Some Oxygen For Siddique Kappan, Please?
An extraordinary story unfolds, mostly away from public eyes: a journalist is condemned to seemingly endless prison for merely trying to report news. Even a Supreme Court order goes abegging.
Mrudula Bhavani 12 May 2021, Last Updated at 10:35 am outlookindia.com 2021-05-12T10:35:20+05:30
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If democracy is the name of our body politic, freedom is its oxygen. Its most precious resource, without which only the dirge remains to be sung. At a time when the case of Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal and her now-deceased scientist-father Mahavir Narwal is all over the headlines, there’s another unfolding story of equally dire colours that has been less than visible. This is the case of Delhi-based Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan.
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Siddique Kappan, was on his way to investigate the gang rape of a minor dalit girl in Hathras which had sparked a nationwide outrage. He was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on October 5, 2020. As is commonplace, though illegal, the police held him incommunicado for 48 hours. For those unfamiliar with Kappan, he is a freelance journalist who has covered politics, crime, and current affairs for Malayalam-language news outlets. What may have predicated his present tragic fate is perhaps, his being the secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists.
By Hastily Shifting Siddique Kappan From AIIMS to Mathura Jail, UP Defies Supreme Court
Kappanâs wife, Raihanath Kappan, in her contempt of court notice issued to Uttar Pradesh government, has alleged non-compliance with the Supreme Courtâs order by concealing his medical condition.
Journalist Siddique Kappan. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The contempt of court notice, issued by Siddique Kappanâs lawyer Wills Mathews on May 9 at 1:45 am to five authorities in Uttar Pradesh government, is titled âMost Urgent: Life in Danger/Immediate Action Requiredâ, but does not fail to be civil in the manner in which it addresses the state before explaining its grounds. The five authorities in Uttar Pradesh, however, will have a hard time explaining to the Supreme Court why they failed to show similar courtesies to the court and Kappanâs wife, Raihanath Kappan, when it came to complying with the courtâs orders.
Journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife sends contempt notice to UP govt
By Live Law| Posted by SM Bilal | Updated: 9th May 2021 12:46 pm IST
New Delhi: The Wife of Journalist Siddique Kappan, Raihanath Kappan has sent a notice of contempt (through Advocate Wills Mathews) to the Uttar Pradesh Government Alleging Non-Compliance of Supreme Court’s Order dated April 28 and also, for submitting wrong/misleading information before the SC regarding his medical status.
Significantly, the Supreme Court had, on April 28 directed that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan be shifted from Mathura Jail in Uttar Pradesh to a government hospital in Delhi for medical treatment.