Chorus from abroad on Bhima-Koregaon charge
The Telegraph / by Special Correspndent
Outfits from US, UK, Canada, Japan want activists freed.
Twenty-one organisations working for the cause of social justice in the US, the UK, India, Canada and Japan have demanded immediate withdrawal of charges against civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde and 10 others in connection with the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence and alleged Maoist links.
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HUMAN RIGHTS NOW IN INDIA
The Telegraph / by The Editorial Board
The European Parliament has reminded the Indian government that in times of a pandemic, “prisoners of conscience” should be released.
Who defends in India the rights of the defenders of human rights? Going by the incisively worded letter of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights to the Indian home minister, no one.
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