Umar Khalid's real crime? Challenging the government as a Muslim
For the justice system today, the call for revolution and threats of violence can mean different things, depending who said it.
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For the justice system today, the call for revolution and threats of violence can mean different things, depending who said it.
Khalid was arrested in a UAPA case related to alleged conspiracy behind the Amravati riots in February 2020
The same bench had, in two hearings, criticised the activist's Amravati speech, calling it "obnoxious, hateful, offensive and prima facie not acceptable".
'We will not respond to violence with violence. We will not respond to hate with hate. If they spread hate, we will respond to it by spreading love.'
An excerpt from Remember the Details by Skye Arundhati Thomas on the importance of remembering the details of the 2020 anti-CAA and anti-NRC protests.