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Artists, comics call for withdrawal of charges against Munawar Faruqui
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The arrest of Mr. Faruqui “even before he cracked a joke” was astounding and outrageous.
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The arrest of Mr. Faruqui “even before he cracked a joke” was astounding and outrageous.
An international group of artists, comedians, writers and activists on Friday called for the charges against comedian Munawar Faruqui to be dropped. They stated that the recent case against him had implications on the freedom of speech in India.
The public statement signed by 110 people, including historian Rajmohan Gandhi, writer Arundhati Roy, artist Mallika Sarabhai, actors Swara Bhaskar, Pooja Bhatt and Kalki Koechlin, and stand-up comics Kunal Kamra and Sanjay Rajoura, said: ‘As an international community of stand-up comics, artists, political satirists, writers, musicians, actors, entertainers, and concerned individuals, we are alarmed at what is happening in India, a country where
Munawar Faruqui s Co-Accused Denied Bail, Family Says He Wasn t Linked to Show
Sadaqat Khan moved the sessions court seeking bail on the basis of parity (similar circumstances) as Faruqui was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court.
Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui. Photo: Facebook
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New Delhi: The Indore district court on Tuesday rejected for the second time the bail plea of a 23-year-old man arrested along with stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui.
Sadaqat Khan moved the sessions court seeking bail on the basis of “parity” (similar circumstances) as Faruqui was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court.
Additional Sessions Judge Yatindra Kumar Guru, however, rejected his plea. His first bail application had been rejected by the court on January 11.
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As 2021 dawned, stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was arrested from a club in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, for âmocking the deities of another religionâ and no one uttered a word about intolerance.
Faruqui was arrested by the Indore police after a complaint from Eklavya Goud, chief of Hindu Rakshak Sangathan and secretary of the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the son of BJP MLA Malini Gaud.
Faruqui remained in jail for over a month, though the police had no evidence of his âcrimeâ. His bail plea was rejected two times, including by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, until he was granted bail on February 5 by the Supreme Court.
Days after he walked out of Indore jail after being behind the bars for over a month, standup comic Munawar Faruqui on late Tuesday night shared on his