Tag: terrorism
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UAPA Bill, 2019 : Towards a terror free country or a flawed path?
By Tanu Singh, Ramjas College, New Delhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah put forward a Bill on 9 July 2019, proposing amendments in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. On 24 July the Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cleared the Bill with 147 voting in favour and 42 against.…
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Boko Haram: A life-threatening challenge in Nigeria
By Yukti Makan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Although, Nigeria has ever faced security challenges, but the one caused by the activities of Boko Haram, the Islamist Sect, remains the most significant. This Islamist group has killed at least 3500 people since 2009 when it first started the preaching of Islamic religion to promote Shia law all…
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Preventing Terror by Creating Terror
By Shreyan Acharya, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies. India is known to be the largest democracy in the world. It has strongly cherished the principles of secularism in which various religions have been guaranteed their freedom. Today, there is rampant sectarian violence throughout the globe. India has been recently applauded by David Heyman for being able…
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Being Tough on Terrorism or Respecting Human Rights Laws
By Sneha Baul, CLC, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. INTRODUCTION: Human Rights are the inherent rights, which are basic, fundamental and pervasive in nature. With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and a series of other multilateral treaties and other declarations concluded through the United Nations, the human rights had been recognized universally beyond the peripheries…