UAPA: Anti-terror law now terrorises citizens https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/insight/uapa-anti-terror-law-now-terrorises-citizens-1007268.html Shemin Joy, DHNS, Jul 11 2021 Official statistics on UAPA tells the whole story — police managed just a 29% conviction rate in 2019 and 95% of cases that reached courts in that year are still pending.
Despite this poor track record, an increasing number of cases are being registered each year — 901 in 2017, 1,182 in 2018 and 1,226 in 2019. Of the 2,361 cases that went to trial in 2019, only 113 saw completion of which just 33 cases saw conviction...
Opposing undemocratic policies not anti-national, says Akhil Gogoi : https://www.deccanherald.com/national/dh-exclusive-opposing-undemocratic-policies-not-anti-national-says-akhil-gogoi-1005726.html
There must be a united opposition across India against the draconian UAPA. Opposition parties must promise to do away with misuse of this draconian law. Opposing the government’s anti-people policies cannot be anti-national and an act of Maoists. We must also strengthen legal and political debate across India against the misuse of this Act. I hope my acquittal will be an inspiration in this regard.