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Friends & family of Sudha Bharadwaj raise serious health concerns and seek her release

Friends & family of Sudha Bharadwaj raise serious health concerns and seek her release

Solidarity programs with Sudha Bharadwaj (click to enlarge)

Countercurrents / by friends and family of Sudha Bharadwaj

Keeping under trials in prison for two years deliberately stalling bail opportunities, with no effort for beginning the trial instead exposing them to serious health condition is a gross violation of rights of prisoners. This is further heightened in times of a global pandemic given the crowded situation in prisons…
Friends and family members of Sudha Bharadwaj gathered online Sunday to share series of serious concern over Sudha Bharadwaj’s health condition.
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‘To sir, with love’: Students write letters to jailed Delhi University professor Hany Babu

‘To sir, with love’: Students write letters to jailed Delhi University professor Hany Babu

Scroll.in / by Vijayta Lalwani

Babu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on July 28.
„Birthday wishes Hany Sir. It pains me to write a birthday wish this way. I hope you are safe there. I hope you come out of this, back to your family and friends, back to the University, soon,” a student of Delhi University wrote in a letter to professor MT Hany Babu on his birthday on August 16.
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Webinar Aug 22: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward (Part 2)

Webinar Aug 22: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward (Part 2)

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By Dalitbahujans For Prof Hany Babu / Dalit Camera

Webinar
Aug 22
5pm
“Prof. Hany Babu, an anti-caste scholar and activist, was arrested in connection to the Bhima-Koregaon case by the National Investigation Agency on July 28 in Mumbai. We would like to discuss aspects of his work, including his struggles to ensure equal opportunities…”

Also watch Part 1: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward
Aug 13, 2020
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Rakesh Ranjan’s interrogation by NIA is a ‘witch-hunt’, say academics

Rakesh Ranjan’s interrogation by NIA is a ‘witch-hunt’, say academics

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Ranjan, an associate professor of economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, was questioned on August 14.
A group of activists, academics and students on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Delhi University professor Rakesh Ranjan, who was summoned for questioning by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
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More than 400 students, faculty members sci-tech institutes demand bail for Varavara Rao, GN Saibaba

More than 400 students, faculty members sci-tech institutes demand bail for Varavara Rao, GN Saibaba

Hindustan Times / by Priyanka Sahoo

More than 400 students, faculty members, and alumni from various science and technology institutes in the country have signed a petition to the Central government, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde, demanding bail and medical care for Varavara Rao and GN Saibaba, who are in jail for their alleged Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist links, and the release of other political prisoners.
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Birthday cards from students for jailed professor Hany Babu as he turns 54

Birthday cards from students for jailed professor Hany Babu as he turns 54


Poster by@WithHanyBabu

MAKTOOB / By MAKTOOB Staff

“Birthday wishes Hany Sir. It pains me to write a birthday wish this way. I hope you are safe there. I hope you come out of this, back to your family and friends, back to the University, soon,” Nimisha Salim who studies English literature at the University of Delhi extended her wishes to her English teacher Hany Babu.
On Sunday, when Delhi University Professor Hany Babu turns 54 in a Mumbai jail where he’s been imprisoned in connection with the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, his students tried to ensure that he’s not greeted with silence.
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Tongues are on Trial – Why the attack on poets and activists is special

Tongues are on Trial – Why the attack on poets and activists is special


Illustration by Hannah K Lee for TED

Indian Cultural Forum / by Brama Prakash

Under the current circumstances, amidst a pandemic, what we are facing is the urgency of life — a deep existential crisis. Viruses and corpses are no longer metaphors. They are footing in front of us. Bereft of a physical form, the virus is real. Bereft of bodies and ceremony, the silent corpse is real. Amidst the roaring sound of the Rafale jet, the howling cry of a patient is real. The number of deaths and positive cases, though manipulated, are real.
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Video: Sudha Bharadwaj (Part 1 – Arrested Series)

Video: Sudha Bharadwaj (Part 1 – Arrested Series)


Solidarity program in Chhattisgarh, 2019

hindi | 4:29min | 2020

By #InBetweenNews

Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by the Pune Police on suspicion of being involved in Maoist terror activities in August 2018, along with five other accused across the country.
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Bharadwaj has been living in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh for the last 29 years and has worked as trade unionist and civil rights activist for most of her life.
Having been exposed to horrific working conditions of labourers during her time as a student at IIT, she moved to work with the late Shankar Guha Niyogi’s Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha in 1986.
She fought passionately against corrupt bureaucrats to ensure proper wages were paid to the workers in the mines and plants located in Bhilai. She also engaged in issues of Dalit and Adivasi rights, specifically the right to land, the right to education, health and for security against corrupt landlords.
Here is #InBetweenNews ‘s special report on Sudha Bharadwaj’s overtly political arrest and her life as an activist.
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Mahesh Raut: The Beloved Brother of Adivasis in Gadchiroli

Mahesh Raut: The Beloved Brother of Adivasis in Gadchiroli

Gauri Lankesh News / By Gauri Lanksh News Desk

Mahesh’s incarceration is a standing testament of the State’s repression of Rights’ activists who protect the values of the Constitution which the same State is trampling upon.
Hailing from Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, Mahesh Raut is a young prominent activist working for the rights of Adivasi communities in his district … He has tirelessly advocated for laws like The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act and Forest Rights Act which protect the democratic rights of indigenous communities against unlawful land grabbing by large corporations.
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