Politician Waheed-Ur-Rehman Para poses for a photograph at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 3, 2024. Para has been jailed twice by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, first on allegations of stoking political unrest, then on charges of supporting militant groups -- charges he denies. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
FILE- Relatives and neighbors mourn after a man was killed during violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi, India, Feb. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
Lawyer Mihir Desai poses for a photograph at his office in Mumbai, India, April 3, 2024. Desai is defending a dozen political activists, journalists and lawyers jailed in 2018 on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian journalist Siddique Kappan poses for a photograph near his home in Kerala, India, April 1, 2024. He was charged in 2020 on allegations of inciting violence while trying to report on a government clampdown in the northern Uttar Pradesh state ruled by the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The time it takes to defend himself has made it difficult to work to support his family. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
FILE- A Muslim man looks from his house after a shop was demolished during a Hindu religious procession that turned violent in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. Authorities riding bulldozers razed a number of Muslim-owned shops before India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
FILE - Lawmakers from India's opposition parties protest against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the parliament in New Delhi, India, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, file)
Police detain a man protesting the arrest of a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2024. India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has brought corruption charges against many officials from opposition parties, but few convictions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Indian journalist Siddique Kappan at his home in Kerala, India, shows notes from the diary he kept in prison, April 1, 2024. He was charged in 2020 on allegations of inciting violence while trying to report on a government clampdown in the northern Uttar Pradesh state ruled by the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The time it takes to defend himself has made it difficult to work to support his family. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Shah, in New Delhi, India, April 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party protest against the arrest of their party leader in New Delhi, India, March 26, 2024. India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has brought corruption charges against many officials from opposition parties, but few convictions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Leaders from India's Trinamool Congress political party, Dola Sen, left, and April Ghosh, talk to the media after being detained while protesting outside the Election Commission's office, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 9, 2024.(AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)
FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to a crowd while campaigning in Varanasi, India, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, file)
FILE- A Muslim man stands behind an iron gate bolted shut by authorities during the demolition of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions after violence between Hindus and Muslims. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)