Re:Children as young as 9 locked up by Indian Police for spe...
by saq7 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:01PM
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Which particular laws would you use in this case? Are there no protections for free speech in India?
Or is it rather that implied negative speech against the government is not protected by the law?
Certainly, strong arming Muslim children by law enforcement is largely protected by the law and what seems like the majority of the public.
Re:Children as young as 9 locked up by Indian Police for spe...
by lpcn112 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:15PM
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Lately, the government has been widely cracking down upon all sorts of dissent, claiming the excuse of 'anti-national tendencies', invoking sedition laws. The situation is pretty dire at the moment.
Laws exist on paper. Law enforcement agencies however have been historically known to act on behalf of leaders, a behaviour which also seen in many other countries.
After a video of parts of the play did the rounds on social media, the accusation was that a child spoke a line in the play that Narendra Modi should be beaten with slippers. However, several media reports have debunked this claim. The child seems to have made a generic statement that anyone who demands documents to prove one’s citizenship should be beaten with chappals.
It's absolutely wrong to detain the kid for this. Only the one who wrote the lines for "beating" someone deserves to be questioned and that too in accordance with the law.