Umar Khalid is an Indian activist, former research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and political prisoner who has been detained since 13 September 2020 under India’s stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He is accused of being a “key conspirator” behind the February 2020 Delhi riots. As of September 2026, he has spent nearly six years in pre-trial detention at Delhi’s Tihar Jail, and his trial has yet to substantively begin