Video: Sudha Bharadwaj – The People´s Lawyer of Chhattisgarh
hindi | 3:35 min | 2020
Songs by Sudha Bharadwaj
By comrades of Sudha Bharadwaj
The workers and farmers of Chhattisgarh eagerly await the return of Sudhaji
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Bombay HC to state: Provide medical reports of Bharadwaj, Teltumbde, Gonsalves
The Indian Express / by Express News Service
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to provide copies of the latest medical reports of Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde and Vernon Gonsalves, accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, to their families, lawyers and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) before the next hearing on August 28…
The next hearing of the case will be on Friday.
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Copy paste mistake with Teltumbde’s medical reports, say jail officials
Mumbai Mirror / by Mumbai Mirror
Prison officials submitted a “corrected” medical report of Dr Anand Teltumbde, in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, 21 days after it was found that vitals in his document were identical to co-accused Mahesh Raut’s report. The two have a 37-year age gap.
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An Irish Poet Sends the Fragrance of Invisible Flowers to Varavara Rao
Stills from Masood Hussain’s poetry film, ‘Flowers for Varavara Rao’. Photo: Masood Hussain
The Wire / by Gabriel Rosenstock
Recently, Dublin-based poet Gabriel Rosenstock sent Srinagar-based artist Masood Hussain a poem in Irish and English, titled ‘Flowers for Varavara Rao’ – a tribute to the ailing 81-year-old poet-activist who has been imprisoned since 2018, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case.
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Flowers for Varavara Rao
en, irish | 2:44 min | 2020
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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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Surendra Gadling – Arrested for defending Dalits and Adivasis
The Polis Project / By The Polis Project and maraa
Surendra Gadling began his career almost two decades ago in Nagpur, fighting cases for those arrested under the draconian Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) 1985, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967. He also worked as a special public prosecutor on dowry-related cases and was one of the leading lawyers in connection with the Khairlanji agitation—a protest movement launched after the gruesome caste-murders of a Dalit family in Maharashtra.
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Movement Lawyering As A Tool To Articulate Feminist Values And Goals
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Feminism India / By One Future Collective
As the world witnesses agitation from various minority communities, using existing formal legal processes to bolster their movements has been a major challenge. As a concept, movement lawyering is akin to the tool of public or social interest litigation in India. It envisions a close and harmonious relationship between the legal and activist circles who bring their individual expertise to fulfill a common objective – justice. India has been witness to the works of several noteworthy lawyers but some of their practice is an embodiment of movement lawyering.
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What We Can Learn from Varavara Rao’s Prison Diary
News Click / by Shoili Kanungo
When all relations are defined by oppression and subjugation, and human relationships vanish, the oppressor fears the future.
… Captive Imagination is Varavara Rao´s prison journal from the 1980´s. It is a manual of life infused with love, longing, and the power of dreams and imagination – which he says are the limbs that support every prisoner and cannot be taken away.
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Sudha Bharadwaj: Defender of the People, Nuisance to the State
Pic: www.karinscheidegger.ch
Gauri Lankesh News / By Gauri Lankesh News Desk
“If fighting for the rights of Adivasis, fighting for workers and peasants, fighting against repression and exploitation and giving up one’s whole life for them is being a Naxalite then I guess Naxalites are pretty good,” Maaysha, Sudha´s daughter.
Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj is a 2019 honoree of the Harvard Law International Women’s day exhibition and is sitting in a jail cell in Pune. How did these conflicting positions come about?
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Shoma Sen: Teacher, Dissenter, and More
Pic: Koel Sen / Gauri Lankesh News
Gauri Lankesh News / By Gauri Lankesh News Desk
Shoma Sen’s exemplary contributions to the field of education and her prolific ability to mobilize people and especially women from across locations had brought her under the State’s scrutiny.
A reputed academician, a Dalit and Women’s Rights activist, a teacher, and dissenter, Shoma Sen is all of the above and more. Born and raised in Mumbai, she moved to Nagpur with her partner and daughter with a strong resolve to protect and promote the democratic rights of the most marginalized people in society.
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