Indian cartoonist arrested on sedition charges after criticizing government corruption
“India police have arrested a political cartoonist on sedition charges after his drawings criticizing government corruption irked the ruling Congress party…”
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Police had no grounds to arrest cartoonist Aseem Trivedi: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil
“… ‘If telling the truth makes me [a] traitor then I am one… if I am booked under sedition for doing service to the nation then I will continue to do so.’…”
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Sedition: does it have any place in modern India? [pertinent info here – is it accurate?]
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India Against Corruption (IAC) Statement on Aseem Trivedi issue
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Cartoons Against Corruption [what’s up with/what about the “Gang Rape of Mother India” cartoon?]
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see also former post on:
Does Criticizing India Count as Sedition? Arundhati Roy Will Find Out
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I think Trivedi deserves a national award for the cartoons, instead of arrest on sedition charges. I have seen only two and they are masterpieces