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Digital Media Organisations Condemn Manipur Journalists Being Detained, Slapped with UAPA
19 Jan 2021
Two editors and a writer were booked for sedition and also under the anti-terror law UAPA for publication of an article.
PTI
Delhi Violence: Not Given Access to Charge Sheet in Jail Despite Orders, Accused Tell Court
19 Jan 2021
Khalid Saifi, Shifa Ur-Rehman, and Shadab Ahmed said the 18,000-page charge sheet had reportedly been uploaded in the jail computer but they had not been given access to it.
Pragya Singh
Delhi Police in Court: Hum Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge
05 Jan 2021
The encyclopaedic chargesheet filed by the police on a “conspiracy” to stoke violence during Trump’s visit has delayed justice twice.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists
02 Dec 2020
In November, 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists were booked by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana police under UAPA and charged with sedition for alleged “maoist links”.
Sumedha Pal
With Low Conviction under UAPA, Punjab Youths Languish in Jail without Legal Recourse
23 Nov 2020
The stringent anti-terror act has become a political tool in the state, with only one conviction in 11 years, while families are left pleading for justice.
Revati Siva Kumar
A Tale of Two Arrests: Anchor Arnab Goswami & Activist Stan Swamy
12 Nov 2020
The arrest of Arnab Goswami evoked howls of protests from the centre, politicians and ordinary people, while that of octogenarian activist Stan Swamy under the dreaded UAPA barely registered.
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Delhi Riots ‘Conspiracy’: In Tandem with MHA, Kejriwal Govt Clears Trial of Umar Khalid Under UAPA
06 Nov 2020
A Delhi Police officer told PTI that prosecution sanctions against Khalid were received a fortnight ago and added that it could now name the former JNU leader in their supplementary chargesheet.
PTI/NewsClick Report
Bhima Koregaon: NIA Files Charge-Sheet Against Eight Including Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha
09 Oct 2020
Swamy, who said he has never been to Bhima Koregaon, was arrested from his home in Ranchi on Thursday evening. He was brought to Mumbai, where he was produced before a court on Friday and remanded to…
PTI
Bhima Koregaon: NIA Arrests 83-Year-Old Tribal Rights Activist Father Stan Swamy
09 Oct 2020
The cleric is the sixteenth person to be arrested in the case. The accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the anti-terror law UAPA.
ICF Team
Freedom of Speech, Dissent and Sedition
08 Oct 2020
The right to dissent, the right to protest against the government’s actions, to express one’s opinion and criticism is an important part of our constitutional framework.