The Latest Breaking News from Siddique Kappan

Court found that prima facie the allegations against him were not true

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has said she is "very concerned" by the ongoing detention of journalist Siddique Kappan.

News is always “breaking" and stories are sometimes “broken”. But then you also have important stories that are “broken” but are quickly forgotten. Not always deliberately, although sometimes that is the case. Quite often because there is just too much news breaking all around us, genuine and fake. As a…

Freeze on sedition has not transformed into bail for Kappan and Khalid as they face case under UAPA

The red carpet was laid out, the cameras planted, the ceremonial lamp lit. Stage lights came on and danced as the expansive convention hall of Ashoka Hotel in Delhi hosted a celebration of 75 years of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s mouthpieces Panchjanya and Organiser. The highlight of the show: a conclave…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the application of the sedition law until its reexamination by the central government was over, Live Law reported. Those already charged under the law, enshrined as section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the court added, may seek bail. This means several journalists booked…

On Friday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged home minister Amit Shah to facilitate the "immediate and unconditional release" of journalists Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul and Siddique Kappan, the Indian Express reported.