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Tag: Anti-Terror laws

Guest Post: Remembering Shahid Azmi: Can the Love of Justice be Assassinated?

On November 25, 2012 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

By Arvind Narrain and Saumya Uma Progressive lawyers, social activists and academics have invested much time in trying to puzzle out what is the progressive potential of law. Sometimes, answers to deep philosophical questions emerge …

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More on Binayak Sen’s conviction

On January 3, 2011 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

To add to the detailed post that Arun has put up, here is an opinion piece I wrote on Binayak Sen’s conviction. It appeared in The Hindu newspaper. I’ve been following and reporting the details …

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Binayak Sen’s Kafkaesque travails continue

On December 28, 2010 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

On Friday, December 24, 2010, a trial court in Chhattisgarh found Dr. Binayak Sen and two others guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit sedition under Section 124(a) read with Section 20 (b) of the Indian …

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Preventive Detention in Meghalaya

On February 26, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

My previous post focused on the challenges that the Bush administration’s preventive detention policies pose for the Obama administration. This is in part because individual lawyers who now occupy positions in government (including President Obama) …

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Preventive Detention and the Obama Administration: the al-Marri case

On February 22, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The latest issue of the New Yorker contains an excellent article setting out the challenges that a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2009 poses for the Obama administration. …

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Desai and Sorabjee on the recent anti-terror amendments

On December 21, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The recent Parliamentary initiative to strengthen the domestic anti-terrorism legal regime in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks is justifiably attracting extensive commentary and analysis in the media, and on this blog. Today’s Indian Express …

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India’s Guantanamo (or Belmarsh)?

On December 17, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Lok Sabha has just passed the amendments to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Although I have not seen the full text of the amending Bill, media reports indicate that it allows for indefinite detention of …

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Nilekani’s sobering analysis of the Mumbai attacks

On November 29, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Now that the attacks are officially over, the analysis will begin. Today’s papers – from across the globe – carry several pieces that offer commentary on the tragic events in Mumbai, many of which give …

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On torture

On November 22, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

It is not very often that the BJP raises the issue of torture (this is not to say that other political parties are particularly vocal on it either). Advani’s statements on the alleged torture of …

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Sibal on the UPA’s approach to tackling terrorism

On September 23, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Indian Express features an op-ed by Kapil Sibal who seeks to respond to the call for reviving POTA, while explaining how the UPA government views the issue of tackling terrorism. Given that Sibal is …

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