“Amnesty’s anti-Modi Aakar Patel supports riot accused Umar Khalid: History of biases and compromising democracy to achieve favourable outcomes”, Opindia, November 17, 2023:

“Recently I stumbled upon a post by Aakar Patel on X (formerly Twitter) where he declared that “locking up a man indefinitely without conviction is not democracy it’s tyranny.” It brought back memories of some of his earlier views that may have receded from the public consciousness. When considered collectively, it paints an unflattering portrait of the individual associated with Amnesty International India since 2015.

In June this year, Amnesty India posted, “Umar Khalid has been in jail without a trial for 1000 days. He was arrested under India’s draconian anti-terror law simply for peacefully expressing his opinions.” 

In August, Patel wrote on Rediff, The Bizarre Case Of Umar Khalid, which began with an incorrect detail stating that Khalid was arrested in September 2019 for making provocative statements during Donald Trump’s visit to India……”

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