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MPs demanding intervention for Varavara Rao and other accused [read letters]

MPs demanding intervention for Varavara Rao and other accused [read letters]

By Meena Kandasamy

Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Binoy Viswam writes to Uddhav Thackeray joining the other MPs in demanding adequate medical care and intervention for 81-year-old poet Varavara Rao, the other Bhima Koregaon accused and G.N. Saibaba.

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14 MPs WRITE TO THACKERAY RAISING CONCERN AT DETERIORATING HEALTH OF VARAVARA RAO [read letter]

19/06/2020

Maktoob / by Editorial Desk

In a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, more than ten parliamentarians have registered their grave concern at the deteriorating health of the 81-year-old people’s poet Varavara Rao, now lodged in Taloja Jail under the Bhima Koregaon case.
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Video: Justice for Mahesh Raut

Video: Justice for Mahesh Raut


7:27min | 2020

By friends of Mahesh #freemahesh

Mahesh Raut, our brother and friend, is in jail for over 2 years. For defending democracy, in his home district, Gadchiroli. He deserves to be free.
This video is an attempt to present the real picture which paid media won’t show you.
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To dissent is not a crime! Concerned citizens call for the release of activists on humanitarian grounds

To dissent is not a crime! Concerned citizens call for the release of activists on humanitarian grounds

Indian Cultural Forum / by ICF Team

We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned about the health of 11 respected fellow citizens:
1. Mr. Varavara Rao
2. Ms. Sudha Bhardwaj
3. Ms. Shoma Sen
4. Mr. Anand Teltumbde
5. Mr. Gautam Navlakha
6. Mr. Arun Ferreira
7. Mr. Vernon Gonsalvez
8. Mr. Surendra Gadling
9. Mr. Mahesh Raut
10. Mr. Sudhir Dhawale
11. Mr. Rona Wilson
These activists, many of them eminent scholars, writers and poets, have worked for the welfare of India’s poorest and most marginalised people over decades. Yet they have been turned into politcal prisoners and incarcerated. They have not been granted bail despite the fact that in the prisons of Maharashtra where they are being detained, some inmates have died and many others have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Nearly 100 Global Intellectuals Appeal for Varavara Rao, Saibaba to Be Released

Nearly 100 Global Intellectuals Appeal for Varavara Rao, Saibaba to Be Released

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

New Delhi: Close to a 100 renowned intellectuals from across the world have appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind and Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde to release professor G.N. Saibaba and activist Varavara Rao, saying they have been imprisoned in ‘fabricated cases’ and that they are vulnerable to infection in the ‘overcrowded Maharashtra prisons’.
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After NIA Chargesheet Called it Criminal, Twitter Responds with #LalSalaamComrade

After NIA Chargesheet Called it Criminal, Twitter Responds with #LalSalaamComrade

Newsclick / by Newsclick Report

Registering their protest against an increasingly “authoritarian” state, users on social media in India used the hashtag #LalSalaamComrade on Twitter this evening. The hashtag also comes about days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) held that the use of “lal salam” and “comrade” meant that one is a Maoist.
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We need groups organised to fight, they’re the ones who can make a dent – A profile of Sudha Bharadwaj

We need groups organised to fight, they’re the ones who can make a dent – A profile of Sudha Bharadwaj


CMM demands release of Sudha Bharadwaj, Chhattisgarh 2019

The Polis Project / by The Polis Project & maraa

PROFILES OF DISSENT | The profile spotlights the life and work of Sudha Bharadwaj a trade unionist, and a civil rights activist who had fought against land acquisition, and has worked and lived in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh for 29 years.
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AI India: Release The BK11 on bail on humanitarian grounds (video)

AI India: Release The BK11 on bail on humanitarian grounds (video)


en | 2:12 min | 2020

By Amnesty International India

Over the past 2 years, Sudha & 10 other activists have been repeatedly denied bail. In the wake of the #COVID19 pandemic, we at @AIIndia are concerned about their health. The Indian Government must immediately release the activists on bail on humanitarian grounds!
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