#arbitrary arrest

We've reached finally at the position of an unamended constitution which is actually amended in practise. Liberal democratic character of the Constitution has not been altered by amendments but, minorities are lynched, journalists are prosecuted or worse, killed. Lawyers are attacked for doing their professional duties, activists from civil society are thrown behind bars and the ED is unleashed against all. Then there is targeted prosecution for some and impunity for others. Abuse of criminal law has been raised to the level of a policy. You do not need a gun to be a terrorist. You can be thrown into jail for the thoughts in your mind. You, as a lawyer can argue a case in court and be thrown in jail...The legal profession is in danger. We all know what happened in the Delhi riots, Elgar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon cases; these cases represent the transformation of the victim into an accused in a Court of law by the use of UAPA.

Irreparable damage has been done to all the accused and incarcerated: their reputed standing in society has been seriously affected; their financial assets have dwindled, thus, severely affecting their respective families; even after more than a year in jail, the nine accused are being denied bail; the clients of the lawyers, the reading public of the authors and poets, the marginalized and deprived people in various people’s movements and organizations who were helped by human rights activists, and the audiences which were inspired by the cultural artists, are painfully missing their presence in our midst.

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