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“Liberty is Sacrosanct”: What Supreme Court Said About the Arrest of Prashant Kanojia - (12 Jun 2019)

The arrest of freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia by UP police had sparked a debate about the authoritarian misuse of laws. The journalist, who was picked by UP police personnel from Delhi over a week ago for allegedly posting an objectionable tweet against Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, was in jail for past 11 days.

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