Khalid Saifi

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: India

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: Yes

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: February/26/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Identity

Nature of Charges: Assault & Battery Criminal Premeditation & Conspiracy Hate Speech Illicit Financing Murder & Attempted Murder Public Disorder Terrorism Theft & Robbery Treason & Sedition

Khalid Saifi

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Khalid Saifi is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.

In February 2020, authorities arrested Saifi, founder of the United Against Hate organization, for leading peaceful protests opposing the religiously discriminatory Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). Authorities accused him of urging violence against police near Masjid Wali Galli in Khureji Khas and charged him in first information report (FIR) 44/2020 with "murder, assaulting a public officer, and rioting" under the Indian Penal Code and the 1959 Arms Act. In March 2020, authorities charged Saifi under FIR 59/2020 with new offenses, including rioting with a deadly weapon, murder, attempted murder, sedition, "promoting enmity on grounds of religion," unlawful activities, terrorist acts, raising funds for terrorist acts, and conspiracy (Secs. 124A, 148, 153A, 302, 307 IPC; 13, 16, 17, 18 UAPA).

Indian authorities tortured Saifi while he was in police custody, resulting in fractured bones in both legs.

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