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United Against Govt Repression: Call for Release of Bhima Koregaon Accused

06/06/2019 Maya

By National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations

The completion of a year since the arrest of academics, activists, artists and lawyers; Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale and Surendra Gadling, framed for violence caused by right wing elements at Bhima Koregoan on 1 January 2018 was successfully marked by a Jan Sabha and Cultural Programme held in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi at 11 am on 8 June 2019.
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Twitter Storm: June 6, 7pm-9pm

05/06/2019 Rani

By Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy

6th June 2019 – One year Since False Arrests in Bhima Koregaon Attacks Case
JOIN Twitter Campaign to demand Govt of Maharashtra to release of all human rights activists and lawyers immediately!
#1YearBhimaKoregaonArrest
#DissentNoCrime

When – 6th June 2019 – 7pm to 9pm
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June 8: An Appeal to Unite

04/06/2019 Rani

By Campaign Against State Repression on Rights Activists (or Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge)

Virasam leaders to stage protest on May 31

30/05/2019 Rani

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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June 8: PUBLIC MEETING / CUM PROTEST

21/05/2019 Rani

By Campaign Against State Repression On Rights Activists

June 8, 11am
Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge
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UK Indian Diaspora Joins Intl ‘People’s Agenda 2019’ Protests, Hold Vigil Outside India House

08/04/2019 Rani

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

05/04/2019 Rani

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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#WomenMarch4Change – some photos

05/04/2019 Rani

#WomenMarch4Change

March for Change was happening across 20 states in over a 100 places.
Some photos from Bilaspur and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Delhi

Online Petition: Release Varavara Rao Immediately

28/03/2019 Rani

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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Sudha Bharadwaj and Shoma Sen to organise Women’s March India in jail

27/03/2019 Rani

Sabrang India / By Sabrang India

Detained human rights defenders Sudha Bhardwaj and Shoma Sen expressed their solidarity with Women’s March India when making an appearance in court. They said that they would march inside their jail cells on April 4.
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