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• n  an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

• The island state granted asylum to the neighboring country's freedom fighter who was charged with sedition in his country.
• Fifteen of the fifty charged with sedition still remain at large.
• In a nation which has never been calmer and less hysterical in time of war, the people now on trial for sedition could take comfort from a more zealous, witch-hunting past.

News & Articles

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• On eve of presidential vote, Iranian officials keep wary eye on US (+video)
  The unexpectedly strong showing by a moderate cleric has generated last-minute buzz about Iran's vote tomorrow. But officials are more concerned about US attempts at 'sedition.'
  June 13, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• On eve of presidential vote, Iranian officials keep wary eye on US
  The unexpectedly strong showing by a moderate cleric has generated last-minute buzz about Iran's vote tomorrow. But officials are more concerned about US attempts at 'sedition.'
  June 13, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Why Iran’s Rigged Election Matters
  This week’s presidential election in Iran could be easily dismissed as a charade. Just eight of almost 700 candidates were permitted to run, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have declared even the words “free and fair election” to be a U.S.-inspired call to sedition.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Saddam Hussein in Forbes
  America is using him to increase sedition among Iraqis, but we are thinking only of how Iraq can get rid of its problems and achieve security,said Hussein Abases, a Shiite farmer.
• Jalal Talabani in International Herald Tribune
  The call for al-Dhari's arrest came two days after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called him a hard-liner with "nothing to do but incite sectarian and ethnic sedition."
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in International Herald Tribune
  Because of the religious responsibility, and to stop Iraqi blood being shed, and to maintain the unity of Iraq and to put an end to this sedition that the occupiers and their followers want to spread among the Iraqi people, we call for an end to... Muqtada al-Sadr http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNETCbYUgu3IzzZSmaGqcMaxcHV4cA Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL2937995420080330&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGQuRDJhSEi6jC11t3GiJq4L-9DUA Mar 30, 2008 87446 116910 seditious Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said late Thursday police should investigate Karpal for making comments that upset many people and were seditious and insulting" to the sultan.