Sudha Bharadwaj, a Lawyer and Person I Am Proud to Salute
The Wire / By K.S.V. Krishnan
A retired army officer writes about his association with Sudha Bharadwaj.
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Charges against activist VV Rao echo cases he’s faced for 45 years – but never been found guilty of
Scroll.in / By N Venugopal
The Telugu poet and writer has been implicated in 25 cases related to the Maoist insurgency over the decades. Not one has ever been proved in court.
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UK Academics, Activists Condemn Arrest of Human Rights Activists
The Wire / By The Wire Staff
The signatories have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of those arrested.
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Video: No More Fake Charges!
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As part of an India-wide police operation on 28th August, activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Gautam Navlakha and Varavara Rao were arrested and the homes of many more raided. Sudha Bharadwaj is a trade unionist and lawyer. The following video documents voices and protests from her working area in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh immediately after her arrest.
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EFLU Teacher’s association condemns raids at Professor Satyanarayana’s house
EFLU Teacher’s association condemns raids at Professor Satyanarayana’s house
29/08/2018
The News Minute / by TNM Staff
The Association has demanded that the state address the violation of human rights in an academic space.
Following the raids by the Pune police in many states on Tuesday, where they arrested poets, writers and activists, accusing them of being “Maoist sympathisers”, the English and Foreign Languages University Teachers Association has strongly condemned the arrest of Professor Satyanarayana. Satyanarayana, whose residence was raided on Tuesday morning, is an anti-caste activist and head of the Department of Cultural Studies in EFLU.
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K. Satyanarayana Says Will Move SC Against Pune Police’s Actions Against Him
31/08/2018
A police team raided K. Satyanarayana’s house on August 28. While the search documents claimed the professor’s father-in-law Varavara Rao was living there, another Pune police team was raiding the house where Rao actually lives at the same time.
Days after the Pune police raided the house of 51-year-old professor K. Satyanarayana at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus in Hyderabad, he has decided to move the Supreme Court against the “injustice and humiliation” he had to endure.
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Nearly 190 IIT Kanpur faculty, alumni demand release of Sudha Bharadwaj, other activists
Scroll.in / By Scroll Staff
They said the charges against her were concocted and seem to be ‘an attempt to malign her reputation and discredit her causes’.
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Statement condemning concerted persecution of democratic rights activists
Sanhati India / By Sanhati India Collective
On 28th August, 2018 the Pune Police swooped down on prominent rights activists of the country: Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam Navalakha, and Varavara Rao. They were to be taken to Pune on the fabricated charge of being linked to CPI (Maoist) party and funding Elgar Parishad. At the same time, premises of Stan Swamy and Anand Teltumbde were also raided, and both have been shown as “suspected accused” under various sections of the UAPA. All of the arrested and accused are long-standing contributors to various public discussion fora, including Sanhati, espousing their commitment to the people and democracy.
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Chhattisgarh: No more fake charges!
As part of an India-wide police operation on 28th August activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Gautam Navlakha and Varavara Rao were arrested and the homes of many more raided. Sudha Bharadwaj is a trade unionist and lawyer. The following pictures document protests from her working area in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh immediately after her arrest.
Foto credits: CMM archive
Sudha Bharadwaj: Arrested activist who led legal fight against Adani’s mines
The Week / By By Deepak Tiwari
When all civil society and labour organisations of Chhattisgarh gathered in front of Burha Talab lake in Raipur last Sunday to protest against the arrests of five human rights activists, Rajeshwari had especially come from Ambikapur, 380km from Raipur, to express solidarity against the arrest of Sudha Bharadwaj.
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Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy: “Kis Kis ko Qaid Karoge?”
Groundxero / By Groundxero
Workers, activists, students, lawyers and human rights organisations come together in Mumbai on the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, to protest against state homicides, state violence and state-sponsored socio-political oppression at every level in India. “Whom all will you arrest? Kis kis ko qaid karoge?” – the protestors demand.
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