<P> Article 23 of the Basic Law requires the special administrative region to enact laws prohibiting any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China . The National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill was tabled in early 2003 to replace the existing laws regarding treason and sedition, and to introduce new laws to prohibit secessionist and subversive acts and theft of state secrets, and to prohibit political organisations from establishing overseas ties . The bill was shelved following massive opposition from the public . </P> <P> In 2010, writer Arundhati Roy was sought to be charged with sedition for her comments on Kashmir and Maoists . Two individuals have been charged with sedition since 2007 . Binayak Sen, an Indian paediatrician, public health specialist, and activist was found guilty of sedition . He is national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). On 24 December 2010, the Additional Sessions and District Court Judge B.P Varma Raipur found Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal (politician) and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha, guilty of sedition for helping the Maoists in their fight against the state . They were sentenced to life imprisonment, but he got bail in Supreme Court on 16 April 2011 . </P> <P> On 10 September 2012, Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist, was sent to judicial custody till 24 September 2012 on charges of sedition over a series of cartoons against corruption . Trivedi was accused of uploading "ugly and obscene" content to his website, also accused of insulting the Constitution during an anti-corruption protest in Mumbai in 2011 . Trivedi's arrest under sedition has been heavily criticised in India . The Press Council of India (PCI) termed it a "stupid" move . </P> <P> In February 2016, JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on charges of Sedition under section 124 - A of Indian Penal Code (which was part of the sedition laws implemented by the British Rule). His arrest has raised a political turmoil in the country with academicians and activists marching and protesting against this move by the government . While those associated with JNU, past and present feel that the government is stifling and ruthlessly suppressing dissent, there is another part of the population that believes JNU for long has been supporting anti-India activities and the students involved must be punished for this act . Protests by both side are continuing . Kanhaiya Kumar is the president of JNUSU . </P>

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