After nearly nine years held without conviction in an Indian prison, British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court — a moment that arrives not as vindication, but as a pause in a legal ordeal the United Nations had already named arbitrary and psychologically torturous. His release reflects a quiet reckoning with time itself: when a system moves slowly enough, the waiting becomes its own verdict. The case remains unresolved, the charges unproven, and the conditions of his freedom a reminder that walking out of prison and being free are not always the sam
Sikh activist Johal freed on bail after 9 years without conviction
Jagtar Singh Johal detained for nearly nine years without conviction; UN ruled detention arbitrary and described prolonged incarceration as psychological torture.