Watch | Draconian Laws Are Being Weaponised to Crush Dissent'

Name: Watch | Draconian Laws Are Being Weaponised to Crush Dissent - The Wire
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Description: Advocate Mihir Desai speaks on the use of laws like the UAPA and their implications on India's democracy.

Advocate Mihir Desai speaks on the use of laws like the UAPA and their implications on India's democracy.

Sumedha Pal

Advocate Mihir Desai speaks on the use of laws like the UAPA and their implications on India's democracy.

watch draconian laws are being weaponised to crush dissent

Representative image of a jail. Photo: Tum Hufner/Unsplash

Recent data revealed by the Union home ministry in the Rajya Sabha showed that 97.5% of people arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act between 2016 and 2020 have been imprisoned for multiple years while waiting for trial.

In this interview, advocate Mihir Desai discusses the use of such draconian laws, the current processes around these laws and their implications on India's democracy.

This article went live on July twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty two, at thirty-two minutes past twelve at noon.

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