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Penalties for sedition were increased in the local national security legislation that Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature passed in March, which replaced the colonial-era sedition law.
The new law expands the crime of sedition, defined as inciting hatred or disaffection toward the Chinese and Hong Kong governments, and raises the maximum punishment from two years in prison to 10.
The new law expands the crime of sedition, defined as inciting hatred or disaffection toward the Chinese and Hong Kong governments, and raises the maximum punishment from two years in prison to 10.
Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law ...
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The commission had suggested that the provision – under section 124A that describes the sedition law – be amended instead, “so as to bring about more clarity in the interpretation ...
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Former Law Commission member and senior Supreme Court advocate Kirti Singh, spoke to Preetha Nair about the 279th report of the 22nd Law Commission on the 'Usage of the Law of Sedition'.
The Law Commission of India has recommended the retention of the 153-year-old colonial law on sedition in India, emphasising that “repealing the legal provision can have serious adverse ...
Overtly, in the words of a recent proponent, the law protects the “security and sanctity of the state”; in reality, it essentially criminalises political dissent.