Overview

• Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for comments made at a 2010 conference on Kashmir.
• The case, initially based on sedition charges, has been reactivated under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
• Critics argue the move is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's broader crackdown on dissent and free speech.
• Roy's remarks questioned India's claim over Kashmir, a region contested by both India and Pakistan.
• Global literary and human rights communities have condemned the prosecution as a political maneuver to silence critics.