Safoora Zargar
Young activist Safoora Zargar became the eye of a social media storm recently that questioned not just her integrity but also her marital status and pregnancy. Zargar, a 27-year-old Jamia Millia Islamia student has been in jail since April 1oth. She was charged with the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2019 (UAPA) and since then her bail has been rejected. Passing inappropriate remarks, recently social media took to commenting on her pregnancy, her marital status, talked of the DNA of the unborn child and more.
Zargar is required to furnish a personal bond of 10,000 rupees. She cannot leave Delhi without permission.
“The incarceration of these activists is a violation of their right to fair and unbiased treatment at the hands of the justice system,” the letter reads.
But your name is Neha, how could you be a Muslim? They would ask me.
If the Sadhvi indeed struggled with critical health complications while in jail, how can those moved by her plight approve of other women enduring similar fate?
Zargar, a MPhil student of Jamia Millia Islamia University, is 21 weeks pregnant and currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody in the case
The arrested students are founding members of Pinjra Tod, a collective group of women activists in the Delhi.
The online harassment that Safoora is continuously facing is disturbing not only for activists but for women generally who always have an opinion and speak or write about it on social media.
Women face rape threats, get asked for nudes, shamed for their bodies, served lewd comments on such a regular basis that it has become a part and parcel of our online lives.
Many Twitteratis were inquisitive about the marital status of the girl, while others threw disgusting remarks, raising questions over her activities during the protest.
Police says this young woman is the reason for communal violence in Delhi. Her friends have a different story.
