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Will Arundhati Roy be arrested?
By targeting the celebrated author, Narendra Modi is determined to show that none of those who defy his regime are safe, writes Alpa Shah.
#ArundhatiRoy #SheikhShowkatHussain #kashmir #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #BJP #RSS #hindutva #FreeSpeech #india
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/india/2024/06/will-arundhati-roy-be-arrested
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Indian authorities set to prosecute author Arundhati Roy over Kashmir comments from ten years ago
"a clear case of political persecution by an authoritarian government," says Seven Stories Press
https://howtobe247.com/indian-authorities-prosecute-arundhati-roy-kashmir/
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Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches
Speeches that do not instigate violence should not be deemed unlawful activity.
#ArundhatiRoy #SheikhShowkatHussain #FreeSpeech #UAPA #DraconianLaws #kashmir #history #TheHinduEditorial #india
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Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy
That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speech, writes Meena Kandasamy. (Article from October 2023)
#ArundhatiRoy #FreeSpeech #UAPA #BJP #NDA #DraconianLaws #kashmir #india
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/20/arundhati-roy-india-author-freedom-of-speech
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Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy under UAPA
Delhi LG gives prosecution sanction against Arundhati Roy under UAPA for 'provocative' speech at an event in 2010.
#delhi #DelhiLG #ArundhatiRoy #UAPA #VKSaxena #SheikhShowkatHussain #kashmir #dissent #FreeSpeech #DraconianLaws #india
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.> In his book on globalization, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Friedman says, and I quote, “The hidden hand of the market will never work without the hidden fist. McDonalds cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas…and the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps.” Perhaps this was written in a moment of vulnerability, but it’s certainly the most succinct, accurate description of the project of corporate globalization that I have read.
#ArundhatiRoy in her speech #ComeSeptember quotes #ThomasFriedman on the #InvisibleHand with #HiddenFist about which he may haver written in a "moment of vulnerability." Maybe E.K. Hunt's "Invisible Foot" caught him a good one that day and he slipped, blurted out a clearer way of seeing #CorporateGlobalization, #FreeMarkets, #NeoLiberalEconomics....
- https://dharma-records.buddhasasana.net/texts/arundhati-roys-speech-come-september