The Leaflet / By Nihalsing B Tathod
Presently incarcerated in a jail in Pune, people’s lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj has been honoured by Harvard University, for her contribution towards law and policy. The National Secretary of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties has been placed 5th in rank amongst 21 prominent women across the globe. Harvard University has previously honoured Angela Davis and Hillary Clinton.
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Photo credits: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha – Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee
Solidarity with Sudha Bharadwaj and other accused at International Women´s Day in Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
Livelaw.in / By Live Law News Network
Human rights lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, arrested by Maharashtra Police under Unlawful Activities Prohibition Act in Bhima Koregaon case on allegations of Maoist links, has been honoured by the Harvard Law School.
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The Wire / By The Wire Staff
Twenty members of European parliament have written to the Indian government and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) expressing concern over the crackdown on human rights defenders. They have urged India to create a more open civil society space.
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Newsclick / By Yogesh S
The convention also recognised the failure of the criminal justice system in the country, and talked about various draconian laws that are still being used to silence the voices of dissent.
The three-day convention was attended by 150 people from eleven states. In the light of the ongoing onslaught on the rights of various communities, attack on freedom of expression, and speech and growing intolerance in the country, the theme of the convention was ‘Threats and challenges to the idea of pluralism, democracy and the constitution’.
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Statement by VIRASAM (Revolutionary Writer’s Association)
Statement from Feb 1 2019
We strongly condemn implicating Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling in yet another false case. Revolutionary poet, one of the founders of VIRASAM, Varavararao and advocate Surendra Gadling are charged with another concocted case by RSS police of Maharashtra. Yes, they are in fact acting like RSS members rather than state police.
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Hoffington Post / By Huffington Post
An association of activists and scholars said that Modi government has been “using its authority to silence any voice that challenges its domination and repression”.
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The Leaflet / Statement by “Fresh Perspectives, USA”
To defend the rights of the imprisoned and to prevent further illegal detentions, we, a group of social justice activists and scholars, came together and formed an association called Fresh Perspectives, USA. We have reached out to public intellectuals, critical thinkers and scholars outside India to collect their voice condemning those illegal arrests and the violation of human rights in India. We were amazed by the response from scholars around the world. Some of the signatories are the most influential thinkers of late 20th and 21st Century.
Here’s our public statement
The Wire / By Ragini Jha
“I have never expressed how much you have given me: perhaps your life and commitments, which were far less interesting than the games and songs in my childhood, resonated in more ways than I will understand.”
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Rally for Teltumbde and other activists held in Canada
Sabrangindia / By Sabrangindia
Some of the best-known luminaries of American and European academy have signed the statement expressing deep outrage at the blatant misuse of the law to persecute one of their much-admired colleagues, Dr. Teltumbde.
Read more / full statement