that we continue to amplify the voices of those fighting against UAPA at the grassroots. 1/n
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