human rights defender
Siddique Kappan
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Siddique Kappan
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ)
HRD's year of birth
1980
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Other
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Siddique Kappan is an Indian journalist from Kerala who served as a Delhi-based correspondent for the Malayalam news portal Azhimukham and as the Secretary of the Delhi unit of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). He was arbitrarily detained for 28 months under anti-terror and money laundering laws after being arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in October 2020 while traveling to report on the Hathras gang-rape and murder case.
Detained since
Oct 5, 2020
Date of release
Feb 2, 2023
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Blasphemy
- Creating disturbances
- Financial crimes
- Spreading fake news
- Subversion
- Terrorism
Sentence
Primary Case (UAPA and Sedition - Mathura Police):
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA): Sections 17 (raising funds for terror) and 18 (conspiracy). Indian Penal Code (IPC): Section 120B (criminal conspiracy), 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between groups), and 295A (outraging religious feelings). Information Technology (IT) Act: Sections 65, 72, and 76.
Second Case (Money Laundering - Enforcement Directorate): Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002: Section 3/4.
Latitude: 27.46837821563295
Longitude: 77.69484846346498
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Location of detention - Facility
District jail, Mathura
Recent case update / evolution
Allahabad High Court has granted bail and subsequently the Supreme Court of India relaxed the bail conditions.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1980
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Other
- Organization affiliation
- Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ)
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- Maktoob Media
- HRD's bio and work
Siddique Kappan is an Indian journalist from Kerala who served as a Delhi-based correspondent for the Malayalam news portal Azhimukham and as the Secretary of the Delhi unit of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). He was arbitrarily detained for 28 months under anti-terror and money laundering laws after being arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in October 2020 while traveling to report on the Hathras gang-rape and murder case.
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
- Location of detention - Facility
- District jail, Mathura
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 27.46837821563295
Longitude: 77.69484846346498
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Oct 5, 2020
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- Feb 2, 2023
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Blasphemy
- Creating disturbances
- Financial crimes
- Spreading fake news
- Subversion
- Terrorism
- Sentence
Primary Case (UAPA and Sedition - Mathura Police):
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA): Sections 17 (raising funds for terror) and 18 (conspiracy). Indian Penal Code (IPC): Section 120B (criminal conspiracy), 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between groups), and 295A (outraging religious feelings). Information Technology (IT) Act: Sections 65, 72, and 76.
Second Case (Money Laundering - Enforcement Directorate): Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002: Section 3/4.
- Recent case update / evolution
Allahabad High Court has granted bail and subsequently the Supreme Court of India relaxed the bail conditions.
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