From Reporting On UAPA To Becoming A Victim Of It: Siddique Kappan
By Ritika Jain Days after he got bail, journalist Siddique Kappan sat at a park bench near his house, chatting with a former colleague. His wife Raihanat walked around, staying close to her husband and their daughter, who sat on a swing with a phone in her hand. Kappan walked out of a Lucknow jail on February 2, 2023, 28 months after the Uttar Pradesh police arrested him on October 5, 2020 when he was enroute to Hathras to cover the rape and murder of a Dalit girl. According to conditions imposed by a Supreme Court order, Kappan is required to stay in Delhi for six weeks before he can go to Ma...