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Bombay HC disposes of Vernon Gonsalves & Anand Teltumbde’s petition for Covid-19 test

Bombay HC disposes of Vernon Gonsalves & Anand Teltumbde’s petition for Covid-19 test

Anand Teltumbde allowed medical check-up

29/08/2020

The Times of India / by Times of India

Mumbai: A special NIA court on Friday allowed Elgar Parishad case accused, scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde (68), to have a medical check-up.
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Bombay HC disposes of Vernon Gonsalves, Anand Teltumbde’s petition for Covid-19 test

28/08/2020

Hindustan Times / by K A Y Dodhiya

Vernon Gonsalves and Anand Teltumbde had moved the petition for getting themselves tested for Covid-19 after Telugu poet and co-accusedin the Elgar Parishad/Bhima Koregaon case , P Vara Vara Rao tested positive for Covid-19.
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Video: DISSIDENT STUDENTS ON ROAD! For their beloved dissidents imprisoned!

Video: DISSIDENT STUDENTS ON ROAD! For their beloved dissidents imprisoned!

By Release The Poet

bengali song | 4:19min | 2020
THE VOICE OF DISSIDENCE!
For the dissidents imprisoned! The ‘Release BK-12’ Protest at Jadavpur, Kolkata
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Organised by
RELEASE THE POET COMMITTEE & CRPP
Supported by
RSF, APDR, PUCL, BMC, BHIM ARMY, PFI, IFTU, NAREE CHETONA, GANATANTRIK SANGRAMI UDYOG, AIPF & NO NRC MOVEMENT
LAL-ON, LAL LANTHAN, JANOGANOMANO, PRATISARAN, EBONG JALARKA, UBUDASH & UNIT THEATER
NAPM stands in solidarity against state repression of activists, lawyers and progressive persons

NAPM stands in solidarity against state repression of activists, lawyers and progressive persons

By National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)

Release all political prisoners, including Sudha Bharadwaj who has been imprisoned for 2 years!
Arrest the real criminals of ‘Bhima Koregaon’!
Repeal the UAPA Law!

28th August 2020: In India’s dark history of human rights violations, 28th August 2018 has become a very important day. On this day, Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by Pune police from her home in Faridabad. On the same day, Gautam Navlakha from Delhi, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves from Mumbai and Varavara Rao from Hyderabad were also arrested. Although Gautam Navlakha was granted relief from arrest for a while by the Delhi High Court, he was also arrested a few months ago. In the ‘Bhima Koregaon case’, baseless and false facts have been used to fabricate a criminal case. …

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The Sudha Bharadwaj the Govt Doesn’t Want You To Know

The Sudha Bharadwaj the Govt Doesn’t Want You To Know


Pic by www.karinscheidegger.ch

Article 14 / by Chitrangada Choudhury

India’s National Investigative Agency describes her as the shadowy leader of the banned Maoist party, smuggling arms, planting booby traps and guiding strategy on armed operations. That contrasts sharply with her life of public service among some of India’s most exploited people.
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Why the State Fears My Friend, Sudha Bharadwaj

28/08/2020

The Wire / by Smita Gupta

They cannot fight her in court, so they are calling her a Maoist. They don’t have any real evidence against her, so they are converting the process itself into punishment.
Exactly two years ago, Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case.
It is very painful for me to read about her declining health and the several serious ailments she has been suffering from during her imprisonment – heart disease, arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, depression. Even after two years, she has been denied bail and is being held without a trial.
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‘Maa chose to serve her people. Is that anti-national?’ Sudha Bharadwaj’s daughter

28/08/2020


Maaysha and Sudha Bharadwaj

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

Daughter pens heartfelt note as Sudha Bharadwaj completes two years in prison.
Noted human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by the Pune police from her residence in Faridabad in August 2018 in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.
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Varavara Rao released from hospital after Covid-19 treatment, sent back to jail

Varavara Rao released from hospital after Covid-19 treatment, sent back to jail

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Rao’s family claimed they were not informed of his discharge on Thursday.
Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao was on Thursday discharged from Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, after being treated for the coronavirus, and sent back to Taloja Jail, the Hindustan Times reported quoting South Region Prisons Inspector General Deepak Pandey.
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Varavara Rao discharged from Nanavati Hospital, returns to Taloja jail

27/08/2020

Hindustan Times / by Vijay Kumar Yadav

Telugu poet P Varavara Rao, 81, one of the accused arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgar Parishad case, was discharged from Nanavati Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Rao was admitted there on July 19 after he tested positive for Covid-19. He has been taken back to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, where he was earlier lodged.
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Sudha Bharadwaj developed heart ailment triggered by stress in jail

Sudha Bharadwaj developed heart ailment triggered by stress in jail

The Indian Express / by Gargi Verma

Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the activists arrested and incarcerated in the Bhima Koregaon case, has developed a heart ailment, “clearly triggered by the stress” she is facing in jail, as she “never had any heart-related complaints before she was taken in custody” in October 2018, according to daughter Mayesha Bharadwaj.
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Sudha Bharadwaj developed heart ailment triggered by stress in jail, says family

27/08/2020

Sroll.in / by Scroll Staff

They have demanded ‘for an early, decisive hearing’ for her release and have also asked for full access to her medical history in prison.
The activist’s daughter, Maaysha Bharadwaj, cited a medical report from the jail dated July 23 in which it has been stated that her mother is suffering from “Ischemic Heart Disease, a heart problem caused by narrowing of arteries that causes reduced blood flow to the heart muscle and can lead to heart attack”. She added that her mother never had any heart-related complaints before she was jailed.
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NIA Summons Three Lawyers for Questioning

NIA Summons Three Lawyers for Questioning


Campaign poster, June 2020

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

Among those summoned are Nihalsing Rathod, the defence lawyer for some of the accused in the case, and Viplav Teltumbde.
Mumbai: After questioning several academics and activists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has now issued summons to three lawyers in the Elgar Parishad case. Among the three lawyers summoned to appear before the agency’s Mumbai office on August 28 are Nihalsing Rathod, Viplav Teltumbde and a Nagpur-based lawyer.
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Human rights organisation calls for immediate release of Sudha Bharadwaj on second anniversary of her arrest

Human rights organisation calls for immediate release of Sudha Bharadwaj on second anniversary of her arrest

By CIVICUS

August 28 2020 marks two years since the arrest and detention of Indian activist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj. Ahead of this second anniversary, global civil society organisation CIVICUS calls on the Indian government to immediately release Bharadwaj and drop all charges against her:
– CIVICUS urges authorities to drop baseless charges against Sudha Bharadwaj
– There are concerns for Bharadwaj’s health in prison during COVID-19 pandemic
– Bharadwaj is featured in international campaign #StandAsMyWitness calling for release of human rights defenders
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