Human rights activist called on Indian government to release Teesta Setalvad, R.B. Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt as well as fact-checking journalist Mohammed Zubair with immediate effect. 

In a statement, as many as 260 human rights activists, intellectuals, journalists, artists and community leaders from various parts of the world have strongly condemned the arrest of Them in India.

In a statement, they slammed the Indian government over a crackdown on free speech.