Betwa Sharma
@betwasharma.bsky.social
Managing Editor, @article-14.com
🧵After 5 years in jail without a trial, Umar Khalid was today denied bail by the Delhi High Court in the Delhi riots case invoking terror charges
Revisit our reports that show how the case against him and the other anti-CAA activists denied bail today is without evidence and politically motivated
Revisit our reports that show how the case against him and the other anti-CAA activists denied bail today is without evidence and politically motivated
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🧵After 5 years in jail without a trial, Umar Khalid was today denied bail by the Delhi High Court in the Delhi riots case invoking terror charges
Revisit our reports that show how the case against him and the other anti-CAA activists denied bail today is without evidence and politically motivated
Revisit our reports that show how the case against him and the other anti-CAA activists denied bail today is without evidence and politically motivated
Requesting help in spreading the word so that his thanks reached the Muslim duo who brought his son's body to the hospital amid the India-Pakistan conflict, Sanjeev Bhargav said, “I’d like to ask them to visit our home so we can thank them properly" #fieldnotes article14.substack.com/p/field-note...
June 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Requesting help in spreading the word so that his thanks reached the Muslim duo who brought his son's body to the hospital amid the India-Pakistan conflict, Sanjeev Bhargav said, “I’d like to ask them to visit our home so we can thank them properly" #fieldnotes article14.substack.com/p/field-note...
"Many of us still choose to ignore that in 2025, Dalits are attacked for entering temples, riding an Enfield motorcycle, growing handlebar moustaches or loving a person of choice," @priyaramani.bsky.social writes in this week's edit note on censorship
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April 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"Many of us still choose to ignore that in 2025, Dalits are attacked for entering temples, riding an Enfield motorcycle, growing handlebar moustaches or loving a person of choice," @priyaramani.bsky.social writes in this week's edit note on censorship
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The ideal of the apolitical citizen, who participates in politics once every 5 years & returns to a political quarantine, benefits those in power. Kunal Kamra's Naya Bharat calls on Indians to reclaim politics, writes Kavitha Iyer
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April 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The ideal of the apolitical citizen, who participates in politics once every 5 years & returns to a political quarantine, benefits those in power. Kunal Kamra's Naya Bharat calls on Indians to reclaim politics, writes Kavitha Iyer
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In a functioning democracy, judges fulfilling their responsibilities should not be the stuff of headlines. But when this occurs today, amid extraordinary legal harassment, it elicits an audible gasp & admiration for the courageous judge. Subscribe to read out weekly edits article-14.com/subscribe
April 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In a functioning democracy, judges fulfilling their responsibilities should not be the stuff of headlines. But when this occurs today, amid extraordinary legal harassment, it elicits an audible gasp & admiration for the courageous judge. Subscribe to read out weekly edits article-14.com/subscribe
As a Delhi judge orders an investigation into the alleged role of the Delhi minister in the Delhi riots, our report on how the police have shielded him despite an incendiary speech/eyewitness complaints. This shows arbitrary application of the law based on identity article-14.com/post/how-kap...
April 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As a Delhi judge orders an investigation into the alleged role of the Delhi minister in the Delhi riots, our report on how the police have shielded him despite an incendiary speech/eyewitness complaints. This shows arbitrary application of the law based on identity article-14.com/post/how-kap...
This Apartheid, or separateness, is more evident every day in India, enforced by Hindu fundamentalists and the police and drafted into law. @samarhalarnkar.bsky.social writes on deeply set of idea of separating Hindu and Muslim To read our weekly edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
March 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This Apartheid, or separateness, is more evident every day in India, enforced by Hindu fundamentalists and the police and drafted into law. @samarhalarnkar.bsky.social writes on deeply set of idea of separating Hindu and Muslim To read our weekly edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
"I am still in debt"
"We get arrested & released, but we can’t leave this work”
"I felt left behind. Then, a friend told me he would help me double my money"
Vipul Kumar & Alishan Jafri spoke with Bihar's bootleggers, driven by poverty/ joblessness article-14.com/post/poverty...
"We get arrested & released, but we can’t leave this work”
"I felt left behind. Then, a friend told me he would help me double my money"
Vipul Kumar & Alishan Jafri spoke with Bihar's bootleggers, driven by poverty/ joblessness article-14.com/post/poverty...
March 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"I am still in debt"
"We get arrested & released, but we can’t leave this work”
"I felt left behind. Then, a friend told me he would help me double my money"
Vipul Kumar & Alishan Jafri spoke with Bihar's bootleggers, driven by poverty/ joblessness article-14.com/post/poverty...
"We get arrested & released, but we can’t leave this work”
"I felt left behind. Then, a friend told me he would help me double my money"
Vipul Kumar & Alishan Jafri spoke with Bihar's bootleggers, driven by poverty/ joblessness article-14.com/post/poverty...
No generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide. And certainly no generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide while shopping for hand-tufted woollen rugs.... @priyaramani.bsky.social on the peak cognitive dissonance of our times priyaramani.substack.com/p/genocide-a...
