AGAINST SEDITION LAW

Janhastakshep, PUDR and PUCL

Cordially invite you to meeting on

THE RELEVNCE OF THE COLONIAL ACT OF SEDITION

AND ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RIGHT TO DISSENT

Date: 2nd March 2016

Time: 5 PM

Venue: Gandhi Peace Foundation

Deendayal Upadhyay Marg(Near ITO Metro Station)

New Delhi 110001

Speakers: Justice (Retd.) RS Singh

Justice (Retd.) Rajinder Sachchar

Pakaj Bisht (Editor, SAMAYANTAR)
Nivedita Menon (JNU)

Friends,

The ongoing attacks on constitutional, democratic rights are alarming. We, the democratic rights organizations are seriously concerned with the fascist attacks on right to thought, expression, association and dissent by invoking draconian Sedition Act, a colonial hangover. It is being invoked who ever dares to think and differ and has courage to express the difference. We demand scarping of this anti-national colonial Act, about which Amartya Sen rightly said, “We should not allow the colonial penal code that imposes unfreedoms to remain unchallenged. We should not tolerate the intolerance that undermines our democracy and facilitates a culture of impunity of tormentors.”

It is in this context we seek to initiate an ongoing discourse on attacks on institutions and ideas and on the need of scraping of draconian acts like the one in question that violate the natural and human rights to question, the key to any knowledge. We appeal you to join us in this discourse and ongoing struggle against the fascist designs of right extremism.

Sd sd Sd

Ish Mishra ND Pancoli Deepika

Janhastakshep PUCL PUDR

STAND WITH JNU

RESIST THE FASIST ATTACK ON RIGHT TO EXPRESSION

REPEL THE COLONIAL ACT OF SEDITION