human rights defender
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
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Ali Khan Mahmudabad
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1982
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Other
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
End of prosecution (charges dropped)
HRD's bio and work
Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University
Detained since
May 18, 2025
Date of release
May 22, 2025
Charge(s)
- Spreading fake news
Latitude: 29.005184604984088
Longitude: 77.00016127672147
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Sonipat
Location of detention - Facility
Sonipat District Jail
Recent case update / evolution
On 21 May 2025, the Supreme Court granted interim bail. On 15 March 2026, the Supreme Court quashed all criminal proceedings and closed the case against Ali Khan Mahumudabad.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1982
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Other
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- The Wire
- HRD's bio and work
Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Sonipat
- Location of detention - Facility
- Sonipat District Jail
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 29.005184604984088
Longitude: 77.00016127672147
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- May 18, 2025
- Current Status
- End of prosecution (charges dropped)
- Date of release
- May 22, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Spreading fake news
- Recent case update / evolution
On 21 May 2025, the Supreme Court granted interim bail. On 15 March 2026, the Supreme Court quashed all criminal proceedings and closed the case against Ali Khan Mahumudabad.
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