‘UAPA used to crush dissent’: Former civil servants challenge provisions of law in Supreme Court

The petitioners submitted that the rate of prosecution in UAPA cases was extremely low.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 18, 2021 · 08:34 am

In seven years, 10,552 Indians have been arrested under UAPA – but only 253 convicted

The number of pending cases under the counter-terror law have been rising in the last seven years.

Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in

· Nov 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

From colonial era to today’s India, a visual history of national security laws used to crush dissent

The unchecked power given to security forces has its roots in regulations introduced by the British colonial regime.

Bhamati Sivapalan

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Vidyun Sabhaney

· Aug 24, 2019 · 10:30 am

Assam government makes it clear the Armed Forces Act won’t be lifted from the state

Recent reports suggested that the Centre would not extend the controversial law in Assam beyond August 31, barring a few troubled pockets.

Arunabh Saikia

· Aug 14, 2017 · 06:00 pm

Watch: A chilling view of all that has happened under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Most of the people arrested under the law have been acquitted.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 11, 2017 · 01:00 pm

'They did not follow any legal procedures': Watch GN Saibaba recount chilling details of his arrest

"Everybody knows, including the police, that these charges don’t exist." Saibaba was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 09, 2017 · 10:00 am

Saibaba conviction: How a draconian law has turned mere thought into crime

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act removes the distinction between belief and action, criminalising speech and thought as "terror".

Shoaib Daniyal

· Mar 09, 2017 · 07:00 am

Why extortion in the name of cow protection goes unreported in Madhya Pradesh

It has become routine because the 2011 law against cow-slaughter holds the accused guilty unless proven innocent.

Rakesh Dixit

· Sep 07, 2015 · 05:30 pm

The Emergency that continues: 25 years of AFSPA in Jammu & Kashmir

In September 1990, Parliament passed the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, which was 'deemed to have come into force' retrospectively from July 5, 1990.

Kishalay Bhattacharjee

· Jul 05, 2015 · 09:15 am

Nine reasons why the President should refuse to pass the new Gujarat anti-terror bill

What Gujarat needs is serious police and executive reform, and not another draconian law.

Sharib Ali

· Apr 21, 2015 · 08:45 am