In August 2019, Parliament approved amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA. The amendment, inter alia, empowers the central government to categorize an individual as a terrorist. This lecture explains all the amendments in detail.

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The lecture touches upon the following themes:

1. Brief background of UAPA.
2. Amendments to UAPA till 2013.
3. 2019 amendments to UAPA.
4. How an individual can be designated as a terrorist.
5. Arguments in favour of UAPA.
6. Arguments against UAPA.
7. UAPA and the emergency of 1976.
8. Arrests of activists under UAPA.
9. Is UAPA the most dangerous law yet?

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