‘Release Umar Khalid, Anti-CAA Activists’: 160 Academics, Activists, Filmmakers Sign Letter
30 January 2025 | The Wire
Amitav Ghosh, Naseeruddin Shah, Romila Thapar, Jayati Ghosh, Harsh Mander and Christophe Jaffrelot are among the 160 academics, filmmakers, actors, activists and others who have signed a statement demanding the release of Umar Khalid and those arrested for protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
Khalid completes 1600 days in prison today, January 30, 2025, which coincides with the 77th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the statement points out. “We, the undersigned, are not unaware of this synchronicity. Nor do we wish to see it pass unnoticed,” it read…