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23 Jul, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Manipur High Court orders release of journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem jailed under NSA for Facebook post crticising cow urine as #COVID cure

Reports @Areebuddin14

#ManipurHighCourt #Journalist

Read: bit.ly/3ztcG7C
The Manipur Police had booked Wangkhem under NSA over his Facebook post on cow dung/urine after the death of the BJP State president due to Covid-19.

The order was passed by a bench of C.J PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice KH Nobin Singh on a letter petition moved by wife of Wangkhem.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ordered the release of Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam, who was also booked under the NSA for a Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow-dung and cow-urine as cures for COVID.

Read: bit.ly/3hUHaJU
Interestingly, Wangkhem is one of the Petitioners who has challenged Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (Sedition) before the Supreme Court.

Read about all the 7 petitions in Supreme Court challenging Section 124A IPC: bit.ly/3kOskX1

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