Arun Ferreira, a human rights lawyer and member of the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, was branded and arrested as the leader of the propaganda and communications wing of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2007. He was acquitted of all charges in 2014 only to be re-arrested in a coordinated police crackdown in 2018. He is currently facing a host of charges, including sedition and terrorism under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a draconian piece of anti-terror legislation with a wide ambit and vague definition used to target academics, lawyers and human rights defenders expressing dissent.