human rights defender

Satyam Verma

Actions and Campaigns

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

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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