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Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign (www.theguardian.com)

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Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges

Archived version: https://archive.ph/ZDyZk

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

This bail is especially remarkable, because Kejriwal was arrested under the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act). Now, the BJP government has made this law such that if you are accused of money laundering, then YOU are the one who has to prove your innocence. Not the other way round. Which means that you are guilty until proven innocent.

Now, the anti-corruption agencies in India are of course under the thumb of the ruling government. This means that the BJP can point at anyone, accuse them of money laundering and get them arrested for good, where the only way to get bail is to prove innocence.

Now Kejriwal got out on bail FROM THIS, which is quite remarkable, and further emphasizes how his arrest was purely political in nature.