Modis ukku paadam on journalists with UAPA act.

[paaparao]

Journalists Pai Modi Ukku paadam. UAPA Act thechadu. uapa- unlawful activities prevention act. any media journalist who covers major incident will be put injail indefinetely. so cruel and undemocratic.

ee act kinda kappan ni 2 years ga jail lo pettadu ee modi lamzoduku.

[paaparao]

https://www.lawctopus.com/academike/journalist-siddique-kappan-case-status/

The Siddique Kappan Case: How Freedom of Speech Got Incarcerated

Journalist Siddique Kappan case recently reignited after his video asserting his belief in the Indian Constitution and Judiciary went viral. Siddiquie Kappan got arrested while he was on his way to report the Hathras rape case in Uttar Pradesh. He is among many small and independent journalists who are wrongfully incarcerated under draconian laws like the Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act and sedition. The latter is, in fact, a colonial leftover.

Both these laws reverse the burden of proof and are worded to warrant human rights violations. Shubhra Agarwal, a Lawctopus Writers Club member, breaks down the case with its timeline. She also explains how the case defies legal protections, abusing excessive state power to silence voices of dissent.

[Tryad]

time waste. ikkadanta sanghi naa kodukule. lite teesko.

[argadorn]

1 minute ago, Tryad said:

time waste. ikkadanta sanghi naa kodukule. lite teesko.

Supporting hinduthva is good but radicalized is wrong they need to think whether it is correct or wrong … 

[Tryad]

12 minutes ago, argadorn said:

Supporting hinduthva is good but radicalized is wrong they need to think whether it is correct or wrong … 

Hindutva is a reactionary piece of sh1t ideology. people who support it are mostly misguided or plain evil.

None of the Hindutvavadis I know (I used to be a Hindutvavadi) can actually offer a compelling individualistic vision, or a vision for human kind (or a community) as a whole.

the closest a guy came to offer that kind of compelling vision was a bangalore brahmin I knew in the late 2000s. absolutely brilliant guy, and a committed sanghi who thought deeply and shared his vision on hindu society openly. It was only because of him I became hindutvavadi (or may be because I was too young and easily influenced and genuinely wanted Hindus to do well then), and later fell off when I discovered that he was the exception in the sanghi circle than the rule. I can't seem to get a hold of him these days.

his name was sanjay palahalli. I'm sure he's on twitter now, but don't know what his handle is.

what you have in the hindutva movement today is a lot of grifters who are out to profit from the success of Modi, and some really ** up evil bastards, and some very socially conservative shitheads. Its a pain to even listen to their bs even for a few secs now.

now I just laugh at self described Hindus. sometimes openly. sometimes within myself.

[Tryad]

13 minutes ago, argadorn said:

Supporting hinduthva is good but radicalized is wrong they need to think whether it is correct or wrong … 

none of those who are propagating Hindutva can explain what it is, other than in opposition to 'sickularism' or 'islamism' or whatever 'ism' they hate.

if all those 'ism's died tomorrow, there would be no reason for even the existence of Hindutva for them.

 

[argadorn]

2 minutes ago, Tryad said:

none of those who are propagating Hindutva can explain what it is, other than in opposition to 'sickularism' or 'islamism' or whatever 'ism' they hate.

if all those 'ism's died tomorrow, there would be no reason for even the existence of Hindutva for them.

 

True 

[Tryad]

1 minute ago, argadorn said:

True 

which means that to profit off Hindutva, it's reqd to keep the threat of all these 'ism's alive. to drum up their significance.

this allows all these hindutvavadis to deny serious problems in their own backyards, and pretend like exterminating their fav hate worthy 'ism' is the one and only goal worthy of consideration.

but all of this political activism of Hindutva will have serious consequences not just for muslims, but for Hindus too. as they will find out in the near future.

[veerigadu]

35 minutes ago, paaparao said:

https://www.lawctopus.com/academike/journalist-siddique-kappan-case-status/

The Siddique Kappan Case: How Freedom of Speech Got Incarcerated

Journalist Siddique Kappan case recently reignited after his video asserting his belief in the Indian Constitution and Judiciary went viral. Siddiquie Kappan got arrested while he was on his way to report the Hathras rape case in Uttar Pradesh. He is among many small and independent journalists who are wrongfully incarcerated under draconian laws like the Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act and sedition. The latter is, in fact, a colonial leftover.

