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Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted in India for Kashmir comments

Indian authorities are pursuing charges against author Arundhati Roy for her statements on Kashmir made in 2010.
The permission to prosecute Roy was granted by VK Saxena, a senior official in Delhi linked to the ruling BJP.
The decision to prosecute Roy under anti-terror laws was criticized by the Communist party of India as condemnable.

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The Guardian

India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks

Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism lawIndian authorities have granted permission for the prosecution of the Booker prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy over comments she made about Kashmir at an event in 2010.The top official in the Delhi administration, VK Saxena, gave the go-ahead for legal action against Roy, whose novel The God of Small Things won the Booker prize in 1…

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

NC, PDP slam move to prosecute Arundhati Roy, Showkat under UAPA

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said it is “shocking” that Arundhati Roy, “world renowned author, has been booked under the draconian UAPA”

10 days ago·India

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The Independent

Author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under anti-terror laws in India

Roy faces charges over a speech she gave about Kashmir in 2010

11 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

"Misuse Of Power": Sharad Pawar On Nod To Prosecute Arundhati Roy Under Anti-Terror Law UAPA

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday described as "misuse of power" the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under the stringent UAPA for an alleged provocative speech in 2010.

10 days ago·New Delhi, India

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