Kerala has been into trouble for a lot of time. Maintaining physical distance and following the restrictions imposed by Section 144 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) in Kerala, five journalists stood in front of the General Post Office in Thiruvananthapuram and demonstrated against the detention of Siddique Kappan, a Malayali columnist based in Delhi, by the Uttar Pradesh police. Siddique, who went to Hathras to cover the alleged gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, was apprehended and committed with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA.

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Journalists across all 14 districts of Kerala, along with media persons in Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai are protesting the arrest of Siddique Kappan, who was also the secretary of the Delhi unit of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). “We are protesting the Uttar Pradesh government’s attempts to restrict media freedom,” says KUWJ President of the Thiruvananthapuram chapter, Suresh Vellimangalam. The slogans were raised as one journalist was replaced by another. Respecting the restrictions necessitated by COVID-19 protocol, the journalists did not prolong their morning protests or take a march as they usually do.

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The Delhi unit of KUWJ addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the relief of Siddique, revealing his purpose of going to Hathras to do his job as a reporter. The KUWJ also filed a habeas corpus in the Supreme Court seeking the immediate production of Kappan before the court. The alleged rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman by dominant caste men in Hathras and the hurried cremation in the night by the police had triggered nationwide outrage.

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