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Data | UAPA, PMLA, Section 153A: Rise in cases, low on convictions

In recent days, cases filed under UAPA, PMLA and Section 153A are rising, while convictions have remained poor

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Watch | Data Point: UAPA, 153A, PMLA: What do these laws have in common?

A video that takes a look at the data for convictions, chargesheets filed and the police pendency rate

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A pamphlet on protest precautions and a PFI ‘nexus’: Why UP is opposing Siddique Kappan’s bail

That Siddique Kappan was carrying a pamphlet on how to protect oneself during a protest – with tips like “wear comfortable clothes” and “drink glucose” – is proof for the Uttar Pradesh government that he was educating himself on “Rioting 101”.

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Delhi Police files FIRs under UAPA against gangsters of Delhi, Punjab including Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar

Delhi Police has filed two FIRs under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against numerous infamous gangsters of Delhi and Punjab including Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldie Brar. Read more on Dynamite News:

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India filed 76 sedition cases last year

Andhra Pradesh registered the highest – 29 of the total 76 – sedition cases filed under IPC section 124A last year, according to the latest NCRB data.

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UAPA slapped on four persons

Hassan The Shivamogga police have slapped the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 against fou

The Hindu

UAPA misused by all govts irrespective of political differences, says activist

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‘Very concerned by ongoing detention of Siddique Kappan’: UN special rapporteur

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has said she is "very concerned" by the ongoing detention of journalist Siddique Kappan.

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Just in case: On courts and the tenability of the Bhima Koregaon case

It is time the tenability of the Bhima Koregaon case was examined by courts

The Hindu

Gauhati HC denies bail to youth held for supporting Ulfa

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court recently denied bail to a 24-year-old UAPA accused, who allegedly propagated ULFA (I) ideology on Facebook.

The Times of India

Chhattisgarh tribals’ long, arduous road to freedom

An NIA court last month acquitted 121 villagers arrested under the UAPA after the killing of 25 CRPF jawans in a 2017 Maoist ambush at Burkapal. The prolonged incarceration has upended their lives and taken a toll on their dependants, who endured hardships to ensure that they walked free

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Social activists demand repeal of UAPA

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Committee stages dharna seeking rollback of UAPA

‘It is being used to muzzle the voices of activists’

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Substance of offence of sedition snuck into UAPA with more draconian consequences, say former bureaucrats

The Constitutional Conduct Group, a group of former bureaucrats, suggested that the Supreme Court should examine all existing laws and provisions that curbs "freedom of speech and expression"

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Sedition law freeze | No respite for people booked under UAPA

Freeze on sedition has not transformed into bail for Kappan and Khalid as they face case under UAPA

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‘More responsibility on civil liberties unions now’

Telangana CLC demands repealment of UAPA at 2nd State conference

The Times of India

German bakery blast case: UAPA court in Pune seeks schedule to start trial against Yasin Bhatkal

PUNE: A special UAPA court in Pune has directed the state prosecution to file affidavits of witnesses and submit a programme by May 30 to commence the trial against Yasin Bhatkal in the German bakery blast case.

The Times of India

2020 Delhi riots: In jail for two years on basis of hearsay statement of witness, says Khalid to HC

NEW DELHI: Former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020, Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that he has been in jail for the last two years based on a protected witness' hearsay statement which…

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Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik convicted by Delhi court in terror funding case

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik had told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him that included Section 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the UAPA and Sections 120-B and 124-A of the IPC.

The Times of India

Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal now opposes UAPA, but SAD-BJP govt used it

JALANDHAR: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a review of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in a post on Twitter on Thursday, but the use of the stringent anti-terror law was not uncommon when Sukhbir himself was the deputy CM of Punjab during the SAD-BJP government’s rule in…

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Delhi HC defers hearing on bail plea of Umar Khalid till May 6

NEW DELHI: In view of the upcoming hearing before the Supreme Court on the constitutional validity of the sedition law, Delhi High Court on Friday deferred hearing on Umar Khalid’s plea for bail in a UAPA case till May 6.

The Times of India

Riots 2020: Delhi Police opposes before HC bail plea by Umar Khalid in UAPA case

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case under the stringent UAPA for alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots in Delhi, saying the narratives sought to be created by him cannot be looked…

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Indian activist spends third Ramadan in jail over Delhi riots

It has been a long wait for the family of Khalid Saifi who, like several other Muslims, was charged under a terror law.

The Times of India

UP ATS gets 7-day custody remand of Gorakhnath Temple attack accused

LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Lucknow granted seven-day police custody remand of Murtaza Abbasi under the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with his alleged links with middle-East based terror outfits. Abbasi was arrested shortly after he attacked policemen at the gates Gorakshnath Temple and…

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J&K HC says no freedom of speech for stating Kashmir under military occupation: Bar and Bench report

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh last week held that statements that Kashmir is occupied by the military or that people of the region have been reduced to slaves would not be protected by the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the…

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