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Pakistan authorities using anti-terror laws to curb dissent voices
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): Pakistan authorities in the country are using regressive anti-terrorism, cybercrime, and sedition laws to curb voices of dissent instead of taking actions to end terrorism in the country, said human rights activist Gulalai Ismail.
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Pak govt invokes sedition law against opposition leaders amid call
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): As opposition parties in Pakistan form a united front for a "political revolution" to "bring law and order" in the country, the Imran Khan-led government has launched multiple crackdowns against opposition leaders using sedition law.
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Kapil Sibal chides PM Modi over his 'critics don't want to change
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'critics do not want to change status quo' remark, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday asked the Prime Minister if "banning TV channels critical to RSS, detaining citizens critical of the governm
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Sedition law being misused, want speedy trial: Kanhaiya Kumar on p
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ranchi (Bihar) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government gave its nod to prosecute him in connection with a four-year-old sedition case, former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday said he wants a speedy trial in a fast-track court so that the entire cou
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Misuse of sedition laws dangerous for country's unity: Kanhaiya on
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): CPI leader and former JNU Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday said that "misuse" of sedition laws is dangerous for the country's unity. His comments came in response to a media query about Sharjeel Imam's arrest who has been charg
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Sedition law needed to combat anti-national elements, no proposal
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday said there is no proposal to scrap the sedition law and asserted that it is needed "to effectively combat anti-national, secessionist and terrorist elements".
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Owaisi asks Rajnath to book Sadhvi Pragya for sedition for "glorif
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): AIMIM chief Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to book BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur under the sedition law and the National Security Act for terming Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a "
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Congress wants to give full freedom to stone pelters, those who su
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Accusing Congress of backing the 'tukde, tukde gang', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said by promising to revoke sedition law and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Congress party wants to give full freedom to stone pelters an
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Anyone talking about dividing India will be put behind bars: Amit
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Bettiah (Bihar) [India], May 6 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Monday cornered Congress for promising removal of sedition law and said that irrespective of what the opposition says, anyone talking about dividing India would be put behind bars by the Narendra Modi government.
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Rahul, Kejriwal want to scrap sedition law in India: Amit Shah
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for wishing to scrap the sedition law if they come to power after the Lok Sabha polls.
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Cong favours scrapping sedition law to 'strengthen' stone pelting
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Anand (Gujarat) [India], April 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched an attack on the Congress saying that the party wants to remove the sedition law to ensure "strengthening" of stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxalism in rest of the places in the country. Read More
Cong siding with 'tukde tukde' gang: BJP
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 13 (ANI): The BJP on Saturday fired a fresh salvo at the Congress over its promise of removing the sedition law mentioned in its manifesto, accusing the grand old party of siding with the "tukde tukde gang" referring to the Opposition's unity which is seeking to dethro
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