Sedition | Free Press Kashmir

Delhi HC grants bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition and UAPA case; to remain in jail in another case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court granted statutory bail to activist Sharjeel Imam on Monday in a sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention...

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Conflict

25 cases registered under sedition law in JK in 5 years

Srinagar: At a time when the Supreme Court of India has put a freeze on British-era sedition law, official data reveals that...

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India

Respect Supreme Court but ‘Lakshman Rekha’ cannot be crossed, says BJP minister on sedition order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India orders the suspension of the controversial sedition law, enabling those in jail to approach courts...

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India

SC orders suspension of controversial sedition law

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered the temporary suspension of the controversial sedition law, putting pressure on the...

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Cricket

Solidarity, symbolism and sedition: Case-study of three captive Kashmiris

Beyond played-up patriotism, and Indian cricket team’s symbolic support to the persecuted, pathos of three Kashmiri families are pointers of the barefaced...

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Extremism

Lawyers’ Associations threaten ‘anyone providing legal assistance’ to Kashmiri students booked for sedition

Several Agra lawyer’s associations have decided to withhold legal assistance to three Kashmiri students charged with sedition at an engineering college, reported...

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India

Journalists Anuradha Bhasin, Patricia Mukhim move SC against sedition law

New Delhi: Journalists Anuradha Bhasin and Patricia Mukhim moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutional validity of the sedition law,...

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India

Expressing views different from Govt ‘not sedition’, says SC, fines petitioners

New Delhi: Expression of views that are different from government opinion cannot be termed “sedition”, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a petition...

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Jammu & Kashmir

Business leader booked for Facebook post calling for social boycott of those issuing domicile certificates

He asked people of Kashmir to put a collective fight against ‘settler-colonialism’ of India Srinagar: Prominent Kashmiri businessman Mubeen Shah has reportedly...