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04/09/22 07:15 AM IST

Journalists, activists continue to be targeted in J&K: Amnesty

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  • Amnesty International  said it had recorded at least 60 instances of crackdowns on journalists and human rights defenders in Jammu and Kashmir since the revocation of special status of the erstwhile State in August 2019.
  • n a continuing pattern, they have been arrested under one law, granted bail by the court, and then re-arrested almost immediately under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Amnesty International
  • It is a London-based Non-Governmental Organisation for human rights, founded in 1961.
  • The organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for its “Defence of human dignity against torture” and the United Nations Prize in the field of Human Rights in 1978.
UAPA amendment Act 2019
  • The Act empowers the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to grant approval for seizure or attachment of property when the case is investigated by the said agency.
  • The Act empowers the officers of the NIA, of the rank of Inspector or above, to investigate cases of terrorism in addition to those conducted by the DSP or ACP or above rank officer in the state.
  • It also included the provision of designating an individual as a terrorist.
Source- The Hindu 

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