Rana Ayyub
@RanaAyyub
Journalist. Global Opinions at @Washingtonpost . Words in The New Yorker, TIME, NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, FP. Author of Gujarat Files. Pritzker Fellow 22
A full page in the Washington Post today about the witch-hunt against me. Cannot thank my colleagues and publication for having my back at such a crucial time for me. I promise to keep fighting the truth @elopezgross @washingtonpost @wppressfreedom
You know how bad things are when even the Daily Express is calling this out
Excellent cartoon in the Economic Times on the acquittal of the blasts accused
After the acquittal of all convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, @asadowaisi narrates how he went to the then Maha CM Vilasrao Deshmukh and alerted him to how Muslim were being picked up and tortured. Asks Congress-NCP to answer today on what Bombay HC has said
Unbelievable! Five people were killed in Israel’s air strike on a house in Tal Alhawa in Gaza City. Among them were a pregnant mother. The fetus came out of its mother’s belly.
🔴 #BREAKING | Air India Plane Catches Fire After Landing, All Passengers, Crew Members Safe
If you read about the acquittal of the 12 Muslim men in the Mumbai train blasts, then i urge you to watch this 2 minute clip from the film ‘Just Mercy’. The parallels won’t surprise you
19 years
VIDEO | 2006 Mumbai train blasts case: Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui and Shaikh Mohammad Ali Alam arrive at Mumbai airport. Two of the three prisoners convicted in the 2006 Mumbai suburban train bombings were released from Nagpur Central Jail on Monday evening following their…
#BREAKING One-third of Gaza's population has not eaten in several days, WFP report shows
The front page of the Express today is quite telling about the state of affairs in the democracy
A reminder that the Chief Minister of Assam took an oath on the Constitution of India
If anyone were to make a film in India similar to The Central Park Five, where systemic bias and false incarcerations ruined lives; they’d be spoilt for choice. Decades of wrongful imprisonment, especially of Muslims, reveal a haunting reality begging to be told.
As the Bombay High court acquits all the accused in the train blast case, here is a 2010 investigation on the misuse of MCOCA, one of the most draconian laws often misused by the agencies
🔴#BREAKING | Air India flight veers off runway at Mumbai Airport, all passengers and crew reported safe; "Minor damage to runway," says Airport officials
I have done multiple investigations of misuse of law when congress was in power. If you care to read
Mujhko Rana ji maaf karna but in 2006, it was your Congress party that was in power.