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Month: April 2020

An Appeal to Implement Programme of Solidarity with Prof. Anand Teltumbde

An Appeal to Implement Programme of Solidarity with Prof. Anand Teltumbde

By All India Forum for Right to Education

I STAND WITH ANAND
Dear Friends,
As you know that Prof. Anand Teltumbde is facing impending incarceration on 6th April not with standing the danger to his life due to Covid-19 infection. It clearly appears to be the attempt of the Government of India to persecute an intellectual whose voice it finds to be discomforting. Prof. Teltumbde is one of those rare intellectuals who synergized caste-class analysis (Ambedkar and Marx) quite on the lines of Shahid Bhagat Singh.
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How 2-minute Phone Call Keeps Jailed Activists In Touch With Families

How 2-minute Phone Call Keeps Jailed Activists In Touch With Families


Drawing by Arun Ferreira

The Outlook / by Preetha Nair

Why is the Maharashtra government sitting on the Supreme Court order? Are they waiting for people to die in prison? ask kin of activists.
It had over a month since jailed activist Varavara Rao’s family had heard from him. They were anxious and desperate to know how the 80-year-old poet-activist-journalist, who has been languishing in prison for alleged links to Maoists, was doing.
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A letter to Anand Teltumbde, on his way to jail

A letter to Anand Teltumbde, on his way to jail

The Wire / by Vijay Prashad & Sudhanva Deshpande

‘You are being sent to jail because you are part of a tidal wave of dissent against this government and what it has done to Indian democracy.’

Dear Anand,
On Monday, there will probably be a knock on your door. Police officers are likely to arrive to arrest you. They will carry with them a range of papers, a file overflowing with notes that refer to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code.
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Mounting international concern over detention of civil rights activists in India in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mounting international concern over detention of civil rights activists in India in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Caravan / by The Caravan Staff

Over 5,000 Individuals and 15 Organizations Sign Global Statement of Support for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Mr. Gautam Navlakha.
Various democratic rights and social rights organizations such as European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), Paris, Ambedkar International Center, USA, All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA), India and many more have signed the petition. 
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Sign statement: Global Solidarity Statement for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha

IIMA students, faculty start signature campaign for prof Anand Teltumbde

IIMA students, faculty start signature campaign for prof Anand Teltumbde

Drawing by Arun Fereirra

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

Over 250 students, faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Friday started a signature campaign seeking extension of date for surrendering issued to Professor Anand Teltumbde, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘AT LEAST DELAY THE ARREST OF TETUMBDE, NAVLAKHA’

03/04/2020

The Hindu / by Special Corresponent

More than 5,000 individuals and over 15 organisations around the world have pleaded that the impending arrest of activist-academics Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha be delayed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sign statement: Global Solidarity Statement for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha

Over 300 IIT alumni, students, profs extend support to Anand Teltumbde

Over 300 IIT alumni, students, profs extend support to Anand Teltumbde

The New Indian Express / by Johanna Deeksha

Members of the pan-IIT community – faculty, scientists, researchers, students and alumni issued a joint statement condemning the actions of the state ‘in their individual capacities.’
In a order that surprised many, activists and scholar, Gautam Navalakha and Anand Teltumbde were directed by the Supreme Court to surrender to the Pune Police within three weeks in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case. This was on March 16. In about a week’s time, the two charged under the UAPA will have to surrender.
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DON’T PITY ANAND TELTUMBDE, PITY THE SYSTEM THAT INCARCERATES HIM

01/04/2020

The Wire / by Anirban Goswami and Anupam Banerjee

His incarceration shall remain an indelible black mark on the history of governance of this country.
When he surrenders on April 6, 2020, as per the Supreme Court’s directions, professor Anand Teltumbde will be the first alumnus of the hallowed IIM, Ahmedabad, the first IIT professor and the first CEO of a company to be charged under the dreaded Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which renders a person suspected by the police utterly defenceless.
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‘Don’t jail Teltumbde and Navlakha amid Covid-19 crisis,’ global scholars urge India

‘Don’t jail Teltumbde and Navlakha amid Covid-19 crisis,’ global scholars urge India

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The two civil rights activists are expecting to be arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case by April 6 following a Supreme Court order last month.
More than 15 social rights organisation and over 5,000 individuals across the world have signed a statement in solidarity with activists Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha, urging the Centre to delay their arrest in the Bhima Koregaon violence case in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Sign statement: Global Solidarity Statement for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha

2-Min Phone Calls To Family For Jailed Bhima Koregaon Activists

2-Min Phone Calls To Family For Jailed Bhima Koregaon Activists

Huffpost / by Piyasree Dasgupta

The national lockdown enforced due to the coronavirus outbreak has prevented the families from meeting the imprisoned activists.
A couple of weeks ago, Koel Sen received a call from a constable at the Byculla Jail in Mumbai, informing her that the facility to meet prisoners would be suspended soon, in view of the coronavirus outbreak in India.
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