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Not only me but thousands booked under Sedition law: Binayak Sen

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 17:53

Activist Binayak Sen, who is out on bail in a sedition case, on Friday indicated that the draconian law is being misused and thousands of people have already become victims of the legislation.

Court hears case against Bihar ministers

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 20:24

A court on Tuesday heard the sedition case against two Bihar ministers.

Case filed against JD(U) ministers, DSP for sedition

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 20:04

A case was filed in a local court against JD(U) ministers Bhim Singh and Narendra Singh for alleged sedition for their controversial remarks.

Ethnic-Indian lawyer appeals against sedition case sentencing

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 19:50

A prominent ethnic-Indian lawyer and Hindu rights activist in Malaysia has appealed against the 30-month jail term given to him for writing a seditious letter accusing the government of oppressing the country`s minority community.

Political transition may delay Iran-Pakistan gas project

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 14:00

The multi-million-dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project is unlikely to be completed by the contractual deadline of December 2014 because of the political transition in Islamabad, officials have said.

Malaysia charges five more with sedition after polls

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:08

Prosecutors filed sedition charges against another five opposition politicians and activists who urged Malaysians to protest what they insist was a fraud-tainted victory by the long-ruling coalition in recent national elections.

Editor of pro-opposition daily arrested in Bangladesh

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 18:35

Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested the editor of the Bengali daily `Amar Desh`, a pro-opposition newspaper, on charges of sedition and inciting religious tension.

Sedition charges dropped against Chhatradhar Mahato

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 22:45

A fast-track court on Thursday dropped the sedition charge against Chhatradhar Mahato, former convener of the People`s Committee Against Police Atrocities, but he will remain behind bars in other cases.

Cartoonist Trivedi ends fast on Kejriwal`s urging

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 14:07

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was recently arrested under sedition charges on Saturday ended his eight-day fast demanding immediate scrapping of the "unconstitutional" law.

Maha to drop sedition charge against cartoonist Assem Trivedi

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 13:34

The Bombay High Court that it has decided to drop sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for allegedly insulting national symbols.

My cartoons will now spew more venom, says cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

Last Updated: Sunday, September 16, 2012, 22:35

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges on Sunday said he would continue to draw cartoons that raise issues like corruption, as people in large numbers thronged the railway station here to receive him.

Maharashtra govt orders probe into cartoonist Aseem Trivedi’s arrest

Last Updated: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 17:53

Chastened by the outrage caused by arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for "sedition", the Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into how he came to be booked for the serious offense.