Gender: Male

Current Location: Tihar Jail, Delhi

Perpetrator: India

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: September/13/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Identity

Nature of Charges: Criminal Premeditation & Conspiracy Hate Speech Illicit Financing Murder & Attempted Murder Public Disorder Terrorism Treason & Sedition

Umar Khalid

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Umar Khalid is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On September 13, 2020, authorities arrested Khalid, a student activist, after accusing him of inciting communal violence through speeches in February 2020.  Khalid was targeted for leading peaceful protests opposing the religious discriminatory Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). Khalid is charged under FIR 59/2020 with offenses under the IPC, 1967 Arms Act, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Charges include but are not limited to rioting (Sec. 147 IPC), rioting with a deadly weapon (Sec. 148 IPC), murder (Sec. 302 IPC), attempted murder (Sec. 307 IPC), sedition (Sec. 124A IPC), "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony" (Sec. 153A IPC), unlawful activities (Sec. 13 UAPA), terrorist acts (Sec. 16 UAPA), raising funds for terrorist acts (Sec. 17 UAPA), and conspiracy (Sec. 18 UAPA).

On April 15, 2021, a Delhi court granted Khalid bail.  Khalid, however, was forced to remain in prison in light of other charges against him.

On December 12, 2022, a Delhi court granted Khalid temporary bail from December 23 to December 30 to attend his sister's wedding. 

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