#political-imprisonment

#political-imprisonment

Before his arrest Khalid had emerged as one of the faces of an anti-government protest movement after the Modi government passed a citizenship law in late 2019 that was seen as discriminatory to Muslims. The protests that erupted were the first widespread challenge to the Modi regime and were met with brute force by the state. Dozens were killed by police fire and activists were detained and tortured.

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Laila Soueif has declared she is willing to die on hunger strike to secure the release of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, imprisoned in Egypt.