Sedition Laws: Archaic Or Essential?

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  • Published On: October 16, 2016
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On We The People, we debate whether sedition laws are needed in age of terrorism. While there was a slump in sedition cases in 2015, several high profile cases were registered this year. From JNU to Amnesty controversies, nationalism debate has taken the centre-stage. Is going against the dominant narrative seditious and do sedition laws have a place in modern democracy?

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