Firstpost / by Debobrat Ghose
Home Minister Amit Shah gave a strong message in the Lok Sabha on Thursday: Under the garb of ‘social activism’ and ‘ideological movement’, Maoism — especially ‘urban Naxalism’ and violence against common man, villagers and tribals under its pretext — won’t be tolerated at any cost.
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Live Mint / by Shaswati Das
The Bill empowers the government to designate individuals as terrorists on certain grounds
It also paves the way for the National Investigation Agency to seize property as part of investigations into terror cases
New Delhi: Just a week after the both Houses of Parliament passed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) bill, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill 2019, in a move that gives a big push to India’s internal security machinery.
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Live Law / By Live Law News Network
Lok Sabha on Wendesday passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Bill 2019, which will enable the Central Government to notify an individual as `terrorist´.
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Amnesty International India / by Amnesty International India
The Central government’s claim in the Lok Sabha that the proposed amendments to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) complies with international standards is false. The proposed amendments will allow the government to designate an individual as a terrorist. This amendment violates international human rights law and opens the floodgate to harassment of human rights defenders and activists, said Amnesty International India.
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Prominent political, social leaders and human rights defenders condemned the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 that seeks to tag individuals as ‘terrorist’. The bill was introduced amid strong protest from the opposition benches in the Lok Sabha as the Opposition MPs termed the bill as draconian as in the name of fighting terror fundamental rights of an individual cannot be ignored.
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The Hindu / by Special Correspondent
The Union government on Monday introduced the National Investigation Agency (Amendment), Bill 2019 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, in the Lok Sabha amid protests by the Opposition.
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The Times of India / by Asseem Shaikh
PUNE: The nine activists arrested in the Elgar Parishad case on Saturday filed a plea before a magisterial court seeking default bail citing that the city police had failed to submit chargesheets against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act within 180 days.
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Qrius / By Prarthana Mitra
Does criticism of the government come with a greater risk and at higher costs, than it did 5 years ago? A pre-poll primer on the status of activism and how we can save it from the peril of desensitisation.
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Live Law / By Live Law News Network
The Supreme Court today set aside the Bombay High Court judgment which had refused to grant additional time beyond 90 days under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for filing the charge sheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling and four other activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon case.
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We stand together to strongly condemn the baseless allegations and defamatory and concocted charges pressed against Prof. Anand Teltumbde by the Pune police, under the Unfair Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA), to wrongly frame him in the Bhima Koregaon case and to accuse him for plotting the assassination of the Prime Minister.
The police forces of the State of Maharashtra led a witch hunt of human rights activists, poets, teachers, lawyers and trade union leaders on 28 August 2018 across several locations in the country. It has viciously attacked those who fight for the rights of the working class, Dalits and the poor and marginalised and raise their voice against state repression.
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