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- Umar Khalid won the 2026 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders.
- He has been jailed since his September 13 2020 arrest over the Delhi riots case.
- Khalid faces Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), sedition and eighteen other Indian Penal Code charges.
- The Delhi High Court denied bail on September 20 2026 and again on September 30 2026.
- A three-day interim bail was granted on May 22 2026 so he could visit his mother after surgery.
