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United Against Govt Repression: Call for Release of Bhima Koregaon Accused

United Against Govt Repression: Call for Release of Bhima Koregaon Accused

By National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations

The completion of a year since the arrest of academics, activists, artists and lawyers; Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale and Surendra Gadling, framed for violence caused by right wing elements at Bhima Koregoan on 1 January 2018 was successfully marked by a Jan Sabha and Cultural Programme held in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi at 11 am on 8 June 2019.
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Press Conference: Draconian Laws, State Impunity and the Illegal Arrests

Press Conference: Draconian Laws, State Impunity and the Illegal Arrests


Press Conference at Press Club of India, New Delhi on 2 February 2019.

NCHRO / by National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations

In blatant disregard to the order of the Supreme Court of India allowing Prof. Anand Teltumbde four weeks to approach the court for anticipatory bail, the Pune police arrested him from the Mumbai airport at the wee hours of 2 February 2019. Later in the day the Pune Sessions Court abiding by the SC order released Prof. Teltumbde and directed them to desist any action against him till 11 February 2019. The Campaign Against State Repression organised a press conference to denounce the malicious arrests of workers, lawyers and human rights defenders at the Press Club of India, New Delhi on 2 February 2019.
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‘By Instilling Fear the Govt Is Trying to Muzzle the Marginalised’: Justice Kolse Patil

‘By Instilling Fear the Govt Is Trying to Muzzle the Marginalised’: Justice Kolse Patil

The Citizen / by Ribhu Ranjan

Retired Justice Kolse Patil, one of the conveners of the Elgar Parishad had been a lawyer as well as a public prosecutor before he became a High Court judge. He retired at the age of 47, and for the past three decades he has been associated with various social movements, particularly for the marginalized sections of the society and trying to fight the communal forces.
The Citizen (TC) interviewed Justice Patil in the light of Bhima-Koregaon violence that happened exactly a year ago.
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Statement on release of four Reliance workers – First to be falsely implicated in Bhima Koregaon case

Statement on release of four Reliance workers – First to be falsely implicated in Bhima Koregaon case

Sanhati-india / by People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR)

PUDR welcomes the release on bail of four workers of Reliance Energy/ Infrastructure Ltd. (REIL) and trade union activists implicated under numerous sections of the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links. The workers were released on 26 December 2018 on default bail after the 17 December order of the Bombay High Court setting aside the extension of time granted to ATS Mumbai to file the chargesheet in April 2018. Months before 6 June and 28 August, when 10 rights activists were arrested under UAPA on fabricated connections to the Bhima Koregaon violence, workers at RIEL were the first to be targeted for alleged ‘Maoist’ links at Elgaar Parishad.
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Bhima Koregaon case: A curiously prescient report puts focus on a Mumbai security think tank

Bhima Koregaon case: A curiously prescient report puts focus on a Mumbai security think tank

Scroll.in / by Mridula Chari

One of the two secretaries general of Forum for Integrated National Security is Seshadri Chari, a senior member of the RSS and the BJP.
A report released by a security think-tank in March into caste violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1 had foreshadowed the turn taken by the police investigation into the events. The report pinned the blame for the violence on a Maoist conspiracy – a conclusion that bears striking resemblance to the claims the Pune police has subsequently made in court.
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Dalit activists among five arrested for ‘inciting’ Bhima Koregaon violence

Dalit activists among five arrested for ‘inciting’ Bhima Koregaon violence

The Print / by PTI

Police in Pune have accused the activists of having Maoist links. They had earlier booked a duo with Hindutva affiliations.
Pune: The Pune Police today arrested five people allegedly having close Maoist links, including prominent Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, from Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence on January 1.
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Post Bhima Koregaon Violence, Police Target Dalits Across Maharashtra; Minor Boys Worst Hit

Post Bhima Koregaon Violence, Police Target Dalits Across Maharashtra; Minor Boys Worst Hit

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

‘Instead of arresting those involved in terrorising our community, the police has been busy arresting our children,’ said the uncle of a 14-year-old boy who was picked up.
Mumbai: Sarita Kamble stood in front of the tall, wooden door of the Dongri Observation Home for almost 10 minutes before entering. “He can’t see me crying. It will make him weak. Let us go in once I feel composed,” she hastily tells her husband, Sanket, as she struggles to hold back her tears.
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FIR Against Kabir Kala Manch Members, Others for ‘Promoting Enmity’ At Bhima Koregaon Event

FIR Against Kabir Kala Manch Members, Others for ‘Promoting Enmity’ At Bhima Koregaon Event

The Wire / by Varsha Torgalkar

Pune: Organisers of Elgar Parishad, including members of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM), were booked on Monday night for allegedly promoting enmity between various groups at the December 31 event held at Shaniwar Wada to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon in Pune.
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