A Delhi court Tuesday took cognisance of the offence of sedition against 18 persons, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a north east Delhi riots case, after the requisite sanctions were filed by the concerned authorities. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat took cognisance of the offences under sections 124 A (sedition), 153-A (promoting enmity on the grounds of religion, language, caste etc), 109 (abetment) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC after the requisite sanction was filed in a second supplementary charge sheet against all the accused. The court had earlier deferred the issue of taking cognisance for the offences against Pinjra Tod members and JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, Jamia Millia Islamia students Asif Iqbal Tanha, Gulfisha Khatoon, former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar and Meeran Haider.
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Kapatid, a support group for families and friends of political prisoners, said 41-year-old Elizabeth Estilon was arrested on “trumped-up cases” of violation of the Anti-Terror Law, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
“Elizabeth Estilon is about to give birth at the end of the month or the first week of March. We ask the government to give her immediate medical attention and free her from prison now,” said Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim in a statement.
“Seriously heed our call to avoid the incidents involving the deaths of the infants of political prisoners Reina Mae Nasino, Nona Espinosa and Andrea Rosal,” she added.
Press Release
Usapang KP (Kalayaan sa Pamantasan) Forum
Mga Abugado at Serbisyo Publiko: Wagas!
25 February 2021
Magandang hapon sa aking co-panelists, Justice Antonio Carpio at Commissioner Grace Pulido-Tan.
Sa mga reactors IBP President and Chairman Domingo Egon Cayosa, Commissioner Luie Guia, and Atty. Michael Tiu.
Sa mga moderators Ms. Malou Mangahas at Atty. Raffy Aquino.
Sa mga kapwa abogado at serbisyo publiko. Sa mga kapwa Isko at Iska. Sa lahat ng nanonood sa Usapang KP, magandang hapon, at happy 35th People Power anniversary to all!
February 25 falling on a Thursday is providential because it suits our Throwback Thursday discussions, or TBT as Frankie and Miel, my teenage daughters, call it.