Despite it being nearly a year after his release from Uttar Pradesh jail, Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan continues to live in an open jail.
Speaking to The Hindu in Vijayawada on the sidelines of Viplava Rachayitala Sangham (Revolutionary Writers’ Association) Mahasabhalu on Saturday and Sunday, where he attended as the chief guest, Mr. Kappan says while he does not live in fear anymore, his life has come to represent an open jail these days. “This is because I have to travel to Lucknow thrice or four times in a month as part of the case process,” says the journalist.
Mr. Kappan was arrested in October 2020 while he was on his way to Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) to report on the gangrape of a 19-year-old Dalit girl. At the time of his arrest, he was working with a Malayalam news portal, azhimukham.com, and was the secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists’ Delhi unit.
