The Jammu and Kashmir police said they are also looking for the arrested woman's daughter who has also been named in an FIR in militancy-related cases.

Safoora was arrested under the anti-terror law --UAPA-- in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Masrat Zahra was named the winner of the 2020 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award. The jury praised the 26-year-old’s work for its sense of 'dread and community.'

Jamia Millia Islamia was born in a crisis, and if during its centenary year it’s mired in another, so be it.

Sameeya Zargar, sister of arrested Jamia Millia Islamia student, Safoora Zargar, who is over three months pregnant, tells Outlook that the incarceration can have adverse effects on her sister's physical and mental health.

Sharjeel Imam was arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at the Jamia and in Aligarh.

The Delhi Police seems to be mocking us all, rebuking us in fact, reminding us that words and phrases like rule of law, justice, victims, fairness shall be defined only in the manner that the government pleases, writes Manisha Sethi.

The police told the court that Shifa-Ur-Rehman, a member of Jamia Coordination Committee, was involved in a criminal conspiracy along with former JNU student Umar Khalid.

Police said the journalist was indulging in unlawful activities through social media posts. A case was registered against him under UAPA.

The police said in the FIR that the two Jamia Millia Islamia students had hatched a conspiracy to incite the communal riots in the national capital in February.

Delhi Police seems to be reminding us that rule of law, justice, fairness etc shall be defined the way the government pleases, writes academician Manisha Sethi

Kashmir-based journalist Gowhar Geelani who has been slapped with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the J&K Police, tells Outlook that such moves may 'either silence us or make more people speak out'.

Lawyers and kin of jailed activists allege harassment as inordinate delay in court proceedings seems to be motivated

Contentious Bills like the Triple Talaq needed scrutiny, feels the Opposition but the NDA, as data shows, does not believe in delaying its stamp of authority

Rights activists and lawyers ­demand the repeal of laws like sedition and UAPA that used to silence ­dissent

Draconian laws are used to harass dissidents, violating their right to due process

Cow smuggling, dancing to a DJ’s song, criticising the government...Do they constitute sedition? Do these acts threaten national security?

Prof Shoma Sen was ­arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, as were activists Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut and Sudhir Dhawale, and lawyer Surendra Gadling as part of the ­police probe into the violence at Bhima-Koregaon.

Arresting activists is an attack on dissent in keeping with UAPA’s history

After the violence in Punjab, Congress legislated the Terrorism and Anti-Disruptive Activities (Prevention)...