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
No generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide. And certainly no generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide while shopping for hand-tufted woollen rugs.... @priyaramani.bsky.social on the peak cognitive dissonance of our times priyaramani.substack.com/p/genocide-a...
5 years have passed since a Muslim man died after the police beat/forced him to sing the national anthem during the Delhi riots. No one has been punished despite a video
"Impunity for targeting Muslim men in the course of duty stands emboldened," lawyer Vrinda Grover article-14.com/post/-i-have...
"Impunity for targeting Muslim men in the course of duty stands emboldened," lawyer Vrinda Grover article-14.com/post/-i-have...
February 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
5 years have passed since a Muslim man died after the police beat/forced him to sing the national anthem during the Delhi riots. No one has been punished despite a video
"Impunity for targeting Muslim men in the course of duty stands emboldened," lawyer Vrinda Grover article-14.com/post/-i-have...
"Impunity for targeting Muslim men in the course of duty stands emboldened," lawyer Vrinda Grover article-14.com/post/-i-have...
D Y Chandrachud has highlighted the adjournments that Umar Khalid sought. This is a craven attempt to minimise the profound injustice of 4 yrs of incarceration w/o bail & no trial on the horizon & the inconsistent application of the principle that bail is the rule
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February 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
D Y Chandrachud has highlighted the adjournments that Umar Khalid sought. This is a craven attempt to minimise the profound injustice of 4 yrs of incarceration w/o bail & no trial on the horizon & the inconsistent application of the principle that bail is the rule
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"How tragic is it that five years after the police committed a brutal act of violence and Islamophobia, seen by all who viewed the viral video, a court order to register a criminal case is what we consider a win."
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February 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"How tragic is it that five years after the police committed a brutal act of violence and Islamophobia, seen by all who viewed the viral video, a court order to register a criminal case is what we consider a win."
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"First and foremost, I seek justice"
Adil, a 30-year-old Muslim carpenter, died in police custody in Karnataka after an illegal arrest on gambling charges. Seven months on, his wife has no compensation or even a complete investigation, reports Sanhati Banerjee article-14.com/post/lack-of...
Adil, a 30-year-old Muslim carpenter, died in police custody in Karnataka after an illegal arrest on gambling charges. Seven months on, his wife has no compensation or even a complete investigation, reports Sanhati Banerjee article-14.com/post/lack-of...
January 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"First and foremost, I seek justice"
Adil, a 30-year-old Muslim carpenter, died in police custody in Karnataka after an illegal arrest on gambling charges. Seven months on, his wife has no compensation or even a complete investigation, reports Sanhati Banerjee article-14.com/post/lack-of...
Adil, a 30-year-old Muslim carpenter, died in police custody in Karnataka after an illegal arrest on gambling charges. Seven months on, his wife has no compensation or even a complete investigation, reports Sanhati Banerjee article-14.com/post/lack-of...
"What we’re inheriting are the darker days"
In #Goa, where infrastructure for tourists & wealthy migrants is destroying its beauty, Shivangi Vaswani reports on the fight of angry & distressed locals to preserve the environment & traditional livelihoods article-14.com/post/protest...
In #Goa, where infrastructure for tourists & wealthy migrants is destroying its beauty, Shivangi Vaswani reports on the fight of angry & distressed locals to preserve the environment & traditional livelihoods article-14.com/post/protest...
January 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
"What we’re inheriting are the darker days"
In #Goa, where infrastructure for tourists & wealthy migrants is destroying its beauty, Shivangi Vaswani reports on the fight of angry & distressed locals to preserve the environment & traditional livelihoods article-14.com/post/protest...
In #Goa, where infrastructure for tourists & wealthy migrants is destroying its beauty, Shivangi Vaswani reports on the fight of angry & distressed locals to preserve the environment & traditional livelihoods article-14.com/post/protest...
"I will come to your home, strip you & beat/kill you"
These are some of the anti-Muslim remarks made by MLA Nitesh Rane, sworn in as a cabinet minister in Maharashtra's newly elected government. Kunal Purohit
reports on a pattern of reward or immunity for hate speech article-14.com/post/threats...
These are some of the anti-Muslim remarks made by MLA Nitesh Rane, sworn in as a cabinet minister in Maharashtra's newly elected government. Kunal Purohit
reports on a pattern of reward or immunity for hate speech article-14.com/post/threats...
January 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"I will come to your home, strip you & beat/kill you"
These are some of the anti-Muslim remarks made by MLA Nitesh Rane, sworn in as a cabinet minister in Maharashtra's newly elected government. Kunal Purohit
reports on a pattern of reward or immunity for hate speech article-14.com/post/threats...
These are some of the anti-Muslim remarks made by MLA Nitesh Rane, sworn in as a cabinet minister in Maharashtra's newly elected government. Kunal Purohit
reports on a pattern of reward or immunity for hate speech article-14.com/post/threats...
