The chair of board at Amnesty International in India, Aakar Patel, has called on the Indian government to immediately revoke its new criminal laws, which came into effect on July 1st, replacing three British-era laws in the country.
According to Amnesty International’s website, Patel said: “The provisions of the amendments to and overhaul of the criminal laws in India would have debilitating consequences on the effective realization of the rights to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly, and fair trial.”
He added: “The laws in their current form will be used as pretext to violate the rights of all those who dare speak truth to power. The three new criminal laws in India must be immediately repealed and brought in line with international human rights standards to prevent the continued flagrant misuse to crackdown on peaceful dissent in the country.”
