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India: More Sedition Cases against Anti-Nuke Protestors than Maoists, Militants
Pallavi Polanki – Firstpost, 23 Apr 2012

According to findings by a team led senior journalist Sam Rajappa, between September and December 2011, over 6,000 people have been charged under Section 121 (waging war against the government) and Section 124A (sedition) at the Kudankulam police station. “If you add the number of accused in the FIRs it comes to 55,795. The FIRs don’t tell you who the 55,000-odd people are. The FIRs are registered like this: Udayakumar and 2000 others. Now, who the 2000 are is left to the discretion of the police,” he said.

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