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The Press Club of India (PCI) connected Friday (May 15, 2026) condemned the determination of the Uttar Pradesh constabulary to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against Satyam Verma, exertion of Mazdoor Bigul Dasta magazine, connected the complaint of provoking the caller workers’ protests successful Noida.
The PCI urged the UP authorities to retreat the determination against Mr. Verma and escaped the elder writer from detention, stating that the UP constabulary invoked the NSA aft astir a period of his arrest.
“The proviso of the draconian Act has besides been invoked against an activist, Akriti Chauhan. Mr. Verma, erstwhile main of the Lucknow quality bureau of the United News of India (UNI), and his magazine, person been consistently penning astir issues faced by labours successful the country, including those faced by the protesting workers successful Noida,” it said.
“Writing astir workers’ rights and reporting connected labour issues is portion of journalism, not a transgression successful a democracy. We outrightly condemn the misuse of NSA against the elder journalist. Mr. Verma was picked up connected April 19 connected the complaint of provoking the workers successful Noida to clasp a protestation to request wage hike and amended moving conditions,” said the PCI.
It noted that Verma’s colleagues person alleged that a ample contingent of UP Police had besides arrived astatine the Delhi bureau of the mag to intimidate them.
“In 2021, an Indian Express study had held up that the Allahabad High Court had red-flagged 94 retired of 120 habeas corpus petitions successful which the NSA was invoked, suggesting that the instrumentality was misused by investigating agencies,” it added.
