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1/ As dawn broke in London today, members of the diaspora and friends of India in the UK dropped a huge banner reading #ResignModi from Westminster Bridge. #indiaIndependenceday #IndependenceDayIndia #IndependenceDay2021
2/ Earlier they held a candlelit vigil at the Indian High Commission to remember all those killed under the Modi regime #ResignModi #IndependenceDay #IndependenceDayIndia2021 
3/ They have released a statement explaining the reasons for the action ( thread) #ResignModi #indiaIndependenceday #IndependenceDay2021
Arvind Murti welcomes the speakers and sathis to the Uttar Pradesh #WeShallSpeak meet.
Prerana Kala Manch from Varanasi invokes the revolutionary spirit of people's struggles through the song-
Mashalen le kar chalna hai
Jab tak raat baaki hai!
(We shall walk with flaming torches, till there is dark in the world)
Mashalen le kar chalna hai
Jab tak raat baaki hai!
(We shall walk with flaming torches, till there is dark in the world)
@meeracomposes Meera speaking about the 'We Shall Speak' campaign that has been going on for about a month.
The campaign brings to the front state repression and people's movements in the situation of economic crisis and covid-19.
The campaign brings to the front state repression and people's movements in the situation of economic crisis and covid-19.
⚡️Here’s a master thread ⚡️of a ten day curation on #AntiTerrorLaws & #UAPA led by @GuneetKaurAhuja & @aimanjkhan who brought to fore critical inputs from Sahana Manjesh, Parijata @mrinpinshar, @SarimNaved & @meeracomposes: 1/
Day 1: on the colonial legacy of the legal concept of “unlawful association” which underpins contemporary anti-terror laws in India: 2/
Day 2: on the development of anti-terror legislation in independent india of the 60s, the introduction of the Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1985 (TADA) and the 2002 Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 3/
Hello, now that we know that UAPA is a repressive law that needs to go. What can we do for #RepealUAPA? As we build this online dialogue against UAPA, it's important that we continue to amplify the voices of those fighting against UAPA at the grassroots. 1/n
For today's thread, @meeracomposes has collated grassroots efforts against UAPA & resources that can be used to read, educate & agitate against #uapa. Meera is a national convenor of @napmindia, & is an active member of several women's & trans rights movements. 2/n
Campaign to Dissent, Defend & Organize (CDDO) is a coalition of numerous civil rights groups, trade unions & alliances that was formed in the wake of the #BK11 arrests to uphold democratic rights.
E-mail - dissent.defend.organize@gmail.com 3/n
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E-mail - dissent.defend.organize@gmail.com 3/n
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Hello, we are @GuneetKaurAhuja and @aimanjkhan. Today, we examine how UAPA became a handy tool for the party in power to manipulate investigations into mass violence incidents, protect real perpetrators, quell peaceful protests & persecute protestors & other rights defenders. 1/n
This is an old sinister strategy, used by the party in power after 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom, as well. Then, investigations were botched to protect perpetrators & POTA used to further persecute Muslim community & silence those demanding accountability. 2/n
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Similar strategies have been used by the party in power post targeted mass violence in #BhimaKoregaon & #Delhi. The aim of perpetrators in both episodes was to violently attack & shut peaceful assertions of constitutional equality by minorities & marginalized. 3/n
The following thread has been curated by @mrinpinshar from @AIIndia, using data from National Crime Record Bureau’s annual crime statistics to observe patterns that have emerged in the ways that UAPA has been used. 1/n
Governments in India have routinely used the suspension of regular procedure under the UAPA to bypass human rights. The annual crime statistics compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau every year present a compelling illustration.2/n
Since 2018, charges under the UAPA are being documented under “Offences against State” in the crime statistics. In 2018, even though the police filed the highest numbers of cases under UAPA out of all offenses against the state, it had the lowest rate of charge- sheeting. 3/n
Hello, we are @aimanjkhan & @GuneetKaurAhuja. Today, we will discuss how #UAPA gives wide powers to the government to facilitate prolonged incarceration of human rights defenders, & gives the police a multi-purpose tool to target innocent minorities. 1/n
As a 1st step, let's recap some of the wide discretionary powers that investigating agencies get, to decide who will be targeted by UAPA. It is totally at the whim of the government on which organization is banned & which is not. 2/n
At an all-state DGP’s conference, DGP’s of Maharashtra, MP & Rajasthan had made a strong plea for a concurrent ban on Bajrang Dal & SIMI as ‘internal terrorist organizations.’ However, only SIMI- a Muslim organization was banned under UAPA. See- sabrang.com/pota.pdf 3/n
The use of UAPA lies in its misuse.
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1/6. It is a systematic means to curb & witch-hunt those critical of the ruling dispensation of the time. A brief bio of those incarcerated under it proves this point: lawyers, journalists, poet, social activist, students.
#RepealUAPA
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1/6. It is a systematic means to curb & witch-hunt those critical of the ruling dispensation of the time. A brief bio of those incarcerated under it proves this point: lawyers, journalists, poet, social activist, students.
#RepealUAPA
2/6. UAPA does this by allowing for long periods of police custody, and a much longer period of custody without chargesheet. For 6 months, an accused doesn't even know what he is accused of.
#RepealUAPA
#RepealUAPA
3/6. It is said bail is the rule & jail is the exception. But UAPA makes it almost impossible to secure bail. A person keeps languishing in jail for durations without anything being proved against him/her. Example, lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj in jail for the last 2 yrs. #RepealUAPA
