A file photo of Ajit Mohan, Managing Director of Facebook India. (Reuters) Before a podium headed by Judge Sanjay K Kaul, the Peace and Harmony Committee put on record its commitment that the panel proceedings regarding the social media platform will remain suspended. CNN-News18 New Delhi Last update: September 23, …
Read More »Facebook India Moves SC Against Notice Issued By Delhi Assembly Panel On ‘Role’ In February Riots, Hearing Tomorrow
The Facebook executive was quoted in connection with a report that Facebook does not actively remove hate content in India. (Image credit: Reuters) Facebook India executives last week had skipped a call issued by the Assembly for Peace and Harmony panel for a Wall street journal report that claimed that …
Read More »Facebook India Vice President Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi Assembly Panel That Convened It
Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan moves the Supreme Court against the convening of the Delhi Assembly Committee, which is investigating the social media giant’s alleged failure to crack down on hate speech, saying that the subject falls within the exclusive domain of the Union. from India. …
Read More »Police present voluminous charge sheet against 15 defendants under the Gun Law and UAPA for conspiracy
Security forces patrol a street in New Delhi after the February riots. (Reuters) The charge sheet does not mention the names of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam as defendants. Since they were arrested a few days ago, their names will be on the supplemental charge sheet. News18.com New Delhi Last …
Read More »Umar Khalid’s pre-recorded message: ‘Those who speak out against the government are put behind bars’
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 10:20:42 pm Khalid was arrested on September 13 on UAPA charges in a case related to the riots in northeast Delhi in February this year. Three days after his arrest in a case related to the Delhi riots, …
Read More »Delhi Riots: Police File 10,000 Page Charge Sheet Against 15 Defendants Under UAPA And Other Sections
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 8:07:45 pm More than 53 people were killed and more than 200 injured after communal clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between supporters of the citizenship law and protesters spiraled out of control. …
Read More »Umar Khalid Arrested Under UAPA In Delhi Riots Case: What Is This Anti-Terror Law?
Written by Sofi Ahsan | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 6:58:41 am Umar Khalid is one of several young activists who have been arrested in cases related to the violence in Delhi in February. The police have invoked UAPA provisions to investigate the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the …
Read More »Road blocks during the Delhi riots, conspiracy sign, charge sheet for Thursday: Police
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: September 15, 2020 8:02:20 am The Delhi Police Special Cell also questioned filmmakers Rahul Roy and Saba Dewan on Monday for about eight hours and told them to join the investigation in connection with the riots. One day after JNU alumnus …
Read More »Delhi Riots Case: Former JNU Student Umar Khalid Arrested Under UAPA
Written by Mahender Singh Manral | New Delhi | Updated: September 14, 2020 4:25:12 am Police are likely to file a charge sheet against Umar Khalid in the coming days, the source said. The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid under the strict …
Read More »Yechury, others beaten in riot investigation, Delhi police respond
New Delhi: General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury criticized the Delhi police investigation into the February riots, in which several students and civil liberties activists have been arrested. Friday evening, The wire reported that intellectuals and political party leaders, including Yechury, Swaraj leader Abhiyan Yogendra …
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