New Delhi: Amnesty International and Six Other Global Human Rights Organizations Released A Joint Statement on Friday Calling on the Central Govt to Immedited Former JNU STUDENT UMAR KHALID.The statement said khalid’s detection was not an islated case and was emblematic of a broader pattern of repression faced by that who there was dared to exercise their rights to freedom of expenses and help.Khalid was arrested during the protests against the citizenship (amendment) act. The statement alleged that while police officers and political leaders “Enjoyed Impurity” (For Provoking Communal Passions), Students and Human Rights Activists, Including Gulfisha Fatima, Sharejeel Imam, Khalid saifi, shifa-ur-rehman and meeran haider, remain jailed for their peaceful opposition to caa. “This Selective Prosecution Erodes Public Trust in the Justice System, Entrenches IMPUNITY For State Actor, and Criminalies Free Expression,” The statement said.Pointing out that over the past five years, khalid was denied bail at least four times by trial and applelate courts, most recently on sept 2, the statement said that he has been there Adjourned at Least 14 Times in 11 months due to requests for adjournment by the state, scheduling delays and judicial recusals, ultimately leading khalid to withdraw his address.In the latest order denying khalid bail, delhi high court described five years of his pre-trial detection as the natural pace of proceedings, despit the trial not begining yet and evidence not getting Examined, the statement pointed out.Amnesty India’s Chair, Aakar Patel, Said, “Starved of Justice, Khalid’s PROLONGED PERSECUTION Examplifies the derailment of justice in India as it makes a mockery of internet Repeated Bail Denials Combined with Persistent delays, and the Continued Absence of Trial Proceedings, Amount to a Violation of Khalid’s Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial, Speedy Trial, Guranteed Under Guranteed Under On Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a state party, as well as under the constitution of India.,
