I have been following up on news regarding him, but I didn't know he has covid now..
I hope he recovers quickly.. & will pray for him. On Sun, May 9, 2021, 1:36 AM praveenp <me.prav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Indian Wikimedians, > > As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested > by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His > wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active > in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest. > > Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of Hathras > rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's family > members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA charges > against him. > > Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital > only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it > was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's > news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google > "Siddique Kappan") > > As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just wish > to share the information. > > Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy. > > > User:Praveenp > > ------------- > > Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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