India’s Star Dissident Is in Danger
Arundhati Roy, pictured in January 2020, ten years after she gave the speech she could now go to prison for. (Photo by Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Why has the Hindu nationalist regime chosen this moment to go after Arundhati Roy for a 14-year-old speech?
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The great novelist Arundhati Roy could soon go to jail over a 14-year-old speech. Last week, Delhi’s lieutenant governor VK Saxena gave the police the green light to charge her under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act—which is supposed to be aimed at terrorists—over “anti-India” comments made in 2010. The Act permits detention without trial.
Roy has …
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