After the repeal of draconian laws namely POTA and TADA, the amended version of UAPA has become a new tool to falsely implicate innocents in cases. Nearly 80 thousand citizens are imprisoned under draconian laws across the country while punishments in such cases are just 0.8 pc. Mr. Kamal Farooqui former chairman Delhi Human Rights Commission and Convenor People’s Moment against UAPA, Messrs Dr. Marx Chennai, Prof. Koya and Maulana Hafeez Subhan told this while addressing a press conference.
They said that the basic reason for the prolonged detention of innocents, especially Muslims, in various parts of the country as accused under terror charges, is the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA in short.
The original act of 1967 was amended three times in 2004, 2008 and 2012 making it more draconian. By adding new clauses to the original law by these amendments, it has now become more inhuman than the previous special laws TADA and POTA.
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