When the young are hunted for shouting slogans, what do we tell our children?

February 21, 2016 11:36

Police are on the lookout for five JNU students who have been charged with sedition along with Kanhaiya Kumar who has been arrested. Delhi police have described the five as absconders and said they were closely involved with the February 9 event commemorating hanged terror convicts Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat in which "anti-national" slogans were shouted.

So far, the five -- aged between 25 and 30 -- have been charged with sedition merely on the basis of the "aazaadi' slogans they allegedly raised.

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