in Breaking News

Will Booker Prize-winner face jail for 14-year-old comment?

195 Views

Will Booker Prize-winner face jail for 14-year-old comment?


By Soutik Biswas, @soutikBBC, India correspondent
AFP Arundhati RoyAFP

Ms Roy is an outspoken author and activist

Will one in all India’s most celebrated writers actually face prosecution for issues she stated greater than a decade in the past?

Final week, 14 years after the unique criticism, Delhi’s most senior official granted permission for the Booker Prize-winning creator Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted below India’s stringent anti-terror legal guidelines. The Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is infamous for making it exceptionally difficult to get bail, typically leading to years of detention till the…



Read more on bbci

Written by bourbiza mohamed

Bourbiza Mohamed is a freelance journalist and political science analyst holding a Master's degree in Political Science. Armed with a sharp pen and a discerning eye, Bourbiza Mohamed contributes to various renowned sites, delivering incisive insights on current political and social issues. His experience translates into thought-provoking articles that spur dialogue and reflection.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Travis Kelce hugs Greg Olsen and George Kittle as Chiefs star returns to ‘Tight Finish College’ in Nashville  after {golfing} with Wayne Gretzky

Travis Kelce hugs Greg Olsen and George Kittle as Chiefs star returns to ‘Tight Finish College’ in Nashville  after {golfing} with Wayne Gretzky
Biden’s plan is to maintain federal employees working from dwelling and ‘blissful in any respect prices’ in order that they’ll vote for him says James Comer: ‘It is all crap’

Biden’s plan is to maintain federal employees working from dwelling and ‘blissful in any respect prices’ in order that they’ll vote for him says James Comer: ‘It is all crap’