Legal experts call for a repeal of UAPA over misuse and rights violations

Legal experts call for a repeal of UAPA over misuse and rights violations

Frontline / by Frontline Web Desk

Senior advocates and rights activists raise concerns over the draconian application of UAPA, arbitrary arrests, and denial of constitutional rights.
If the present government comes back to power, “we will see the use of terrorism legislation in a manner that we’ve never seen before” said senior advocate of the Supreme Court, Colin Gonsalves, the founder of the Human Rights Law Network. “We’re at a very tenuous period of our history, a very dangerous period,” he added.
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