More than 300 teachers, researchers and journalists – based in different parts of India – have released a statement on the arrests happening amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, in the purported aftermath of the violence in northeast Delhi. The statement holds that the arrests and subsequent charges applied under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act are targeted towards Muslims and specifically, those who protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The signatories have also “demanded a fair investigation into the violence instead of the targeting and framing of individuals and organisations.”
— source thewire.in | 01/May/2020