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FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military about illegal ordersThe FBI is seeking interviews with six Democratic members of the US Congress. These lawmakers had advised military personnel on legally ref...- Manipur Violence: State govt to take action against those peddling fake newsThe Manipur government has warned that people generating or sharing fake news, rumours, lies or misinformation would not be immune to prose...
- Law Commission bats for sedition law, says don't repeal, just put in place some safeguardsAmid continuous allegations of rampant misuse, there have been demands from various quarters in India that the provision be repealed like c...
- Myanmar releases foreigners including Australian economist Sean Turnell from prisonMyanmar Now, an independent news outlet, cited the military council as saying the pardons were granted because it was Myanmar National Day....
- Kerala HC stays proceedings against Lakshadweep-based film-maker Ayesha Sulthana in sedition caseThe SC has stayed all such cases until the Centre re-examines Section 124A of the IPC.
- Centre agrees to reconsider sedition law, here's all that you need to knowThe apex court has been hearing a bunch of petitions against sedition law which has attracted a lot of attention over its alleged misuse by...
- Former UP Governor Aziz Qureshi booked for sedition over remark on Yogi Adityanath govtIn the FIR, police said the BJP worker, in his complaint said that Qureshi had gone to Azam Khan's house to meet Rampur MLA and Khan's wife...
- Mathura court rejects bail plea of Kerala-based journalist Siddique KappanFor rejecting bail for the UAPA and sedition charges, the court banked on the investigation done by the UP police which had concluded that ...
- BJP slams Kerala Minister for supporting Ayesha Sulthana in fighting sedition caseThe BJP in Kerala bashed the state Education Minister V Sivankutty for extending support to filmmaker Ayesha Sulthana, who was recently cha...
- Criticism of people in positions of authority right of every citizen: Omar AbdullahNational Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said the criticism of people in positions of authority is the right of every cit...
- Sedition law: Is your disaffection just healthy disapprobation, or something more sinister?So, what does disaffection mean? Is it, as the dictionary has it, the loss or absence of affection for something or someone? Or is it somet...
- SC to examine interpretation of sedition law over right of press, free speechA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, L N Rao and S Ravindra Bhat said, “We are of the view that provisions of 124A (sedition) and 153 (promo...
- Editor's Guild, IWPC slam FIRs against journalists over R-Day violenceIn a statement, the Guild demanded that such FIRs be withdrawn immediately and the media be allowed to report without fear and with freedom.
- Two journalists in Manipur booked under UAPA have written to state police article published in a local news portal ‘unverified’“I regret that the government finds the article questionable and I submit that it was an oversight from our part. There will be no such mis...
- View: Why India needs to scrap its sedition lawSedition law was enacted by the British to suppress any Indian dissent. This colonial relic cries out for abolition.
- Over 45% rise in sedition cases in 2017: NCRB DataThe total number of sedition cases increased from 35 in 2016 to 51 in 2017, where 228 persons were arrested by the police, compared to 48 i...
- SC dismisses plea seeking framing of laws against fake newsThe plea said there should be accountability, liability and responsibility of the authorities and departments concerned to prevent spread o...
- JNU sedition case: Chidambaram dubs police charges as 'absurd'Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police filed its charge sheet against Kumar and nine others in the case before Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit ...
- Doing away with legal provision of sedition will be unjust: BS BassiUnder attack for arresting JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today defended the action...
- Notices to TV channels attempt to 'intimidate' media: Prashant BhushanBhushan used the platform of a discussion on 'Media Freedom' at the Press Club of India in attacking the BJP-led Union government.
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