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Arrests under sedition charges rise but conviction falls to 3%Between 2016 and 2019, the number of cases filed under Section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) increased by 160% while the ...
Netaji has been neglected for long, attempts being made to change history: Mamata"These days, priority is being given to people who at that time protested the fight for independence. It is being done to make people forge...
Section 124A: From Mahatma Gandhi to Arundhati Roy, sedition charges often invoked but rarely stickThe Section 124A pertaining to sedition was invoked against Arundhati Roy and Dr Binayak Sen, but in both cases the charges failed to stand...
Art of living 'desi cowboy' style: Group of activists in India talk of going back to the rootsA group of activists wants to set up an umbrella organisation for those concerned with economic equity and ecological sanity to share ideas...
Law companies now joining in pro-bono activities, legal eagles offering free services to needyIn popular perception, someone who gives you confusing advice and then overcharges for it.But that image needs to change.
Sushma Swaraj slams PM Manmohan Singh's statement, praises NDA's performanceReferring to the LPG crisis, she reminded people how LPG cylinders were easily available to people during NDA rule without waiting.
Sedition not based on valid legal principles: Binayak SenChhattisgarh chief minster Raman Singh on Monday boycotted a five-states meeting to discuss the 12th Plan, as a protest against human right...
- Binayak Sen walks out of Raipur jail
Judge B P Varma said Binayak Sen should appear in the court whenever asked and he should not leave the country.
- Binayak Sen: Man charged for aiding Maoists
A close look at the man charged at home for aiding Maoists and hailed abroad as a human-rights activist.
- SC notice to Chhattisgarh govt in Binayak Sen case
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Chhattisgarh government on a bail plea of civil rights activist Binayak Sen.
- Binayak Sen's bail plea rejected by Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen, which the state government ...
- Protest in UK against Binayak Sen's life sentence
A demonstration was held today outside the Indian High Commission here to protest against the life sentence awarded to human rights campaig...
- Nine Maoists killed in encounter in Orissa
At least nine Maoists, including four women cadres, were on Sunday gunned down in an encounter with the Orissa police in a densely forested...
- Centre should make efforts for Binayak Sen's release: Vaiko
MDMK founder Vaiko on Thursday demanded that the Centre should make efforts for the release of human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen.
- Colonial no more; dissent isn't sedition, that's the law
Binayak Sen's judgement isn't just shocking due to the concerned judge's apparent waiver of the gaps in the prosecution's case.
- Binayak Sen gets life term for trying to help Naxals
A court in Raipur held Dr Binayak Sen and two others guilty of treason, and sentenced them to life imprisonment for trying to help Naxals e...
- Binayak, 2 others found guilty of sedition
Binayak, a PUCL activist, was arrested on May 14, 2007 from Bilaspur. He was present in the court along with Sanyal and Guha.
- Delhi institute mistaken for Pak intel agency
Chhattisgarh special prosecutor TC Pandya on Friday claimed that civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen's wife Ilina was in correspondence wi...
- Sen sees light after two yrs
Supreme Court granted bail to human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen who was lodged in Raipur central Jail for more than two years for his al...
- Media must not ignore Chhattisgarh or else...
In April 2006, the Delhi-based People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) released a report critiquing the Chhattisgarh Special Public Sec...