India’s Anti-Colonial Leaders Once Walked the Cambridge Halls. Today, I Face Death Threats For My Work

Across South Asian communities, Cambridge University in the United Kingdom has long been a mark of social prestige.

I recognised that pattern because, in another form, it had already followed me to the UK, at Cambridge University.

When surveillance crosses borders I am an exiled documentary filmmaker, human rights activist and researcher, currently living in the UK.

I arrived at Cambridge University in September 2024 having disclosed the sensitivity of my research and the possible dangers surrounding it.

When Arday reported physical threats, Cambridge said it urgently installed panic alarms, upgraded CCTV, screened his emails and post and revised security protocols.