Sedition charge against Indian cartoonist dropped

AFPPublished: Oct 12, 2012 7:05 AM | Updated: Oct 12, 2012 9:31 AM

An Indian state has dropped charges of sedition against a cartoonist who was arrested over his anti-corruption drawings last month in a case that outraged free-speech activists, his lawyer said today.

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