3 Student-Activists Released From Tihar After Bail From Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear tomorrow a Delhi Police plea against the Delhi High Court decision to grant bail to the three student-activists

Student-activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha walked out of Delhi's Tihar jail today, hours after a court ordered their immediate release. They were arrested for alleged conspiracy in the north-east Delhi riots case. "It shows the desperation of the government... We are women who are not scared of them," Ms Kalita told reporters after coming out of the jail gates. "We survived because we received tremendous support from friends, from well-wishers. I thank them all," she said. Ms Narwal said she doesn't want to comment on the case as it's still in court. "However, we would like to thank the Delhi High Court for upholding what we believe in. Any such protest that we have done is not terrorism. It was a democratic protest, led by women," Ms Narwal said. "They can only threaten us. They can threaten to incarcerate us, but that only strengthens our resolve to carry on our fight," Ms Narwal said.