Kerala Police Act Amendment Ordinance 2020 by the @vijayanpinarayi goverment is a draconian, ill-conceived move that gives the state indiscriminate powers to attack people's freedom of expression. Hopefully the SC will strike this down soon enough.
Kerala govt claims that this law is meant to tackle the menace of cybercrimes especially against women. While the problem is very much valid, this is no solution as this section poses grave risk of being misused to curb dissent.
Governments will come and go but laws will remain.
Governments will come and go but laws will remain.
Kerala government should have taken into consideration the concerns raised by the IT & legal experts about how dangerous this new law could be. Hopefully it will be forced to re-think their position as more and more people register their protest against it.
UPDATE: Kerala government says they are not going ahead with the amendment due to concerns raised by people including democratic voices and party's supporters.
Well done, @vijayanpinarayi. A good example for how goverments should respond to its people.
Well done, @vijayanpinarayi. A good example for how goverments should respond to its people.
https://twitter.com/DearthOfSid/status/1330773221214285824?s=19
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