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Women prisoners recount Jail Horror Stories: Rape and torture common in jails

24/01/2019 Rani

Citizens for Justice and Peace / By Teesta Setalvad

Over the past 15 years, India’s jails have seen a rise in women inmates by 61 per cent, even though they constitute only 48.18% of the national population (according to the World Bank, 2017). Moreover, the Indian prison system has failed to respect their rights. From custodial torture, rape, denial of health services, lack of clean food and water and sheer ignorance on behalf of the state, women inmates languish amidst inhuman conditions in Indian jails.
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Mass sign up petition for Anand Teltumbde

20/01/2019 Rani

Immediate and Complete Withdrawal of all Charges against Dr. Anand Teltumbde

We the undersigned demand the immediate withdrawal of the fabricated charges by the Pune police against Dr. Anand Teltumbde, Senior Professor and Chair, Big Data Analytics at the Goa Institute of Management. Dr. Teltumbde is one of India’s leading contemporary public intellectuals and an internationally known scholar.

Resistance: Women demand better prison conditions

20/01/2019 Rani

Business Standard / By Press Trust of India

Sukalo spent 45 days in jail sleeping on the bathroom floor but, she says, that was not the worst pain she endured in prison.
A member of the Gond tribe, largely found in central India, she had to eat food infested with insects, drink contaminated water and share space with other women she did not know.
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‘Bizarre, Concocted Theories’: The Many Holes in the Case Against Anand Teltumbde

19/01/2019 Rani

The Wire / By Sukanya Shantha

Facing imminent arrest, Teltumbde and his defenders say the case against him and nine other activists and lawyers stands on ‘flimsy’ grounds and is a ‘clear conspiracy to defame anti-caste political leaders’.
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Sign Petition: Quash the false FIR and not to arrest Professor Dr Anand Teltumbde

16/01/2019 Rani

Online Petition at change.org

Sir/Madam
Professor Dr Anand is a IIM-A alumnus, IIT Professor, Executive Director of BPCL, Ex-MD & CEO of Petronet India, Senior Professor and Chair, Big Data Analytics in GIM, author of 26 books, columnist in EPW, writer of innumerable articles, a noted scholar of caste-class and public policy issues, Leading Public Intellectual and Democratic and Educational Rights Activist. Now he is facing imminent threat of arrest as an ‘Urban Maoist’
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Anand Teltumbde: “My Hopes Lie Shattered, I Need Your Support”

16/01/2019 Rani

The Citizen / By Anand Teltumbde

You may have learnt from the media that my appeal for quashing the false FIR against me filed by the Pune Police was rejected yesterday (14 January) by the Supreme Court. Fortunately, it gave me to four weeks to seek pre-arrest bail from the competent court.
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SC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Activist Anand Teltumbde

14/01/2019 Rani

LiveLaw.in / By PTI

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash Pune Police’s FIR against civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima violence and for his alleged Maoist links. The apex court also refused to interfere with the ongoing investigation in the case.
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SC reserves verdict in appeal against Bombay HC order

10/01/2019 Rani

Bar & Bench / By Shruti Mahajan (documented by Kractivism)

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in the appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra in the Bhima Koregaon case.
The two appeals listed before the Court were against the orders passed by Delhi High Court pertaining to Gautam Navlakha, and the Bombay High Court pertaining to Surendra Gadling and other activists.
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One year of Bhima Koregaon case (Part III)

09/01/2019 Rani

The Leaflet / By Nihal Singh Rathod

All the activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case are left-leaning lawyers, academics and organic intellectuals who are extremely popular among the Dalit-Bahujan communities in Maharashtra and also in other states, because of the stellar work they have been doing over the years. The two sets of arrests — on June 6, 2018 and on August 28, 2018 — were based on one FIR filed on January 8, 2018.
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Video: The Bhima Koregaon Case: What Really Happened

02/01/2019 Rani

en | 6:12 min | 2019

The Leaflet / By the Leaflet

What led to the arrests of activists in the Bhima-Koregaon case? What was Elgar Parishad celebrating on December 31, 2017? What happened on January 1, 1818 and why is the Battle of Bhima-Koregaon so significant for the Dalit and Bahujan communities? The Leaflet brings you an in-depth peek into one of the defining legal-political cases of contemporary India.
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