"from last year, under the provision of a freshly devised Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA, for short), the state can unilaterally declare someone to be a “terrorist”, which allows them to send this alleged terrorist to prison, without trial. A number of human rights activists have been designated as terrorists and are in jail already under this governmental arrangement, and many others have been warned that the UAPA would be applied to them unless they obey the authorities and stop being anti-government.-" Amartya Sen: https://scroll.in/article/977260/amartya-sen-world-is-facing-pandemic-of-authoritarianism. There are more and more countries where authoritarian developments are making the freedom to disagree harder – often much harder – than it used to be. There is a reason for alarm in the repressive tendencies in many countries in the world today, including in Asia, in Europe, in Latin America, in Africa and within the United States of America.
( to this author, the task is therefore is more to get back to basics, to turn the tide of public opinion, on the importance of basic human ideals. which also means that people do need to feel that they will not be destitute if the current international regime)