Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s Arrest
May-June 2025 | Multiple Outlets
10 June 2025
Yogendra Yadav, “Ashoka University and Illiberal Liberal Arts”, The Indian Express, 10 June 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
07 June 2025
Editorial Board, “Active Separation: Editorial on Ashoka University’s Lack of Support for Professor Mahmudabad”, The Telegraph, 07 June 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
06 June 2025
Apoorvanand, “Ashoka University Can't Call Its Refusal to Stand Up to BJP's Bullying 'Institutional Neutrality'”, The Wire, 06 June 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
04 June 2025
Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui, “The Idea of a University: A Response to Sanjeev Bikhchandani”, The Leaflet, 04 June 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Prabhat Patnaik, “Age of Unreason”, The Telegraph, 04 June, 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
29 May 2025
Apoorvanand, “Is Ashoka University the Next Target After Professor Ali Khan?”, The Wire, 29 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
25 May 2025
Rajshree Chandra, “Free Speech on Eggshells: What the Ali Khan Mahmudabad Case Signals for All of Us”, The Wire, 25 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
23 May 2025
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, “SC Order in Mahmudabad Case Casts a Shadow on Our Rights”, The Indian Express, 23 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
“In Mahmudabad Case, SC Order Is, with Due Respect, an Injustice to Its Own Tradition on Free Speech”, The Indian Express, 23 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
22 May 2025
Hasnain Naqvi, “The 'Statement of Objection' by Academics Against Mahmudabad Erodes India's Democratic Fabric”, The Wire, 22 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Kalpana Kannabiran, “Absurd Case Against Ali Khan Mahmudabad & Perils of Chilling Effect”, Live Law, 22 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article.
Saurav Das, “In Mahmudabad’s Case, We See Judicial Choking of Free Thought”, Frontline, 22 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article.
21 May 2025
Abdul Bari Masoud, “Prof Mahmudabad’s Arrest an Assault on Academic Freedom, Assert Teachers”, Clarion India, 21 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Report on 20 May Press Conference; see Events page.)
Basant Kumar Mohanty, “Academics Urge SC to Act Against Those Who ‘Framed’ Ashoka University Professor”, The Telegraph, 21 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Report on 20 May Press Conference; see Events page.)
Gautam Bhatia, “How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case”, Constitutional Law and Philosophy, 21 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Pulapre Balakrishnan, “Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad Has Moral Ambition and Courage. Ashoka University Does Not”, The Indian Express, 21 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
20 May 2025
Apoorvanand, “The Sole Reason Behind Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s Arrest Is That He Is a Muslim”, The Wire, 20 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Editorial Board, “Two Faces: Editorial on the Arrest of Professor M. A. A. Khan over Remarks on Operation Sindoor”, The Telegraph, 20 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
19 May 2025
Asad Rehman, Sukhbir Siwach,“Ashoka University Prof Held for Operation Sindoor Remarks; Deplorable, Says Opposition”, The Indian Express, 19 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article.
Mekhala Saran, “Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s Arrest Raises Critical Questions on Free Speech, Liberty and the Law”, The Wire, 19 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Rituparna Patgiri, “Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s Arrest: At Private Universities, the Promise of Academic Freedom Belied”, The Indian Express, 19 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article. (Opinion)
Vineet Bhalla, “Why Ashoka University Professor’s Arrest Has No Legal Basis”, Scroll.in, 19 May 2025. Click here to read the complete article.
Earlier Posts (Prior to Arrest)
