Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday wrote to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Adityanath seeking expert medical care and humane t...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday wrote to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Adityanath seeking expert medical care and humane treatment for journalist Siddique Kappan. The Malayalam journalist has been in prison since October for trying to report on the Hathras gangrape case.
“It has been brought to my attention by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists and some prominent media persons of national repute that Shri Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala presently in custody under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, is facing severe health problems,” Vijayan wrote in the letter.
The journalist, who is reported to have diabetes and heart ailments, was admitted to KVM Hospital in Mathura after he contracted the Covid-19 infection. “He is reportedly being kept chained to his bed even when his health condition is precarious,” Vijayan said. “I request your good self to intervene in the matter so that humane treatment is accorded to Kappan.”
The chief minister urged the Uttar Pradesh government to consider shifting Kappan to another hospital with better facilities. “People in general and the media fraternity in particular are anxious to know about his predicament and humans rights and are very much concerned about his plight,” Vijayan added. “I request you...
