Standing with Indian Muslims - SAY OUR NAMES
Safoora Zargar is a Muslim student-activist who has been charged under the draconian UAPA on the basis of ‘evidence’ that shows ‘a conspiracy to at least block the roads (chakka jam)’, and is currently being held in judicial custody at Tihar Jail. Between January and April this year, more than 50 activists have been served notices for their involvement in the anti-CAA protests and 8 have been arrested. Safoora is one of them. What marks Safoora Zargar’s case as that of immediate urgency is that Safoora is 5-months pregnant and according to her family and lawyer, has a medical history of PCOS and UTIs which make her vulnerable to having a miscarriage. The Honorable courts see this as no matter of immediate concern. The Honorable courts do not see the governments exploiting the lock-down and panic created by Covid-19 as a means to surreptitiously charge and arrest Muslim activists as a matter of immediate concern. Having only the judiciary to turn to in these terrible times, we are despa...
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