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Siddique Kappan among 11 booked for unlawful assembly during Kerala protest

September 14, 2025 9:47 am

The protest was organised by Rejas Solidarity Forum, and Kappan addressed the gathering near the High Court junction. Among those arrested include advocate Pramod Puzhankara, C P Rasheed, Sajid Khalid, Dr Hari, Bhaburaj Bhagavathi, Ambika and Mridula Bhavani.

SC relaxes bail condition on Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan in UAPA case

November 04, 2024 2:36 pm

The PFI had been accused in the past of funding protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act across the country.

UP STF arrests PFI man from Kerala, says he tried to stir unrest

March 04, 2023 3:58 am

Kappan was arrested along with three others in October 2020 while heading toward Hathras to meet the victim's family. Police had booked Kappan and others on various charges, including sedition, promoting enmity between two groups, and the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Supreme Court must use cases pending against UAPA to examine its scope

February 18, 2023 10:11 am

UAPA has never been constitutionally reviewed. Its repeated abuse is a blot on our constitutional values

Vandita Mishra writes: What Mayawati’s silence on Sidheeque Kappan case says

February 06, 2023 11:16 am

Her silence shows that among the reasons that hold back the BSP from growing into a larger version of itself, is its cramping of its own reach and stunting of its own ambition

Tavleen Singh writes: The rules of democracy

February 05, 2023 10:59 pm

Tavleen Singh writes: Modi is deeply sensitive to criticism in the western media but appears to have not discovered that if journalists, dissidents, and students spend months in jail without trial, he will inevitably be seen as an autocrat.

An activist and a journalist: The two ‘locals’ who signed Kappan’s bail sureties

February 04, 2023 4:54 am

The lawyers, having experienced difficulty in arranging sureties for Kappan in the other case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), sought help from journalists and activists.

Amended UAPA is menace to democracy: Shashi Tharoor on Siddique Kappan release

February 03, 2023 5:06 pm

Siddique Kappan walked out of jail on bail on Thursday, over two years after he was arrested for allegedly trying to instigate violence after the death of a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.

Sidheeque Kappan says: 'I was not arrested for being a Muslim... but because I'm a journalist from Kerala'

February 03, 2023 9:37 am

Sidheeque Kappan says: Despite what I endured during 28 months in jail, my professional resolve is intact

‘After 28 months and a long fight, I am out’: Journalist Siddique Kappan walks out of UP jail

February 03, 2023 2:33 am

Siddique Kappan’s release came more than a month after he was granted bail on December 23 by the Allahabad High Court in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.

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