#BeyondTheHeadlines | UAPA Bill: India’s Most Dangerous Law Yet

The new Bill will allow the NIA to wreak havoc on India’s federal system. But what’s most dangerous is the amendment that will allow the government to declare not just organisations as terrorists – but individuals as well.

The new Bill will allow the National Investigation Agency to wreak havoc on India’s federal system.

But what’s most dangerous is the amendment that will allow the government to declare not just organisations as terrorists – but individuals as well.

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Author: Siddharth Varadarajan

Siddharth Varadarajan is a Founding Editor of The Wire. He was earlier the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award and the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalist of the Year. He taught Economics at New York University and Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, besides working at the Times of India.