IAC demands cartoonist Trivedi’s release
September 10th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Condemning the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, India Against Corruption (IAC) Monday demanded that he be “unconditionally released” and the “baseless charge of sedition be withdrawn instantly.”
The IAC in a statement said: “The use of the sedition law against Aseem Trivedi is blatantly illegal and portrays the sign of a paranoid state that does not behove a mature democracy like India. His harassment smacks of vendetta against the anti-corruption movement.”
“IAC demands that Aseem Trivedi be unconditionally released and all charges against him, including the baseless charge of sedition be withdrawn instantly.”
IAC further said that it stood for freedom of expression and is anguished by the growing culture of intolerance for creative expression in the public domain.
“There can be two views about the content of some other cartoons put up by him on his website, or indeed about their appropriateness but these are matters to be judged by the public, and not by the police.”
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