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Suhit K Sen
Another Curve Fails to Flatten: BJP’s Use of Sedition Law
04 Aug 2020
Hany Babu has been charged with a colonial-era law that was invoked 233 times between 2014 and 2018.
PTI/NewsClick Report
Manipur Activist Charged with Sedition Over Facebook Post on Meeting between Amit Shah and RS MP
30 Jul 2020
Leichombam shared a photo on July 24 which showed Sanajaoba, the titular king of Manipur, bowing before Shah with his hands folded, and captioned it "Minai Macha" in Meitei, that translates to “…
Manu Bajaj
Sedition Law: State of Permanent Emergency?
13 Jul 2020
In yet another case of silencing free speech through the use of sedition laws, two FIRs were filed against prominent journalist Vinod Dua for criticising the central government’s handling of Delhi…
Humra Quraishi
Covid-19: ‘All is Well’ Narrative Slips and Falls
12 May 2020
The wealthy are becoming far too thick-skinned to react to our mazdoors slow death.
Newsclick Team
Sedition: Tool to Suppress Dissent
14 Feb 2020
Since the time anti-CAA-NRC protests erupted across the country, many protesters have been slapped with sedition charges.
ICF Team
Bidar Sedition Case: Two Women Spend More Than 14 Days in Custody
13 Feb 2020
The police arrested Fareeda Begum, a teacher, and Nazbunissa, a single mother of a student of the school, on January 30.
Varda Dixit
Sedition: Criminalising Dissent
08 Feb 2020
What makes sedition a valuable tool for harassment is not necessarily the conviction of an accused. The conviction rate under the section is very low. The problem lies in the fact that it places wide…
Sumedha Pal
Mumbai Sedition Case: ‘Stop the Witch Hunt Against Gender Non-Conformists,’ Say Activists
07 Feb 2020
Over 50 unnamed people and a young trans student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai have been charged with sedition after sloganeering at the Mumbai Pride Parade on February 1.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Uttar Pradesh Police Continues with Violence against CAA-NRC Protesters
06 Feb 2020
An FIR has been registered at Bilariyaganj police station in Azamgarh against 135 people, of which 35 have been charged with offences including sedition.
Newsclick Report
Karnataka School Slapped with Sedition for Staging Anti-CAA Play
28 Jan 2020
The complainant alleged that the play showed PM Narendra Modi in “bad light”.