Both these laws reverse the burden of proof and are worded to warrant human rights violations. Shubhra Agarwal, a Lawctopus Writers Club member, breaks down the case with its timeline. She also explains how the case defies legal protections, abusing excessive state power to silence voices of dissent.

Mr Kappan and his companions were members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), a Kerala-based radical Muslim group that was banned last year for alleged links with terror groups. 

Mr Kappan's lawyer told the BBC in 2021 that his client was initially charged with "minor bailable offences".

But two days later, the police added other charges including sedition and provisions under a stringent anti-terror law which critics say makes it almost impossible to get bail.

In February 2021, the Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial crimes, filed another case against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The central agency said that Mr Kappan received money from PFI to "incite riots", a charge he denied.

[Guest]

Barack Obama’s War on a Free Press

Obama’s efforts to plug leaks and persecute leakers even exceeded those of George W. Bush’s administration.

U.S. presidents have had a long history of trying to undermine the First Amendment, especially freedom of the press. Woodrow Wilson’s brutal suppression of critics, primarily through prosecutions under the Espionage Act of 1917, remains the most odious example, but it’s hardly the only one. During the late 1930s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt harassed activists, including members of the press, who sought to keep the United States out of the war raging in Europe. Richard Nixon went to great lengths attempting to prevent the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers because those documents exposed how US policymakers repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people about the Vietnam War.

 

 

India Arrests One of. Her Most Important Journalists

 

By William Borders Special to The New York Times

• July 26, 1975

 

NEW DELHI, July 25 —The Indian Government, continuing its crackdown on dissidents, today arrested one of the country's most prominent journalists.

Kuldip Nayar, who is a senior editor at The Indian Express, the country's largest English‐language daily, was one of the few journalists arrested so far in the four weeks since the Government declared a state of emergency to cope with what it called threats to internal security.

“We don't know why they wanted him,” his wife said in an interview this afternoon. “The policemen who came were very polite, but they didn't say any reason.”

Mrs. Nayar's account painted a characteristic picture of how the Government has behaved in the arrests of prominent people. She said:

“The police came very early in the morning — about 6 o'clock, I should say. But then they very courteously allowed him as much time as he liked to bathe and dress, and have breakfast, perhaps an hour in all.”

According to some reports, Mr. Nayar had been active in the organization of anti‐Government demonstrations that dissidents have called for tomorrow, which will mark one month since the Government assumed sweeping emergency powers and suspended many civil liberties.”

Demonstrations are illegal under the emergency, but they are nevertheless expected to take place, at least in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the only two states whose governments are not controlled by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress party.

Mr. Nayar, who was press secretary to Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, recently wrote a book that unfavorably compared the achievements of the late Mr. Shastri and Mrs. Gandhi with those of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who was Mrs. Gandhi's father.

Another possible reason for his arrest was his role as a Part‐time correspondent for The Times of London. Following the expulsion Tuesday of Peter Hazelhurst, a regular staff correspondent of The Times, Mr. Nayar has filed at least two dispatches to the Times of London, his wife said.

The Government, which has been rigorously censoring domestic newspapers since the emergency began this week started getting tougher with representatives of foreign, newspapers, urging them to sign pledges to follow a system of rigid self‐censorship.

Last night it ordered the expulsion of Daniel Southerland of The Christian Science Monitor, the fifth Western correspondent served with a deportation paper in the crisis. The order was rescinded today after Mr. Southerland agreed to sign the pledge.

The Indian Parliament, which earlier this week gave its sanction to the emergency, meaning that it can last indefinitely, was in session again today. But it conducted only routine business. It was expected to adjourn the middle of next week.

 

[Guest]

How Nehru added ‘conditions apply’ to Article 19(1)(a) & India lost way to gates of freedom

 

The 16-day freedom of speech debate in Parliament pitted Jawaharlal Nehru against Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Their echoes continue to bedevil and bruise India today.

 

The mood of Parliament was sombre. It was 29 May 1951, the 14^th day of the 16-day heated debate to bring the first amendment to the Constitution of India. The thumping of the tables and shrill voices of the Members of Parliament disrupting speeches were matched by the rising tempers. Freedom of speech was at stake.

For two weeks, interim Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had been passionately pressing for ‘changes’ in the Article guaranteeing freedom of speech, which, according to him, were urgently needed. But the changes, which he called small and simple, were about to redact the freedoms which the country—and its press—was only starting to enjoy barely 46 months into India’s Independence.

