3 years in jail have made me stronger, says lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj

3 years in jail have made me stronger, says lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj

Times of India / by Priyanka Kakodkar

After being jailed for 3 years under the UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case, human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj was released on bail on December 9, 2021. An IIT alumnus who gave up her US citizenship to work as a trade unionist among tribals in Chhattisgarh, she later qualified as a lawyer and was teaching at the National Law University in Delhi at the time of her arrest.
Bail conditions prevent her from speaking about the case but she speaks to Priyanka Kakodkar about her experiences in jail, the desperate condition of undertrials and life ahead.
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Interview With Sudha Bharadwaj, Bhima Koregaon Accused And Human Rights Lawyer

en | 30:48 min | 2022

Scroll.in / by Smitha Nair

In today’s episode we speak to Sudha Bharadwaj, human rights lawyer and trade unionist who has worked with the most marginalised in Chhattisgarh over the last three decades.
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Also read:
Sudha Bharadwaj: My greatest strength were prison inmates (Rediff.com / Feb 2022)
Sudha Bharadwaj: I was imprisoned in the phansi yard (Rediff.com / Feb 2022)

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