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Urges world to hold Modi government accountable for human rights violations...

Says that since war on terror start, hundreds of Pakistani rights defenders, activists, students, journalists have gone missing.

Sedition in India: Colonial Legacy, Misuse and Effect on Free Speech Since its inception, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which punishes sedition, has been a tool in the hands of the state to curb criticism and dissent. It has been used by the colonial British government as well as by successive governments of independent India against political dissidents. Six senior journalists—Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Anant Nath, Paresh Nath, Zafar Agha, and Vinod Jose—and Shashi Tharoor, ...