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When The Dust Settles: An Ode To India’s Incarcerated

When The Dust Settles: An Ode To India’s Incarcerated


Drawing by Arun Ferreira

Live Law / by Zaid Sufi Wahidi

This story has been told before. But it is important that it be told at every given opportunity. This is the story of how the state subverted the rule of law to stifle dissent. This is a story of how the judiciary in part – abetted – and in part – thwarted the state’s attempt to incarcerate those who dared to speak against its excesses. Above all, it is a story of the resilience and unrelenting courage of those incarcerated.
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UAPA: Descent from Rule of Law to Barbarism

UAPA: Descent from Rule of Law to Barbarism

The Leaflet / by Ravi Nair

India claims that its constitutional checks and balances prevent the abuse of counterterrorism laws; the evidence, including cases of false imprisonment and torture, suggests that these checks and balances are insufficient not only to protect civilians from abuse under counterterrorism laws but to protect them from terrorism itself.
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‘Activists are being persecuted for their stellar work’

‘Activists are being persecuted for their stellar work’


Drawing by Arun Ferreira

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

The lawyer, who is representing four accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, says there is no evidence to link them to the CPI(Maoist).
Advocate R. Sathyanarayanan has been a trial lawyer for 26 years and has represented a few accused in the Harshad Mehta scam. Now, he is representing four of the 12 accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case — Rona Wilson, P. Varavara Rao, Anand Teltumbde and Surendra Gadling.
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Video: Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

Video: Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

TWO YEARS AND COUNTING…
Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

SESSSIONS AND SPEAKERS
Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case: Mihir Desai • Vrinda Grover
Views from the Movements • Dr. Ravikumar • Aruna Roy • Nikhil Dey • Ulka Mahajan
Crushing Dissent Through Laws: Rebecca John • Prashant Bhushan
Cultural Performance: Relaa • Yalgaar
REMEMBRANCES
Family Members and Colleagues of: Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Arun Ferriera, Surendra Gadling, Sudhir Dhawale, Vernon Gonsalves, Hany Babu, Rona Wilson, Varavara Rao.

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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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Student support has been outstanding: DU Prof PK Vijayan who was summoned by the NIA

Student support has been outstanding: DU Prof PK Vijayan who was summoned by the NIA


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Edex Live / by Johanna Deeksha

The professor is a English teacher at the University’s Hindu College and was summoned for an investigation by the NIA on August 14.
Three days ago, Delhi University Professor PK Vijayan was asked to appear before the National Intelligence Agency for an investigation into the Bhima Koregaon incident. Just a few weeks ago, another DU professor, Hany Babu was taken into custody by the NIA.
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Delhi Police Register Case Against Students Protesting Hany Babu’s Arrest

Delhi Police Register Case Against Students Protesting Hany Babu’s Arrest


Pic shared by “Students With Prof. Hany Babu”

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

The police said that the students were charged for flouting prohibitory orders under Section 144.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered a case against members of various student organisations for flouting prohibitory orders while protesting the arrest of Delhi University professor Hany Babu by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, officials said on Wednesday.
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Delhi Police book students for protesting DU professor Hany Babu’s arrest

13/08/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The police said the students were defying prohibitory orders and physical distancing norms.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday booked six students for protesting against the arrest of Delhi University professor MT Hany Babu and defying prohibitory orders, PTI reported. Babu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on July 28 in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. Babu is an associate professor of English at Delhi University and a well-known anti-caste activist.
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Activists Protesting Against Arrest Of Hany Babu Detained By Police

12/08/2020


+++ SFI Delhi / by @SfiDelhi: SFI along with other organizations protested at Arts Faculty, DU against the arrest of Prof Hany Babu in Fabricated Bhima Koregaon Case. Protesters have been detained at Maurice Nagar Police Station. It was a peaceful protest which was met with hostility by the Delhi police. +++


+++ AISA – N Sai Balaji / @nsaibalaji: AISA condemns the Delhi Police’s registering of FIR against protesting students of Delhi university Several orgs including AISA today protested at arts faculty gate no 4 against arrest of Prof Hany Babu who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad case. +++ The protesting students including AISA’s Abhigyan and some students from DSU and BSCEM were detained and later FIR was filed against them under 58/20, 188/34 IPC. +++

Police officers probing Delhi violence, Bhima Koregaon cases get home minister’s excellence medal

Police officers probing Delhi violence, Bhima Koregaon cases get home minister’s excellence medal

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajesh Deo and Vikram Khalate, Superintendent of Police, NIA, were among the 121 recipients of the award.
A senior Delhi Police officer probing the communal violence that broke out in the city in February and a National Investigation Agency officer leading the Bhima Koregaon case inquiry are among those who received the Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation on Wednesday.
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ACP, who probed Elgar Parishad case, awarded by Union home ministry

12/08/2020

Hindustan Times / by Jogesh Joshi

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shivaji Pawar, who probed the Elgar Parishad case, has been awarded with the Union home minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for the year 2020… “I am happy that all my efforts have been rewarded. The award is being given to me for the Elgar Parishad investigation,” said Pawar.
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Varavara Rao’s Family Awaits News On His Health, Writes Jailed Poet’s Nephew

Varavara Rao’s Family Awaits News On His Health, Writes Jailed Poet’s Nephew

Outlook / by N Venugopal

It has been eleven days since Varavara Rao’s family saw the physically weak and psychologically suffering poet on video conference and there is still no news from anywhere – hospital or jail.
It’s exactly one month since Varavara Rao’s family felt disturbed with his incoherent talk and began emergency efforts to bring the dreadful condition of his health to people’s notice, to appeal to all the systems of governance and to move judiciary seeking an immediate remedy to the risk to his life.
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A test case – Detainees during the pandemic

A test case – Detainees during the pandemic

The Telegraph / by Prabhat Patnaik

It is a common practice all over the world that when those incarcerated face a threat to life, the authorities send them home…
It is a sign of the times that our present Central government does not feel the need to follow this practice of releasing prisoners even when their lives are at risk. Varavara Rao, a 79-year-old accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, has been in jail for two years, where his health had broken down even before the pandemic; matters are worse now because he has tested positive for Covid-19. Yet the government has made no announcement till date about his release after he is discharged from hospital; and this is so notwithstanding the fact that he is merely awaiting trial and has not been convicted of any crime.
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