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PL SIGN AND SHARE , IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST PIYUSH SETHIA NOW https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Tamil_Nadu_Chief_Minister_Immediate_release_of_Environmental_activist_Piyush_Sethia/ Activist Piyush Manush, part of the Salem Citizen’s Forum, was arrested under charges of criminal intimidation when he chained himself to a road-roller on Friday to protest… Continue Reading →
By Puneet Bedi, “Kahaan jaa rahe ho Sardarji,?” shouted a young man from the side of the road. I was born in the capital of a ‘Sovereign, Socialistic, Secular, Democratic, Republic’, to a mother born in a Hindu and father a Sikh… Continue Reading →
The Indian Express Earlier this year, Prafulla Jha became the first journalist convicted of sedition in the state. (IE Photo: Ashutosh Bhardwaj) Chhattisgarh called the arrest of Prafulla Jha and seven others its ‘biggest success in cracking the urban Maoist network’. Earlier… Continue Reading →
by Shazia Nigar ( [email protected]) at gulail.com Anyone who dares to dissent against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha faces the risk of being branded a naxal or seditionist. The list of those jailed on trumped charges includes legions of protesting tribals,… Continue Reading →
Zee News Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 17:53 Ahmedabad: Activist Binayak Sen, who is out on bail in a sedition case, on Friday indicated that the draconian law is being misused and thousands of people have already become victims… Continue Reading →
By Tushar Gandhi “Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen; they dare not give it up without ceasing to exist” — MK Gandhi, Young India: January 5, 1922 In a couple of days, we will celebrate the 144th birth… Continue Reading →
Published: Friday, Oct 19, 2012, 19:33 IST Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI Having burnt its fingers over the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, the Maharashtra government today submitted a draft circular to the Bombay High Court, which says that a… Continue Reading →
4 children arrested near Idinthakarai face sedition charges SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu A Coast Guard aircraft flies over anti-nuclear protestors, who began a jal satyagraha against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) by standing the whole day in the… Continue Reading →
Binayak Sen I was convicted of sedition (section 124 of the IPC) on December 24 (Christmas eve), 2009, and awarded life imprisonment by the additional sessions judge, Raipur. I had already spent two years in jail as an undertrial before… Continue Reading →
Binayak Sen I was convicted of sedition (section 124 of the IPC) on December 24 (Christmas eve), 2009, and awarded life imprisonment by the additional sessions judge, Raipur. I had already spent two years in jail as an undertrial before… Continue Reading →