The Supreme Court in November 2021 had granted protection from arrest to two advocates and one journalist booked under the UAPA in connection with their social media posts and work related to the communal violence in Tripura.
In December that year, it had stayed all criminal proceedings against the HW News Network and its journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarnja Jha, who were booked by the Tripura Police for their reports on the violence.
Earlier this year, the top court had restrained the Tripura Police from taking any further action against activist-journalist Samiullah Shabbir Khan for his tweets on the violence.
Source: Barandbench
