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By Muslim Mirror Staff September 24: CIVICUS , a global alliance of civil society organisations dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world has highlighted the ongoing misuse of restrictive laws by the Indian government to keep activists behind bars, at a time when the country is going through the worst phase of the pandemic .The CIVICUS report, “Punished for speaking up: The ongoing use of restrictive laws to silence dissent in India,” shows an increasingly repressive environment for civic freedoms, such as the freedoms of expression,...