Topic: draconian laws
UK’s Nationality and Borders Bill; Biggest attack on refugees, migrants in recent memory
The Bill represents one of the biggest attacks on the rights of refugees, migrants, Muslims, people of color, and LGBT+ people seeking sanctuary in Britain.
Notice to Union govt after former civil servants challenge UAPA in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a writ petition filed by former civil servants challenging the vires and validity of the various provisions of the draconian UAPA.
UP: Kashmiri students arrested after India’s cricket loss, charged under sedition now
Three Kashmiri students of Agra engineering college who were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s win over India at a T20 World Cup match on Sunday, have been charged with draconian sedition now.
79 cases under UP’s anti-conversion law so far; Muslim men including scholars still behind bars
79 cases registered against unlawful conversion under the 2020 stringent law in Uttar Pradesh till July this year and charge sheets have been filed in 50 cases, according to a document submitted by the State government in the Allahabad High Court.
Video | Human rights defender Sharib Ali on Muslim persecution in India
Human rights defender, Sharib A Ali, speaks on the deteriorating human rights situation in India, under Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist regime.
Two draconian laws UAPA, sedition harmful for democracy: Former judge RF Nariman
Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman on Sunday said that the Supreme Court should strike down the sedition law and “offensive portions” of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
