No proof yetTrick: Name-calling

The Supreme Court's judgment did state that there was no direct evidence of conspiracy, but that the collective conscience of society would only be satisfied by capital punishment. The poster details are also accurate.

Nobody reliable has confirmed this. Reel by @suyashshabd · checked 10 Oct 2026 · Politics

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The trick: Name-calling

It uses a label to make you reject someone without reasons.

"Terr*rist Umar Khalid"

Attaching criminal labels to an individual does not invalidate or refute the specific legal arguments they raise regarding court judgments.

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Student organizers at JNU distributed a poster describing the execution of Afzal Guru as a judicial killing.India Today

Umar Khalid said the Supreme Court stated in its judgment that there was no direct evidence to prove Afzal Guru's involvement in a conspiracy, but he was hanged to satisfy the collective conscience of society.No reliable source found for this yet.

What each side says

Umar Khalid and student organizersArgued that discussing court judgments, questioning capital punishment, and protesting executions is a protected exercise of free speech. The Wire

Critics and news anchorsMaintain that questioning judicial verdicts or hosting events discussing convicted terrorists within universities undermines national integrity and glorifies terrorism. The Wire

How it tries to persuade you

It wants you to think: "Student activists who question judicial outcomes are terrorist sympathizers working against national security."

Attaching criminal labels to an individual does not invalidate or refute the specific legal arguments they raise regarding court judgments. Equating all questioning of capital punishment with glorifying terrorism overlooks established democratic and legal advocacy against the death penalty.

Loaded language: "पढ़ाई या देशद्रोह की Ph.D ?". It frames academic discussion and student activism at a university as treason, using dramatic phrasing to provoke anger.
Insinuation by question: "फांसी पर चर्चा के बहाने आतंकी का महिमामंडन क्यों ?". It uses a leading question to plant the assumption that any public discussion or critique of a judicial verdict is secretly an attempt to glorify a terrorist.

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