InSAF India stands in solidarity with Dr. Madri Kakoti, Neha Singh Rathore, and Shamita Yadav, who are now facing FIRs and legal harassment for their critical public commentary in the wake of the Pahalgam attack. We condemn these charges – purportedly for “inciting unrest” and “threatening national unity” – as more politically motivated attacks on dissent. Dr. Kakoti (a linguistic scholar who writes as “Dr. Medusa”) and folk singer Rathore are being subjected to criminal investigations merely for questioning the official narrative of the attack. Similarly, political satirist, Shamita Yadav (“The Ranting Gola”), has been accused of “anti-India propaganda” because her video critiquing the government’s response was reposted in Pakistan. These retaliatory FIRs are another alarming escalation of politically motivated suppression of free speech under the guise of nationalism.

InSAF India condemns  the actions of the Trump govt and stands in solidarity with students and academics who have been arrested and those who live in the shadow of possible future persecution for merely exercising their first amendment rights to free speech and political views. We welcome the temporary relief given by the US court to Badar Khan Suri’s deportation and hope for justice from the judiciary.

we condemn police violence and detentions of students for their wall writings on JNU campus

We salute you Comrade Prof Saibaba

Professor GN Saibaba

Professor GN Saibaba