BREAKING: NewsClick editor to be released from jail

SC rules arrest and remand of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha was illegal.

NewsClick Editor Prabir Purkayastha Ordered To Be Released by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 15 May, ordered the release of NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha after he spent over 225 days behind bars in connection with a UAPA case filed by the Delhi Police Special Cell.

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