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More than 400 students, faculty members sci-tech institutes demand bail for Varavara Rao, GN Saibaba

More than 400 students, faculty members sci-tech institutes demand bail for Varavara Rao, GN Saibaba

Hindustan Times / by Priyanka Sahoo

More than 400 students, faculty members, and alumni from various science and technology institutes in the country have signed a petition to the Central government, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde, demanding bail and medical care for Varavara Rao and GN Saibaba, who are in jail for their alleged Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist links, and the release of other political prisoners.
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Student support has been outstanding: DU Prof PK Vijayan who was summoned by the NIA

Student support has been outstanding: DU Prof PK Vijayan who was summoned by the NIA


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Edex Live / by Johanna Deeksha

The professor is a English teacher at the University’s Hindu College and was summoned for an investigation by the NIA on August 14.
Three days ago, Delhi University Professor PK Vijayan was asked to appear before the National Intelligence Agency for an investigation into the Bhima Koregaon incident. Just a few weeks ago, another DU professor, Hany Babu was taken into custody by the NIA.
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Birthday cards from students for jailed professor Hany Babu as he turns 54

Birthday cards from students for jailed professor Hany Babu as he turns 54


Poster by@WithHanyBabu

MAKTOOB / By MAKTOOB Staff

“Birthday wishes Hany Sir. It pains me to write a birthday wish this way. I hope you are safe there. I hope you come out of this, back to your family and friends, back to the University, soon,” Nimisha Salim who studies English literature at the University of Delhi extended her wishes to her English teacher Hany Babu.
On Sunday, when Delhi University Professor Hany Babu turns 54 in a Mumbai jail where he’s been imprisoned in connection with the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, his students tried to ensure that he’s not greeted with silence.
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Tongues are on Trial – Why the attack on poets and activists is special

Tongues are on Trial – Why the attack on poets and activists is special


Illustration by Hannah K Lee for TED

Indian Cultural Forum / by Brama Prakash

Under the current circumstances, amidst a pandemic, what we are facing is the urgency of life — a deep existential crisis. Viruses and corpses are no longer metaphors. They are footing in front of us. Bereft of a physical form, the virus is real. Bereft of bodies and ceremony, the silent corpse is real. Amidst the roaring sound of the Rafale jet, the howling cry of a patient is real. The number of deaths and positive cases, though manipulated, are real.
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Video: Sudha Bharadwaj (Part 1 – Arrested Series)

Video: Sudha Bharadwaj (Part 1 – Arrested Series)


Solidarity program in Chhattisgarh, 2019

hindi | 4:29min | 2020

By #InBetweenNews

Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by the Pune Police on suspicion of being involved in Maoist terror activities in August 2018, along with five other accused across the country.
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Bharadwaj has been living in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh for the last 29 years and has worked as trade unionist and civil rights activist for most of her life.
Having been exposed to horrific working conditions of labourers during her time as a student at IIT, she moved to work with the late Shankar Guha Niyogi’s Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha in 1986.
She fought passionately against corrupt bureaucrats to ensure proper wages were paid to the workers in the mines and plants located in Bhilai. She also engaged in issues of Dalit and Adivasi rights, specifically the right to land, the right to education, health and for security against corrupt landlords.
Here is #InBetweenNews ‘s special report on Sudha Bharadwaj’s overtly political arrest and her life as an activist.
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Academics express support for DU professor

Academics express support for DU professor

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

Rakesh Ranjan questioned by NIA in Bhima-Koregaon violence case.
Leading academics on Saturday issued a statement expressing solidarity with Delhi University professor Rakesh Ranjan, who was summoned and questioned by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case on Friday. Another Delhi University professor P.K. Vijayan, was also questioned on Friday.
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‘Stop Harassment of Academics’: Scholars Express Solidarity With DU Teacher Rakesh Ranjan

15/08/2020

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

New Delhi: A group of activists and academics issued by Emeritus Professors, Faculty Members & Alumni of Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU and Colleagues of Delhi University have released a statement in solidarity with Rakesh Ranjan, who was summoned for questioning by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 14.
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CASR: Condemn NIA summons to DU professors Dr. PK Vijayan and Rakesh Ranjan

CASR: Condemn NIA summons to DU professors Dr. PK Vijayan and Rakesh Ranjan

Counter Currents / by Campaign Against State Repression

Stop the witch-hunt of academics and activists in the name of Bhima Koregaon!
Immediately release all political prisoners!

The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) condemns the summons by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to Dr. PK Vijayan and Rakesh Ranjan, faculty members in Delhi University, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case yesterday.
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DU Professors P.K. Vijayan, Rakesh Ranjan to be interrogated by NIA in Bhima Koregaon Case

DU Professors P.K. Vijayan, Rakesh Ranjan to be interrogated by NIA in Bhima Koregaon Case

Gauri Lankesh News / by Gauri Lankesh News Desk

Witchhunt of Professors and intellectuals continues. Both Vijayan and Ranjan have made important intellectual contributions to anti-caste and democratic thought.
P.K. Vijayan and Rakesh Ranjan were summoned for interrogation by the NIA in connection to the Bhima Koregaon case. The summon, which was dated August 13, has asked him to appear at the NIA headquarters in New Delhi on August 14. Vijayan and Ranjan are both professors at Delhi University and have been teaching for years. They have made important intellectual contributions to anti-caste and democratic thought.
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NIA Summons Two DU Teachers for Questioning

14/08/2020

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

One the faculty members being questioned, P.K. Vijayan, had been targeted in an alleged surveillance conspiracy last year.
Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the Elgar Parishad case, has issued summons to Prem Kumar Vijayan, who teaches English at Hindu College, Delhi University. Vijayan has been summoned to the agency’s Delhi office on August 14.
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DU professor PK Vijayan summoned by NIA in Delhi for questioning

14/08/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll staff

He is the second professor from the university to be questioned in the case in less than a month.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday summoned Prem Kumar Vijayan, a professor at the English department at Delhi University, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, The Times of India reported. He is the second professor from the university to be questioned in the case in less than a month.
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PK Vijayan is summoned by NIA to appear on Aug 14 in Bhima Koregaon case

13/08/2020

Asianspeaks.com / Statement by DSU_ Democratic Students’ Union – DU Unit

Stand in Solidarity with Prof. PK Vijayan, resist attack on our teachers
Prof. PK Vijayan, faculty at English Department in Hindu College, Delhi University is summoned by NIA under Amit Shah’s Home Ministry to appear before them on 14 August, in relation to Bhima Koregaon case. Recently, Prof. Hany Babu of DU was arrested in the case after an year of his witch hunting. Bhima Koregaon unveils the fascist face of the BJP-RSS state with all progressive voices being criminalized.
PK Vijayan is an eminent Marxist scholar and one of the foremost democratic voices in Delhi University. He have stood with the student movement all throughout. It is the duty of student movement to unite and resist the attack on our teachers and university spaces.
Stand with PK Vijayan, Resist fascist attack by Hindutva Brahminical forces!

Video: Prof. Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward

Video: Prof. Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward


en | 2:35:14 | 2020

By Dalit Camera

On Sunday, August 9th, DC conducted a zoom talk where the speakers contextualised the course of events that have led to arrest of Prof. Hany Babu and also deliberate upon the draconian law which has targeted academicians, activists and students in the past.

Speakers
Nitin Meshram, Advocate, Supreme Court
Dr. C. Laxmanan, Associate Professor
Dr. Tenepalli Hari, Associate Professo
Thallapalli Praveen, Research scholar
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