India’s top court on Wednesday ordered the temporary suspension of the country’s controversial sedition law, putting pressure on the government which has been accused of misusing it to stifle free ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday published a call for India to end its controversial sedition law. The sedition law is a statute from the colonial era when India was controlled by the United Kingdom.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong man pleaded guilty Monday to sedition for wearing a T-shirt bearing a protest slogan in the Chinese territory’s first conviction under new local national security legislation.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont congressman from the 18th century was one of the first Americans to be jailed over political speech, and historians say his story is still relevant today.
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump reposted an article on social media accusing judges of "sedition and treason" when they use the court's authority to overturn executive actions as the president ...
The Justice Department unveiled the indictment against the 11 Oath Keepers charged with sedition in early January, though most had faced other charges already. The indictment alleges that the ...
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers and vigilantes in 2020, many corporate leaders finally began to speak out against systemic racism ...
A Hong Kong court on Thursday charged two former editors for a pro-democracy media outlet with sedition and denied them bail. The move comes one day after Stand News was forced to close following a ...
"Criminal charges, especially for complex planned crimes, often take a long time," Jonathan Chait wrote at New York on Thursday. "Nonetheless, the failure of criminal charges for sedition to ...