human rights defender
Satyam Verma
Actions and Campaigns
Satyam Verma
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Trail Monitoring and Challenge the detention orders under National Security Act.
HRD's year of birth
1960
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- Peasant leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
HRD's geographical origin
Semi urban
Current Status
In prison (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
Satyam Verma is a renowned journalist, public intellectual, editor, and translator. He worked at UNIvarta for several years. He is the editor of the landmark work “Bhagat Singh aur Unke Saathiyon ke Sampurna Uplabdh Dastavez” (The Complete Available Works of Bhagat Singh and his Comrades). He has translated classic works like Balzac and Upton Sinclair’s novels. He translated Romila Thapar’s book Somnath into Hindi.
Detained since
Apr 17, 2026
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
Latitude: 28.411695744227075
Longitude: 77.55417681253584
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Luksar Jail, Kasna, Uttar Pradesh
Location of detention - Facility
Luksar Jail, Kasna, Uttar Pradesh
Recent case update / evolution
On 30 April 2026, he was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, where he was remanded to Judicial Custody. On 12 May 2026, he was taken into preventive custody under National Security Act.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1960
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- Peasant leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Satyam Verma is a renowned journalist, public intellectual, editor, and translator. He worked at UNIvarta for several years. He is the editor of the landmark work “Bhagat Singh aur Unke Saathiyon ke Sampurna Uplabdh Dastavez” (The Complete Available Works of Bhagat Singh and his Comrades). He has translated classic works like Balzac and Upton Sinclair’s novels. He translated Romila Thapar’s book Somnath into Hindi.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Semi urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Luksar Jail, Kasna, Uttar Pradesh
- Location of detention - Facility
- Luksar Jail, Kasna, Uttar Pradesh
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 28.411695744227075
Longitude: 77.55417681253584
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Apr 17, 2026
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
- Recent case update / evolution
On 30 April 2026, he was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, where he was remanded to Judicial Custody. On 12 May 2026, he was taken into preventive custody under National Security Act.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Trail Monitoring and Challenge the detention orders under National Security Act.
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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