Tag: sedition
Kerala CM writes to Yogi Adityanath: Journalist Siddique Kappan “Chained to...
Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who is accused of offenses under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and sedition is presently "chained like an animal"...
“Not seditious to disagree with Govt:” Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that expression of views different from the opinion of the government cannot be termed seditious while dismissing a...
Law of Sedition is Being Misused: Delhi Court
A Delhi Court has said that the Law of sedition is a powerful tool which cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the...
The Caravan Magazine Wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience...
On Tuesday, for its "unique and uncompromising coverage of the erosion of human rights, social justice, and democracy in India," Caravan magazine received the...
293 Cases of Sedition Against People Who Have Commented on Modi-Yogi...
Out of the total sedition cases registered in last ten years, 405 Indians have had cases of Sedition slapped against them for just speaking...
PIL to revoke Kanhaiya Kumar citizenship Dismissed, Petitioner fined Rs. 25,000
The Allahabad High Court on September 6, dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to revoke citizenship from Kanhaiya Kumar, The HindustanTimes reported.
The PIL was...
Sharjeel Imam Arrested by Delhi Police In Connection With Delhi Riots
On August 25, the Delhi police arrested JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam in connection with the Delhi ‘riots’ under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
A...
When the moon slips into Darkness: K Satyanrayana on Varavara Rao
Varavara Rao, 80-year old Telugu revolutionary poet, now incarcerated in Bhima Koregaon case and ailing in Nanavati Hospital, should not be left to die,...
The Undeclared Emergency: Draconian laws and Political Prisoners
One of the prominent features of authoritarian regimes is the high number of political prisoners. Those who are imprisoned because they have opposed or...
NIA Interrogates Father Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon Case
On 6th August 2020, the NIA interrogated Father Stan Swamy, a prominent human rights activist from Jharkhand, for nearly two and a half hours...
