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Anand Teltumbde Arrested By Pune Police, Despite Protection Given By SC

02/02/2019 Rani

Live Law / By Manu Sebastian

The Pune Police arrested scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde from Mumbai airport around 3.30 AM today, despite a Supreme Court order which granted him interim protection from arrest for four weeks from January 14.
He is facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The Pune police allege that the enquiry into Bhima-Koregaon violence which took place in January 1, 2018 revealed that Teltubmde had links with Maoist organizations.
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Despite Supreme Court’s Protection, Pune Police Arrests Scholar Anand Teltumbde

02/02/2019 Rani

The Wire / By Sukanya Shantha

The apex court had granted him four weeks of protection from arrest to enable him to secure regular/pre-arrest bail.
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Bhima Koregaon case: Activist Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea rejected by Pune court

01/02/2019 Rani

A file photo of activist Anand Teltumbde. | Mukul Dube

Scroll.in / By Scroll Staff

The judge said the investigation was at a crucial stage and ‘the custodial interrogation of the accused is necessary’.
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Gadchiroli Police takes custody of Surendra Gadling, P Varavara Rao, prompting senior lawyers to say this is ‘ever-greening of charges’

31/01/2019 Rani

The Leaflet / By Nishant Sirohi

Gadchiroli police in the late hours of January 30, 2019, took custody of noted human rights lawyer and Nagpur-based Dalit rights activist Surendra Gadling and activist-poet-writer P Varvara Rao from Pune’s Yerwada Jail authorities. The Police made the arrests in connection with another alleged case of involvement of Gadling and Rao in so-called “unlawful activity” related to the Surjagadh case of 2016. With these arrests, the apprehensions of “ever-greening” of charges on the civil rights activities becoming a reality.
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Online Petition: Appeal for Fr. Stan Swamy

31/01/2019 Rani

Drop the false charges against Fr Stan Swamy immediately!

We stand together strongly to condemn the false allegations and defamatory charges against Fr Stan Swamy by the Pune police, under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA). These charges frame him in the Bhima Koregaon case, call him an “urban naxalite”, and accuse him of plotting the assassination of the Prime Minister. They are patently false and defamatory.
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Police take custody of P Varavara Rao, Surendra Gadling in ’16 Maoist attack case

31/01/2019 Rani

Times of India / By Vishwas Kothari, Asseem Shaik

PUNE: The Gadchiroli police on Wednesday took custody of veteran activist-poet-writer P Varavara Rao and activist-lawyer Surendra Gadling from the city’s Yerawada jail authorities in connection with a UAPA case related to the 2016 Maoist attack at Surjagadh.
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No Evidence Against Teltumbde, Cops Seek Delay To Deny Justice

31/01/2019 Rani

Huffington Post / By By Pavan Dahat

Dalit intellectual’s lawyer says the Pune Police is running down the clock on the 4 week reprieve granted to Teltumbe by the Supreme Court.
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Condition of human rights in Jharkhand is awful, question govt and you can be called extremist

30/01/2019 Rani

National Herald / by Ashlin Mathew

The 82-year old priest Father Stan Swamy’s believes he is being treated as a ‘suspect’ in Bhima Koregaon case because he has been working with tribals in Jharkhand and questioning the state govt…
Edited excerpts of an interview
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‘Urban Naxals’: It’s essential that right to dissent is not discarded in India, says Romila Thapar

29/01/2019 Rani

Scroll.in / By Romila Thapar

In November, the historian delivered a video message at the Unesco headquarters on the freedom of speech and expression in India.
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Arrests, Summons, Externment: Maharashtra Police Moves Against 200 Activists

28/01/2019 Rani

The Wire / By Sukanya Shantha

Anti-caste leaders involved in the Bhima Koregaon protests said this sudden action, just months before national elections, was politically motivated and meant only to harass them.
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