EXCLUSIVE: No one can be booked for speaking against government, says Amit Shah
Home minister says 'desh droh’ has been clearly defined under the new laws
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'G Mohan Gopal: 'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'
'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and prolonged incarceration as undertrials.'
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Sedition in India: Colonial Legacy, Misuse and Effect on Free Speech
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, member of Parliament from the Congress, had been booked for “posting tweets and deliberately circu...
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