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Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

The Quint / by The Quint

The Court also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, 28 July, directed Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital to produce a report on the status of poet-activist Varavara Rao’s health, reported Bar and Bench.
The Court has also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
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Where are the Humane People Among Those in Authority Today?

Where are the Humane People Among Those in Authority Today?

News Click / by Romila Thapar

Varavara Rao, 80 years old, became seriously ill. His illness was aggravated by the terrible living conditions in Indian prisons, not to mention the rank over-crowding in jails.
As citizens of India, we need to know what is happening to other Indians. We have the right to know what is happening to them. Why were these eleven Indians arrested?
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How VV Rao & revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades

How VV Rao & revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades

Firstpost / by Sai Priya Kodidala

Varavara Rao’s poetry, which evolved over six decades, reflects and critiques modern social history, balancing it with a consistent and hopeful quest for freedom.
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When crime becomes authority
And hunts down people branding them criminals
Everyone with a voice who keeps silent
Becomes a criminal.
`Whose side are you on?´
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Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh

Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh


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Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh

28/07/2020

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

After writing to the National Human Rights Commission, the family of poet Varavara Rao (81) has requested Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to ensure that they get regular updates on Mr. Rao’s health.
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No information on Varavara Rao’s health for 12 days, says family

27/07/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The family of Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao has written to Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleging that they have been denied any information on the activist’s health condition or treatment for the last twelve days.
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Jails become the new Covid hotspots

Jails become the new Covid hotspots

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The Print / by Aneesha Bedi

New Delhi: With poet Varavara Rao and activists Akhil Gogoi and Sharjeel Imam testing positive for Covid-19 inside crowded prisons, the cases have brought to the fore concerns about the safety of inmates and jail staff amid the Covid pandemic. Jails across the country are reporting increasing cases of the infection, and the situation appears to be alarming at some places.
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Solidarity from Greece: Save the life of Varavara Rao!

Solidarity from Greece: Save the life of Varavara Rao!

Statement by Greek activists, academics, writers and students

Save the life of the Indian writer and activist Varavara Rao!

Varavara Rao, a poet, a writer, an activist and an advocate of democratic and social rights for decades against the arbitrariness of Indian governments, has been jailed for almost two years along with ten other activists, lawyers, journalists, etc. …

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The harassment of Sudha Bharadwaj – A People’s Advocate

The harassment of Sudha Bharadwaj – A People’s Advocate

Counter Currents / by Atul and Sandeep Pandey

Professor Sudha Bharadwaj has been in jail since August 2018. She was taken into police custody on 26 August 2018 on suspicion of being involved in Maoist terror activities after Republic TV claimed that she had allegedly written a letter to Maoists and was conspiring to create public disorder and unrest in India. The channel felt no shame in broadcasting that the elderly Professor was planning to murder the Prime-Minister of India. The police arrested her subsequently and she has been kept in jail continuously since then.
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Why Varavara Rao matters

Why Varavara Rao matters

The New Indian Express / by T J S George

There was neither common sense nor political sense in putting Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao in jail two years ago without trial and bail.
There was neither common sense nor political sense in putting Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao in jail two years ago without trial and bail. He did support Naxalite excesses, but jailing a writer for that is equivalent to giving his writing more mileage. As it happened, authorities excelled themselves in foolishness.
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Right of Political Prisoners to Healthcare

Right of Political Prisoners to Healthcare

India Legal / by Srishti Ojha

Even though international treaties and the apex court have batted for the right of prisoners to healthcare, recent cases have shown that governments will show no leniency when it comes to activists.
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NIA court rejects Dr Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea

NIA court rejects Dr Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea

Hindustan Times / by Charul Shah

Dr. Teltumbde had moved bail plea on the ground that NIA had failed to file a charge sheet within the stipulated 90-day timeframe, but the special court extended its deadline.
The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday rejected the application of the academic and social activist Dr. Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad/Bhima Koregaon case.
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Academic Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea rejected by NIA court

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Teltumbde had opposed the court’s decision to extend the NIA’s time to file a chargesheet by 90 days.
A National Investigation Agency court on Friday rejected the bail plea of academic Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, the Hindustan Times reported.
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