“Every freedom in the world is limited,” said an impassioned Nehru in Parliament, debating why the press needed to be leashed. The press, he argued, must have some balance of mind, which it seldom possesses, if it wants to enjoy the freedom. “They cannot have it both ways – no balance and freedom,” he added.

For the first time in history, perhaps, Gandhians such as Acharya Kriplani, socialists such as Jayprakash Narayan and Right-leaning leaders such as Syama Prasad Mookerjee united to defend the rights of Indian citizens. Fists were clenched, tables thumped, names called. The battle over the freedoms spilled out of Parliament. It was fought in newspaper editorials, in courtrooms, in public squares and on the streets. But on 18 June 1951, with 228 ayes, 20 nos and about 50 abstentions, the amendments were passed. Nehru won but it was the day India lost its way to the gates of freedom.

The restrictions to Article 19(1)(a) have altered the social and political contours of the nation. And the echoes of the debate continue to bedevil, batter and bruise India. From Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses to M.F. Husain’s paintings; from Leena Manimekalai’s interpretation of Kaali to Mohammed Zubair’s tweets; from Kanhaiya Kumar’s speeches to Prashant Bhushan’s criticism of the Chief Justice of India, freedom of speech and expression has always been up for contestation.

[Tryad]

8 minutes ago, veerigadu said:

Mr Kappan and his companions were members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), a Kerala-based radical Muslim group that was banned last year for alleged links with terror groups. 

Mr Kappan's lawyer told the BBC in 2021 that his client was initially charged with "minor bailable offences".

But two days later, the police added other charges including sedition and provisions under a stringent anti-terror law which critics say makes it almost impossible to get bail.

In February 2021, the Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial crimes, filed another case against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The central agency said that Mr Kappan received money from PFI to "incite riots", a charge he denied.

it is that easy to arrest someone with a muslim name in India. the burden of proof of his involvement in PFI will fall on him, and not on the govt making that charge.. and in a decade he'll be released for no evidence of his involvement with PFI, with his best years lost.

and then we can have people claiming radical islam is a huge threat or some bs like that. while 100s of young muslim men like kappan's lives are destroyed by the Hindu India, for no fault of theirs.

the chilling truth is that a congress govt would do this too. It has done several such blatant arrests in UAPA against left wing dissidents. all regional govts would do this too.

India is a hellhole. and to claim that radical islam is a threat to a  place that is already hell is what is funny.

[veerigadu]

Just now, Tryad said:

it is that easy to arrest someone with a muslim name in India. the burden of proof of his involvement in PFI will fall on him, and not on the govt making that charge.. and in a decade he'll be released for no evidence of his involvement with PFI, with his best years lost.

and then we can have people claiming radical islam is a huge threat or some bs like that. while 100s of young muslim men like kappan's lives are destroyed by the Hindu India, for no fault of theirs.

He himself admitted to it. 

The police say you were a member of the PFI [ Popular Front of India]?

As a journalist, I have links with leaders of various parties, BJP, RSS, CPM [Communist Party of India (Marxist)], PFI, Congress. Is that a crime?

 

https://scroll.in/article/1043502/siddique-kappan-interview-is-it-not-my-job-to-travel-and-report

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[Tryad]

2 minutes ago, veerigadu said:

He himself admitted to it. 

The police say you were a member of the PFI [ Popular Front of India]?

As a journalist, I have links with leaders of various parties, BJP, RSS, CPM [Communist Party of India (Marxist)], PFI, Congress. Is that a crime?

 

https://scroll.in/article/1043502/siddique-kappan-interview-is-it-not-my-job-to-travel-and-report

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does that sound like an admission?

are you trolling me or are you actually that dumb?

 

[bithrisathiiiii]

8 minutes ago, Tryad said:

it is that easy to arrest someone with a muslim name in India. the burden of proof of his involvement in PFI will fall on him, and not on the govt making that charge.. and in a decade he'll be released for no evidence of his involvement with PFI, with his best years lost.

and then we can have people claiming radical islam is a huge threat or some bs like that. while 100s of young muslim men like kappan's lives are destroyed by the Hindu India, for no fault of theirs.

the chilling truth is that a congress govt would do this too. It has done several such blatant arrests in UAPA against left wing dissidents. all regional govts would do this too.

India is a hellhole. and to claim that radical islam is a threat to a  place that is already hell is what is funny.

whats the point of discussing in this DB man, protest in india or fight the case in SC