"I have been in continuous custody for 5 yrs"
Sharjeel Imam's lawyer told the court, "I would like to bow down before your lordship with a prayer...These guys have remained in jail for almost 5 yrs"
2024 ends without bail for anti-CAA protesters
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Sharjeel Imam's lawyer told the court, "I would like to bow down before your lordship with a prayer...These guys have remained in jail for almost 5 yrs"
2024 ends without bail for anti-CAA protesters
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December 23, 2024 at 10:41 AM
"I have been in continuous custody for 5 yrs"
Sharjeel Imam's lawyer told the court, "I would like to bow down before your lordship with a prayer...These guys have remained in jail for almost 5 yrs"
2024 ends without bail for anti-CAA protesters
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Sharjeel Imam's lawyer told the court, "I would like to bow down before your lordship with a prayer...These guys have remained in jail for almost 5 yrs"
2024 ends without bail for anti-CAA protesters
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"What makes a family refuse even to get a post-mortem done?"
In her #fieldnotes, after reporting on the violence
in #Sambhal, Sabah Gurmat writes of Muslims who have become resigned to death, accepting of impunity & completely mistrustful of the media article-14.stck.me/post/610518/...
In her #fieldnotes, after reporting on the violence
in #Sambhal, Sabah Gurmat writes of Muslims who have become resigned to death, accepting of impunity & completely mistrustful of the media article-14.stck.me/post/610518/...
December 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
"What makes a family refuse even to get a post-mortem done?"
In her #fieldnotes, after reporting on the violence
in #Sambhal, Sabah Gurmat writes of Muslims who have become resigned to death, accepting of impunity & completely mistrustful of the media article-14.stck.me/post/610518/...
In her #fieldnotes, after reporting on the violence
in #Sambhal, Sabah Gurmat writes of Muslims who have become resigned to death, accepting of impunity & completely mistrustful of the media article-14.stck.me/post/610518/...
It is obvious this govt is not a fan of dissent & will go to great lengths to make examples of those who go against the grain. Umar Khalid exemplifies this. But there are others, @samarhalarnkar.bsky.social writes in our weekly brief.
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December 14, 2024 at 1:47 PM
It is obvious this govt is not a fan of dissent & will go to great lengths to make examples of those who go against the grain. Umar Khalid exemplifies this. But there are others, @samarhalarnkar.bsky.social writes in our weekly brief.
Subscribe so we can tell their stories article-14.com/subscribe
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"Your home will be bulldozed"
The mother of a 22-year-old who died in violence after a court-approved survey of a mosque in UP's #Sambhal said a policeman said this to her when she protested her other son's detention. Sabhah Gurmat reports article-14.com/post/as-sc-s...
The mother of a 22-year-old who died in violence after a court-approved survey of a mosque in UP's #Sambhal said a policeman said this to her when she protested her other son's detention. Sabhah Gurmat reports article-14.com/post/as-sc-s...
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 AM
"Your home will be bulldozed"
The mother of a 22-year-old who died in violence after a court-approved survey of a mosque in UP's #Sambhal said a policeman said this to her when she protested her other son's detention. Sabhah Gurmat reports article-14.com/post/as-sc-s...
The mother of a 22-year-old who died in violence after a court-approved survey of a mosque in UP's #Sambhal said a policeman said this to her when she protested her other son's detention. Sabhah Gurmat reports article-14.com/post/as-sc-s...
The fact that the legal persecution is unchecked & unopposed indicates the state of the Congress and other opposition parties and the prospect that fundamentalism & radicalisation in Hindu society could grow no matter who is in power. To read our weekly edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
December 8, 2024 at 1:45 PM
The fact that the legal persecution is unchecked & unopposed indicates the state of the Congress and other opposition parties and the prospect that fundamentalism & radicalisation in Hindu society could grow no matter who is in power. To read our weekly edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
The cases registered against fact checker @zoo-bear.bsky.social & human rights defender Nadeem Khan for calling out hate show how the legal persecution of Muslims is becoming more vindictive, especially when they fight back. For @article14live.bsky.social notes, subscribe: article-14.com/subscribe
December 8, 2024 at 6:24 AM
The cases registered against fact checker @zoo-bear.bsky.social & human rights defender Nadeem Khan for calling out hate show how the legal persecution of Muslims is becoming more vindictive, especially when they fight back. For @article14live.bsky.social notes, subscribe: article-14.com/subscribe
The Allahabad High Court petition said UP police officers went to @zoo-bear.bsky.social's home in Bengaluru on 27 Oct, entered his courtyard & appeared to be searching for him. They searched Zubair’s neighbour’s residence/devices. They questioned his father on 28 Oct article-14.com/post/-i-m-us...
December 5, 2024 at 7:09 AM
The Allahabad High Court petition said UP police officers went to @zoo-bear.bsky.social's home in Bengaluru on 27 Oct, entered his courtyard & appeared to be searching for him. They searched Zubair’s neighbour’s residence/devices. They questioned his father on 28 Oct article-14.com/post/-i-m-us...