Press Release
Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) strongly condemns targeted attack on democratic rights activists, blatantly retributive actions of Maharashtra Police and demands immediate and unconditional release of all arrested activists, lawyers, writers and journalists.
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The Wire / By Nandini Sundar
The aim is to silence those who have raised their voice against the abuse of state power and to warn others against opening their mouths.
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DailyO / By Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves
The truth is that almost all Indian prisons are far from compatible with Minimum Human Rights standards.
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Cgbasket / By Campaign Against State Repression on Rights Activists
The protest programme at Parliament Street in Delhi by Campaign Against State Repression on Rights Activists saw the participation of over four thousand people from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and all other parts of the country.
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Unite against State Repression on Peoples Movements! Repeal UAPA, NSA, AFSPA and other anti-people laws!
The solidarity extended by every section of society with those arrested in connection with Bhima-Koregaon, Advocate Surendra Gadling, Professor Shoma Sen and activists Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson and Mahesh Raut, reveals the simmering rage amidst those of us who uphold the spirit of democracy. It is clear that state terror on social activists has now reached a stage where professionals and activists demanding democratic and constitutional rights for others are now being targeted.
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