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Activists mark four years in jail under India’s UAPA without trial or bail

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on September 20, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

Umar Khalid and more than a dozen activists have spent four years in prison under India’s controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), with no trial or bail. The cases are widely seen as politically motivated efforts to suppress dissent.