Hathras rape victim’s family seek relocation outside UP, SC seeks response of the Centre and UP government

Hathras gangrape victim’s family on Friday requested the Supreme Court for their relocation outside the state, preferably in Delhi, following acquittal of most of the accused in the September 2020 case in which the girl had succumbed to her injuries as her tongue was chopped off after sexual assault.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hathras-rape-victims-family-seek-relocation-outside-up-sc-seeks-response-of-the-centre-and-up-government/articleshow/103079383.cms

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‘Do you eat beef? Did you study at JNU’ — Kappan’s first-person account of his arrest

Speaking for the first time since he was released on bail, Siddique Kappan told a packed hall in Kolkata about how he feels like he is still in an open-air prison.

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https://theprint.in/feature/around-town/do-you-eat-beef-did-you-study-at-jnu-kappans-first-person-account-of-his-arrest/1673063/

The Valmiki Family in Hathras Defied Caste Order. Their Dead Daughter Paid the Price.

The Hathras case, as it became known both in national and international media, played out in the exact same fashion as other cases of violence against Dalits, especially Dalit women, play out across the country.

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https://thewire.in/caste/the-valmiki-family-in-hathras-defied-caste-order-their-dead-daughter-paid-the-price

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with

As time progressed, top police officials in UP made all efforts to establish that it was not a case of rape, as alleged by the victim’s family. It was seen as a way for the ruling BJP government to make every effort to dismiss the possibility of rape and deflect blame by opposition parties.

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https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/hathras-rape-murder-case-a-doomed-investigation-to-begin-with/article66576304.ece

In Hathras, 19-year-old’s family unable to move on

The family of nine have been living under heavy security cordon since the incident — they are guarded by a 30-member company of masked CRPF men, armed with tear gas shell launchers and rifles, while there is a metal detector outside their home as well as CCTVs.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/in-hathras-19-year-olds-family-unable-to-move-on-8476573/

Hathras gangrape-murder case verdict: 3 of 4 accused acquitted, one convicted

Three of four men accused in the 2020 Hathras case - in which a young Dalit woman was raped and murdered by her so-called upper caste attackers - were set free by an Uttar Pradesh court Thursday. The fourth - a Sandeep Sisodia - was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hathras-gangrape-murder-case-verdict-three-of-four-accused-acquitted-101677747534448.html

Siddique Kappan's interview for The Caravan:

"The Lucknow jail was full of poor people, so many of them from Kashmir, all jailed on fake cases. There were around eighteen Rohingya Muslims too, many of whom did not even have an advocate."

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https://caravanmagazine.in/interview/journalist-siddique-kappan-hathras-uapa-up-police

Interview: "I am not afraid, oppressive states treat journos this way"

Siddique Kappan, a Delhi-based Malayali journalist, was arrested by the UP police in October 2020 while on his way to cover the Hathras rape case. He is out on bail now.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/siddique-kappan-tnm-i-am-not-afraid-oppressive-states-treat-journos-way-173112

Monitoring the media: How India uses surveillance to suppress dissent

Journalists in India operate under the ever-watchful eyes and ears of the government. How do they cope with the surveillance?

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/monitoring-media-how-india-uses-surveillance-suppress-dissent-173037

Meet Kumar Sauvir, the journalist who stood up for Siddique Kappan

Sauvir is a Lucknow-based journalist who furnished the bail bond for Kappan’s release.

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https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2023/02/02/meet-kumar-sauvir-the-journalist-who-stood-up-for-siddique-kappan.html