Explained: Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 (UAPA)

In August 2019, Parliament approved amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA. The amendment, inter alia, empowers the central government to categorize an individual as a terrorist. This lecture explains all the amendments in detail.
The lecture touches upon the following themes:

1. Brief background of UAPA.
2. Amendments to UAPA till 2013.
3. 2019 amendments to UAPA.
4. How an individual can be designated as a terrorist.
5. Arguments in favour of UAPA.
6. Arguments against UAPA.
7. UAPA and the emergency of 1976.
8. Arrests of activists under UAPA.
9. Is UAPA the most dangerous law yet?

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