Video: DISSIDENT STUDENTS ON ROAD! For their beloved dissidents imprisoned!
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THE VOICE OF DISSIDENCE!
For the dissidents imprisoned! The ‘Release BK-12’ Protest at Jadavpur, Kolkata
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Organised by
RELEASE THE POET COMMITTEE & CRPP
Supported by
RSF, APDR, PUCL, BMC, BHIM ARMY, PFI, IFTU, NAREE CHETONA, GANATANTRIK SANGRAMI UDYOG, AIPF & NO NRC MOVEMENT
LAL-ON, LAL LANTHAN, JANOGANOMANO, PRATISARAN, EBONG JALARKA, UBUDASH & UNIT THEATER
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. +++
BK12 Solidarity in Kolkata + New York / Fast by Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham in Kerela
Fast by Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham in Kerela
05/08/2020
Pic Credit: Siddhesh Gautam
Dalit Camera / by Dalit Bahujans for Hany Babu
1000 cultural activists would fast under the banner of the Thrissur District Committee of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham (Pu.Ka.Sa. – Progressive Association of Art and Literature) on Thursday, 6th of August, demanding that the life of revolutionary poet Varavara Rao be saved, and that he be released from jail immediately.
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KOLKATA: LET THE RAIN BE THERE! WE WILL SHIELD THE FIRE!
04/08/2020
SO, by the drizzling afternoon
On Central Kolkata road, WE uttered out loud …
“Varavara’s Comrade! Let’s build Barricade!”
“Soma’s Comrade! Build up Barricade!
“Sudha’s Comrade! Let’s build Barricade!”
“Rona’s Comrade! Build up Barricade!”
“Hanybabu’s Comrade! Let’s build Barricade!”
“GN’s Comrade! Build up Barricade!”
“Join Us Comrade! Let’s build Barricade!”
PUCL • CRPP • AIPF • FOD • PYL • BHIM ARMY • IFTU • AISA • NO NRC MOVEMENT • SANGHATI UDYOG • RSF •
BANDI MUKTI COMMITTEE • SARA BANGLA GANAPRATIRODH MANCHA •
RELEASE THE POET
Press Release by VV Rao´s Family / Academics & Activists Demand: Release Varavara Rao and Others
Press Release by Varavara´s Wife and Daughters
By Hemalatha, P Sahaja, P Anala, P Pavana
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146 Academics From Across the World Demand Varavara Rao’s Release
The Wire / by The Wire Staff
New Delhi: A group of 146 scholars from across the world have come together to ask the Indian government to release 80-year-old Telugu poet Varavara Rao from prison. Rao is currently in Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital for neurological and urological treatment. He has also tested positive for COVID-19.
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Protests in Punjab Demanding Release of Varavara Rao and Other Activists
Gauri Lankesh News / by Gauri Lankesh News Desk
The protesters said that the current government is harassing those who are fighting for people’s rights. They condemned the actions of the government and the indifference of the courts.
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Cards and letters for jailed India scholar Anand Teltumbde as he turns 70 / Zoom talk 7pm
Dalit artist Siddhesh Gautam’s drawing of Prof Teltumbde in jail
BBC / by BBC
Prominent Indian scholar and human rights defender Anand Teltumbde has turned 70 in a Mumbai prison amid growing calls for his release, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
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‘YOUR IDEAS HAVE SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE’: A LETTER TO DR ANAND TELTUMBDE ON HIS BIRTHDAY
The Wire / by Suraj Yengde, Balmurli Natrajan, Meena Kandasamy, Sangeeta Kamat and Biju Mathew
The din of darkness sprawls, the night sky devours and us – those who love you yearn for the patient past to be with us and skip the present. There is a silence in the lover’s island while the canon of flames has died in a fascist land.
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@surajyengde & @meenakandasamy talk about Anand Teltumbde´s work, its significance, why is he being targeted?
July 15, 2020
7pm IST
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In Pictures: PUCL Solidarity Program in Bilaspur
By PUCL Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh PUCL Calls For The Immediate Roll Back of The Undeclared Emergency!
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‘Especially Inhuman’: Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha
The Wire / by The Wire Staff
‘Like all fair-minded citizens, we are shocked that the prosecution has not been held accountable to the spirit of the law.’
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court’s one-week period to surrender comes to an end on April 14, the arrest of social activists and intellectuals Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad case is now inevitable. The two, if arrested, will join the nine other human rights activists and lawyers languishing in Maharashtra’s jails for close to two years.
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Mounting international concern over detention of civil rights activists in India in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Caravan / by The Caravan Staff
Over 5,000 Individuals and 15 Organizations Sign Global Statement of Support for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Mr. Gautam Navlakha.
Various democratic rights and social rights organizations such as European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), Paris, Ambedkar International Center, USA, All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA), India and many more have signed the petition.
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Sign statement: Global Solidarity Statement for Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha
Procession and Assembly in Chhattisgarh
Cgbasket.in / by Anuj Shrivastava
Today thousands of laborers of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha-Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee (CMM-MKC) and Pragatisheel Cement Shramik Sangh (PCSS) came out on the streets of Bhilai (Chhattisgarh).
Speakers in the meeting said that nowadays the right of the workers to speak up is being taken away and that this is an attack on the right of freedom of expression. They also said that they stand in solidarity with advocate Sudha Bhardwaj who spoke on the rights of workers and who was arrested under UAPA. They criticised that she has not been released on bail even after one year and that this directly violates democratic values.
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