India, Manipur genocide : 'Dangerous Precedent'; Academics Criticise Criminal Complaint Against Prof Who Spoke on Manipur

xuxebiko OP , 1 year ago

India's legal system is painfully slow and designed to bleed people dry of money, time, and sanity. And this makes it an ideal weapon to harass detractors. If the judge is amenable then there's the added hell of police custody & later imprisonment. All of it is used to scare away people from speaking openly against, or even expressing a differing opinion that offends the people in power. Prime Minister Modi has perfected this skill.
Prof. Hausing is being harassed/ victimised to stop others from speaking out.

xuxebiko OP , 1 year ago

Background : A month ago, Prof. Kham Khan Suan Hausing gave an interview to Karan Thapar on the Wire about the ethnic and communal genocide in Manipur.

Link to YT interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77FAcYKg21g

For giving his considered opinion and to scare others from doing so, a criminal complaint has been filed against him under the following sections:

section 153A (which deals with promoting enmity between different groups),
295A (which deals with acts outraging religious feelings),
505(1) (statements conducting public mischief),
298 (deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person),
120B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code (IPC)

and he, a Kuki, has been ordered to present himself at a district court in Tmphal . This is at a time when violence still continues and Imphal is unsafe for Kukis.

Welcome to India, mother of democracy,

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