Indian opposition seeks scrapping of 1870 sedition law after students charged


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India opposition politicians and media called for a colonial-era sedition law to be scrapped on Wednesday, accusing authorities of trying to suppress dissent after it was invoked against students marking the execution of a Kashmiri militant.

Police used the 1870 law against 10 people, including a student organiser, for the 2016 rally at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University where police say anti-India posters were raised.

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