Six Years in Jail Without a Trial: How India's Terror Law Works

Umar Khalid, an activist and government critic, has spent six years in jail waiting for his trial to begin. He was arrested in 2020 for allegedly taking part in Delhi riots. India's anti-terrorism law lets authorities hold him without conviction. Unusually, the law makes him prove he's innocent—not the government prove guilt. He's been denied bail repeatedly. His case shows how such laws can lock people up for years without ever going to trial.