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Virasam leaders to stage protest on May 31

Virasam leaders to stage protest on May 31

The New Indian Express/ By Express News Service

WARANGAL: Demanding the release of Revolutionary Writers’ Association (Virasam) leader P Varavara Rao and 10 others, who were arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, members of the civil liberties associations of Warangal district are mobilising support for an agitation to be staged at Indira Park Dharna Chowk on May 31.
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UK Indian Diaspora Joins Intl ‘People’s Agenda 2019’ Protests, Hold Vigil Outside India House

UK Indian Diaspora Joins Intl ‘People’s Agenda 2019’ Protests, Hold Vigil Outside India House

The Milli Gazette Online / By By M Ghazali Khan

London: Ignoring chilly cold weather in the cloudy and depressing Saturday afternoon, representatives of South Asian organisations in UK stood for more than two hours outside the Indian High Commission protesting against human rights violation in India.
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Vote against hate in Lok Sabha elections, urge women marching for change in Delhi

Vote against hate in Lok Sabha elections, urge women marching for change in Delhi

Scroll.in / By Vijayta Lalwani

Women marched for change in several cities across India on Thursday. … As the women marched, several chanted slogans that called for an end to patriarchy, fascism and casteism. Many women also held posters that demanded the release of activists Shoma Sen and Sudha Bharadwaj, who were among nine activists arrested in June and August in connection with an investigation into a public meeting organised a day before caste-related violence erupted at Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018.
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Online Petition: Release Varavara Rao Immediately

Online Petition: Release Varavara Rao Immediately

Change.org / By Venugopal Rao N

The 79-year old renowned poet and public intellectual Varavara Rao, along with four others, was arrested by police on August 28, 2018 on fabricated charges and Supreme Court of India intervened and directed the police to keep all the arrested under ‘house arrest’, pending legal reliefs. Finally he was arrested on November 17, 2018 and imprisoned in Yerawada Central Prison, Pune since then.
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Rally and Public Meeting in Raipur

Rally and Public Meeting in Raipur

Photo credits: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha – Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee

Solidarity with Sudha Bharadwaj and other accused at International Women´s Day in Raipur (Chhattisgarh).