Journalist Siddique Kappan Booked For Obstructing Pedestrian Movement

https://lokmarg.com/journalist-siddique-kappan-booked-for-obstructing-pedestrian-movement/

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#SiddiqueKappan says late-night police visit was attempt to intimidate

In October 2020, Siddique Kappan was arrested en route to Hathras to report on a #Dalit woman’s gangrape-murder. Charged under UAPA, he spent 846 days in jail before securing bail
https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/siddique-kappan-says-late-night-police-visit-was-attempt-to-intimidate/

‘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/

‘We were punished for being Muslim’: Atikur Rahman, arrested with Siddique Kappan, is finally free

The student activist from Uttar Pradesh spent 32 months in jail, after he and three others were arrested in 2020 on their way to Hathras to protest a crime.

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https://scroll.in/article/1051390/we-were-punished-for-being-muslim-atikur-rahman-arrested-with-siddique-kappan-is-finally-free

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

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

"They pressured me to drink alcohol, slapped me... I was made to pee in a bottle, use a bucket:"

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan after being released on bail today after 850 days in jail.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NVSc5ktmSNg

'Will Continue My Fight': Siddique Kappan Walks Out of Jail After Over Two Years

The journalist's time in jail – especially as he sought life-saving treatment during the pandemic – had invoked stern statements from journalists' bodies and rights organisations the world over.

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https://thewire.in/law/will-continue-my-fight-siddique-kappan-walks-out-of-jail-after-over-two-years

Journalist Siddique Kappan likely to be released this week after over two years in jail

He got bail in a money laundering case in December but has been languishing in prison for more than a month since then due to bureaucratic delays.

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https://scroll.in/latest/1042900/journalist-siddique-kappan-likely-to-be-released-this-week-after-over-two-years-in-jail