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Gauhati HC denies bail to youth held for supporting Ulfa

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court recently denied bail to a 24-year-old UAPA accused, who allegedly propagated ULFA (I) ideology on Facebook.

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Chhattisgarh tribals’ long, arduous road to freedom

An NIA court last month acquitted 121 villagers arrested under the UAPA after the killing of 25 CRPF jawans in a 2017 Maoist ambush at Burkapal. The prolonged incarceration has upended their lives and taken a toll on their dependants, who endured hardships to ensure that they walked free

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Social activists demand repeal of UAPA

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Committee stages dharna seeking rollback of UAPA

‘It is being used to muzzle the voices of activists’

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Substance of offence of sedition snuck into UAPA with more draconian consequences, say former bureaucrats

The Constitutional Conduct Group, a group of former bureaucrats, suggested that the Supreme Court should examine all existing laws and provisions that curbs "freedom of speech and expression"

The Hindu

Sedition law freeze | No respite for people booked under UAPA

Freeze on sedition has not transformed into bail for Kappan and Khalid as they face case under UAPA

The Hindu

‘More responsibility on civil liberties unions now’

Telangana CLC demands repealment of UAPA at 2nd State conference

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German bakery blast case: UAPA court in Pune seeks schedule to start trial against Yasin Bhatkal

PUNE: A special UAPA court in Pune has directed the state prosecution to file affidavits of witnesses and submit a programme by May 30 to commence the trial against Yasin Bhatkal in the German bakery blast case.

The Times of India

2020 Delhi riots: In jail for two years on basis of hearsay statement of witness, says Khalid to HC

NEW DELHI: Former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020, Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that he has been in jail for the last two years based on a protected witness' hearsay statement which…

The Times of India

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik convicted by Delhi court in terror funding case

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik had told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him that included Section 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the UAPA and Sections 120-B and 124-A of the IPC.

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Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal now opposes UAPA, but SAD-BJP govt used it

JALANDHAR: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a review of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in a post on Twitter on Thursday, but the use of the stringent anti-terror law was not uncommon when Sukhbir himself was the deputy CM of Punjab during the SAD-BJP government’s rule in…

The Times of India

Delhi HC defers hearing on bail plea of Umar Khalid till May 6

NEW DELHI: In view of the upcoming hearing before the Supreme Court on the constitutional validity of the sedition law, Delhi High Court on Friday deferred hearing on Umar Khalid’s plea for bail in a UAPA case till May 6.

The Times of India

Riots 2020: Delhi Police opposes before HC bail plea by Umar Khalid in UAPA case

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case under the stringent UAPA for alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots in Delhi, saying the narratives sought to be created by him cannot be looked…

The Times of India

Indian activist spends third Ramadan in jail over Delhi riots

It has been a long wait for the family of Khalid Saifi who, like several other Muslims, was charged under a terror law.

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UP ATS gets 7-day custody remand of Gorakhnath Temple attack accused

LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Lucknow granted seven-day police custody remand of Murtaza Abbasi under the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with his alleged links with middle-East based terror outfits. Abbasi was arrested shortly after he attacked policemen at the gates Gorakshnath Temple and…

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J&K HC says no freedom of speech for stating Kashmir under military occupation: Bar and Bench report

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh last week held that statements that Kashmir is occupied by the military or that people of the region have been reduced to slaves would not be protected by the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the…

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Gold smuggling case remains dormant

SC yet to consider NIA’s appeal against granting bail to accused

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UAPA slapped on Gorakhpur temple attack accused

The ATS cited inputs it got from interrogation as well as electronic and financial transactions for imposing relevant sections of the UAPA against the accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi

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Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhpur temple attack accused slapped with UAPA

GORAKHPUR: The stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has been invoked against the accused in the Goraknath Temple attack case. The Anti-terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police, which is investigating the case, produced accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate(ACJM) on Saturday.

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Time ideal to amend UAPA: rights group

It cites reduction in violent incidents including left–wing extremism

The Hindu

Full list of individuals designated as ‘terrorist’ under the UAPA

Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir is the latest to be added to a list of 33 individuals declared terrorists under UAPA.

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How the UAPA is wrecking lives

Under the draconian law, the court’s decision on bail, de facto, becomes the decision on the case

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Delhi riots | Umar Khalid’s bail plea rejected

Umar Khalid is among the 18 accused in the UAPA case

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India: Muslim activist recounts two ‘painful’ years in jail

Ishrat Jahan was arrested during 2020 Delhi riots following mass protests against an ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law.

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