: the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey

their government
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Full Definition of SEDITION

: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

Examples of SEDITION
1.

The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition
2.

In law, sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal
authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often
includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent (or resistance) to lawful
authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence
against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in
or promotes the interests of sedition.

3.

Typically, sedition is considered a subversive act, and the overt acts that may be prosecutable
under sedition laws vary from one legal code to another. Where the history of these legal codes
has been traced, there is also a record of the change in the definition of the elements constituting
sedition at certain points in history. This overview has served to develop a sociological definition of
sedition as well, within the study of state persecution.

sedition definition

Acts that incite rebellion or civil disorder against an established government

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Sedition
A revolt or an incitement to revolt against established authority, usually in the form of Treason or Defamation against g
overnment.
Sedition is the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government. However, because of the broad protection of free
speech under theFirst
Amendment, prosecutions for sedition are rare. Nevertheless, sedition remains a crime in the United States under 18 U
.S.C.A. 2384(2000), a federal statute that punishes seditious conspiracy, and 18 U.S.C.A. 2385 (2000), which outla
ws advocating the overthrow of thefederal government by force. Generally, a person may be punished for sedition only

when he or she makes statements that create a Clear and Present

Danger to rights that the government may lawfully protect (SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S. Ct. 247, 63 L.
Ed. 470[1919]).
The crime of seditious conspiracy is committed when two or more persons in any state or U.S. territory conspire to levy
war against the U.S.government. A person commits the crime of advocating the violent overthrow of the federal govern
ment when she willfully advocates orteaches the overthrow of the government by force, publishes material that advocat
es the overthrow of the government by force, or organizespersons to overthrow the government by force. A person foun
d guilty of seditious conspiracy or advocating the overthrow of the governmentmay be fined and sentenced to up to 20 y
ears in prison. States also maintain laws that punish similar advocacy and conspiracy against thestate government.
Governments have made sedition illegal since time immemorial. The precise acts that constitute sedition have varied. In
the United States,Congress in the late eighteenth century believed that government should be protected from "false, sca
ndalous and malicious" criticisms.Toward this end, Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, which authorized the crim
inal prosecution of persons who wrote or spokefalsehoods about the government, Congress, the president, or the vice p
resident. The act was to expire with the term of President John Adams. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was charged with
sedition for his 'offensive' cartoons. The Kanpur-based artist has been accused of putting up banners mocking the Constitution
during a rally of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in Mumbai, he also posted the same on the Social media. He was
arrested in Mumbai under IPC Section 124 (sedition), section 66 A of Information Technology Act and section 2 of Prevention of
Insults to Nation Honour Act. - See more at: http://www.merinews.com/quick-bytes/6-controversial-sedition-cases-inindia/3957#sthash.2ZyCQAvw.dpuf

Instances on sedition

1.Binayak Sen is an Indian pediatrician, public health specialist and activist. He was also the national vicepresident of the People's Union for Civil Liberties. Sen was accused of sedition by the Chhattisgarh
government for allegedly supporting the outlawed Naxalites, thereby violating the provisions of the
Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.
2. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was charged with sedition for his 'offensive' cartoons. The Kanpur-based artist

has been accused of putting up banners mocking the Constitution during a rally of anti-corruption
crusader Anna Hazare in Mumbai, he also posted the same on the Social media. He was arrested in Mumbai
under IPC Section 124 (sedition), section 66 A of Information Technology Act and section 2 of Prevention of
Insults to Nation Honour Act.

3.A noted writer, author and political activist was sought to be charged with sedition for advocating
independence for the disputed Kashmir region. Roy along with Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani
and others was booked on charges of sedition by Delhi Police for their "anti-India" speech at a
seminar in 2010.
4.Fireband leader Praveen Togadia, an Indian doctor and advocate for Hindu nationalism was slapped with
the the charge of sedition by the Rajasthan government in 2003. He was jailed on charges of defying the

prohibitory orders and ban on distribution of tridents, he faced charges under Section 121-A of IPC (waging
war or attempting anti-national activity)