On Wednesday 17 Sep 2014 12:39:42 AM Vignesh Prabhu wrote: > Hello Friends, > > In the recently concluded session of Karnataka Assembly, the > government tabled and passed a new amendment to the Goonda Act, > which allows the government to 'preventively detain' people who it may > consider a threat to public order. Amongst a largely mixed bag of > disconnected offenses, it has also included IT and copyright > infringements as 'goonda-ism', for which even without a crime, the > police an arrest someone and keep them in custody 3 months or even upto > an year without trial, merely on the suspicion of a future wrong doing. > Although there are a few safeguards, it is > nevertheless a draconian law that puts a lot of us in danger and has > the potential to throttle free speech. To raise awareness we have > launched the campaign 'We The Goondas'[1]. >
Great campaign! Also the documentary is a good source of provoking thought. -- GN
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