ORGANIZATIONS LISTED UNDER UAPA

ORGANIZATIONS LISTED UNDER UAPA

TOPIC: Polity

Context- Apps, social media accounts of channels blocked for ‘disturbing public order’.

Concept-

• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has blocked apps, website and social media accounts of Punjab Politics TV citing close links with the banned outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), and its attempt to use the online media to disturb public order during the ongoing Punjab Assembly election.
• The SFJ was proscribed by the government under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in 2019.

Organizations Listed under UAPA:

• Pro Khalistan Terrorist Organizations listed in the FIRST SCHEDULE of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 include:
  • BabbarKhalsa International,
  • Khalistan Tiger Force
  • International Sikh Youth Federation.
  • The Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and all its manifestations
  • Khalistan Commando Force
  • Khalistan Zindabad Force
  • Organisations listed in the Schedule to the U.N. Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Order, 2007 made under section 2 of the United Nations (Security Council) Act, 1947 and amended from time to time.