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Conspiracy of Silence: Dalit Migrant Workers First Targets of the Police in Bhima Koregaon Case

Conspiracy of Silence: Dalit Migrant Workers First Targets of the Police in Bhima Koregaon Case

CJP / By Akhil Vasudevan

On January 12, 2018, two weeks after Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad program in Pune, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police picked up four workers of Reliance Infrastructure, one contractor from the same company and a casual worker. Their houses in the slum were raided in the middle of the night for hours before the arrest. A union activist was picked up a day before. The ATS squad questioned several other workers from the same company in the following days and finally arrested one more person from Reliance Infrastructure on 25th January. Interestingly, all the eight arrested men are migrants from Andhra/Telangana region. All of them have been charged under draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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Jail authorities in India continue to deny prisoners the right to intellectual pursuit

Jail authorities in India continue to deny prisoners the right to intellectual pursuit

Scroll.in / By Aritra Bhattacharya

Lawyers for Surendra Gadling, under arrest in the Bhima Koregaon case, say their client was denied access to reading material, including SC judgments and books.
On September 13, six alleged Maoists lodged in the Yerawada jail in Pune, Maharashtra, participated in a one-day token hunger strike. The date chosen was significant. Freedom fighter Jatin Das had died on the 63rd day of his hunger strike on that day in 1929.
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Statement by Gautam Navlakha on his Release

Statement by Gautam Navlakha on his Release

Statment by Gautam Navlakha

Statement of an Urban Naxal
I wish to thank the majority and dissenting Justices of the Supreme Court for their judgment, which allowed us four weeks to seek relief in this matter, and the public-spirited citizens & lawyers of India for putting up  a spirited fight on our behalf, whose memory I will cherish. I am humbled by the solidarity, which crossed borders, rallying in our support.
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„Misuse of Powers to harass Dissenters also Terrorism“

„Misuse of Powers to harass Dissenters also Terrorism“

SABRANG INDIA / Statement of Romila Thapar a.o.

When human five rights activists were arrested by the Pune Police in what was seen as a nationwide crackdown on dissenting voices, civil society members led by Romila Thapar moved the Supreme Court against this. Today after the apex court disposed the petition and directed the activists to seek relief from lower courts, the petitioners have issued the following press release.
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Not A Case Of Arrest For Dissent, SC Turns Down Plea For SIT In Bhima Koregaon Case By 2:1 Majority, Chandrachud J Dissents

Not A Case Of Arrest For Dissent, SC Turns Down Plea For SIT In Bhima Koregaon Case By 2:1 Majority, Chandrachud J Dissents

LIVE LAW NEWS NETWORK / By Live Law News Network

The Supreme Court turned down the plea for probe by a Special Investigation Team into the Bhima Koregaon case. The majority opinion by Justice A M Khanwilkar and CJI Dipak Misra dismissed the plea; however, Justice D Y Chandrachud dissented, holding the arrests to be baseless.
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