UAPA in Panjab with Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur

Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 65th episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers, and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode, we are joined by Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, who is the proprietor of @PanjaabLawyers in Ludhiana and is also the Advocate for several Sikh Political Prisoners. He has recently released a list of those detained by Panjab Police online. We discuss today his personal life, how he became a legal counsel for political prisoners, a brief history of the Indian penal code, UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) and how it’s applied in Panjab, an update on the case of Jagtar “Jaggi” Johal and more.

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UAPA in Panjab with Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur is an episode from SikhArchive by Sukhraj Singh.

This episode is 01:07:54 long.

This episode was published on Jul 15, 2024.

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