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Why Is Anand Teltumbde So Dangerous for the Narendra Modi Government?

Why Is Anand Teltumbde So Dangerous for the Narendra Modi Government?

The Wire / by Jignesh Mevani and Meena Kandasamy

He is one of the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar who has continuously highlighted the need to fight Hindutva on both the social and economic front.
Why is Anand Teltumbde being targeted in this vicious manner? Why have the powers-that-be decided that he, along with Gautam Navlakha must go to jail even as the Supreme Court wants prisoners to be released so as to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic?
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Dalit leaders, Amnesty condemn SC order on arrests of Teltumbde, Navlakha

Dalit leaders, Amnesty condemn SC order on arrests of Teltumbde, Navlakha

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Meanwhile, the petitioners in the case wrote an open letter to the CJI, alleging that the prosecution had produced no evidence even after 18 months.
Several Dalit leaders, including MPs and MLAs, issued a statement on Monday calling the imminent arrest of activist Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case a “national shame”.
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As Anand Teltumbde is about to go to jail, an editor pays tribute

As Anand Teltumbde is about to go to jail, an editor pays tribute

The Wire / by S Anand

S Anand, Teltumbde’s publisher at Navayana, recounts his uncompromising clarity and forthrightness.
“Every thinking Indian is a potential ‘urban Maoist’; it is just the mercy of the police that such Indians are not all under arrest.” Anand Teltumbde, 30 June 2018, in ‘Economic and Political Weekly.’
To expect such small mercies – because you studied or taught at IITs and IIMs, because you have a PhD in cybernetics, because you chair Big Data Analytics at a premier management institute, and because you are married to Babasaheb Ambedkar’s granddaughter – is clearly folly.
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‘Especially Inhuman’: Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha

‘Especially Inhuman’: Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

‘Like all fair-minded citizens, we are shocked that the prosecution has not been held accountable to the spirit of the law.’
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court’s one-week period to surrender comes to an end on April 14, the arrest of social activists and intellectuals Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad case is now inevitable. The two, if arrested, will join the nine other human rights activists and lawyers languishing in Maharashtra’s jails for close to two years.
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Dalit leaders condemn Anand Teltumbde’s arrest on 14 April

Dalit leaders condemn Anand Teltumbde’s arrest on 14 April

The Caravan / by Siddesh Gautam

Dalit leaders condemned the SC’s order to arrest Anand Teltumbde. Teltumbde is married to Ambedkar’s granddaughter. The Caravan published the full, unedited text of the statement:

Jai Bhim!
Coinciding with the upcoming Ambedkar Jayanti, Dr. Anand Teltumbde, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals and the strongest legatee of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s tradition of struggling for a truly democratic India, will be complying with the Supreme Court’s order to surrender to the jail authorities. He will be surrendering on the 14th April 2020, between 12 noon – 2 pm at the Sessions Court in Mumbai. This is both tragic and shameful for all Dalits, Adivasis, OBC, and minorities on many counts for all of India.
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‘Witch Hunt’: Activists Speak Out Against Teltumbde, Navlakha’s Impending Arrests

‘Witch Hunt’: Activists Speak Out Against Teltumbde, Navlakha’s Impending Arrests

Posters by Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy / @MumbaiRises

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

‘It is ironical that Teltumbde, a Dalit intellectual, will be arrested on April 14, the 129th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.’
New Delhi: Eminent writers, commentators, and political leaders came together on Saturday to condemn the impending arrest of social activists and intellectuals Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case.
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ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST SC ORDER DIRECTING TELTUMBDE AND NAVALKHA TO SURRENDER

12/04/2020

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

Decision taken at web conference of Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy.
A group of civil society activists has called for an online protest against the Supreme Court’s recent direction asking professor Anand Teltumbde to surrender before jail authorities within a week in connection with the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon case.
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Statement by Front Line Defenders: Human Rights Defenders falsely accused

Statement by Front Line Defenders: Human Rights Defenders falsely accused

By Front Line Defenders

On 8 April 2020, the Supreme Court of India granted a period of one week for human rights defenders Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha to surrender in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. The human rights defenders and nine other human rights defenders currently in jail stand falsely accused of being responsible for violence that broke out in Bhima Koregaon on 1 January 2018.
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SC Decision To Send Gautam Navlakha And Anand Teltumbde To Jail Is Cruel And Disappointing

SC Decision To Send Gautam Navlakha And Anand Teltumbde To Jail Is Cruel And Disappointing

By Amnesty International

Amid the spread of COVID-19, the Supreme Court of India’s order directing the arrest and imprisonment of two human rights defenders, Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha within a week, is disappointing. The order is also at odds with the court’s previous ruling where it directed the states to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons to prevent the spread of the pandemic, thereby posing a risk to the health of the two activists, said Amnesty International India today.
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Campaign by AI: Demand The Release Of The Bhima Koregaon 9 Now!


In 2018, as part of a massive crackdown on human rights defenders in India, nine prominent activists– Sudha Bharadwaj, Shoma Sen, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Arun Ferreira, Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao were arrested by the Pune Police.
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Video: Bhima Koregaon 9: Heroes Who Fight For Your Rights

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