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Video: Repeal Sedition – Sudha Bharadwaj comments

Video: Repeal Sedition – Sudha Bharadwaj comments

en | 4:45 min | 2017

Repeal Sedition Campaign

Scores of citizens – students, adivasis, villagers, social and political activists, environmentalists, writers, lawyers, teachers, journalists, singers, cartoonists etc – have been charged under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code with spreading disaffection against the government. Repeal Sedition is a record of voices of courage and conviction, of freedom and dissent. It is a campaign to repeal sedition.
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Mumbai rights groups issue joint statement condemning illegal raids, arrests of human rights activists by Pune police

Mumbai rights groups issue joint statement condemning illegal raids, arrests of human rights activists by Pune police

The Leaflet / Statment by civil society organisations/ groups/ collectives

“We, the undersigned civil society organisations/ groups/ collectives, have jointly convened this urgent Press Conference to condemn the appalling state actions of reprisals against noted human rights activists and intellectuals, which are clearly politically motivated and an attempt to stifle voices of dissent. The unjustified raids on and arbitrary arrests of the above public spirited individuals who have tirelessly worked for the cause of the poor and marginalized sections of society, are nothing but an attack on Indian democracy and an attempt to undermine the democratic fabric of our society.”
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Video: „I Will Continue My Work Regardless of What Mr. Goswami Says“

Video: „I Will Continue My Work Regardless of What Mr. Goswami Says“

en | 19 min | 2018

PUCL National Secretary and visiting professor at NLU, Sudha Bharadwaj, talks to Newsclick about the recent allegations made against her of being an urban Naxal by Republic TV. She also discusses the long drawn conflict in Chhattisgarh and how illegal land acquisitions and extrajudicial killings are adding fuel to the fire in the state.
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WSS: Condemning The Attack On Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

WSS: Condemning The Attack On Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

Statement by Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)

We the undersigned wish to place on record our utter disgust, contempt and outrage at the latest in the series of machinations by Republic TV, working to its brief as a propagandist for the ongoing crusade against all those who take public stands in defence of democracy, secularism, human rights, Constitutional propriety and rule of law.

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Some Experiences of Organising Workers in Chhattisgarh

Some Experiences of Organising Workers in Chhattisgarh

Aspects of India´s Economy / By Sudha Bharadwaj


The following is a note on the work and experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee), Labour Camp Jamul, district Durg, Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh has a population of about 20 million, with significant proportions of tribal and dalit communities (32 and 12 per cent, respectively). Of the area of 135,000 sq. km., 45 per cent is forest land.
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How corporate land grab is sought to be legitimized in Chhattisgarh by misusing legal framework

How corporate land grab is sought to be legitimized in Chhattisgarh by misusing legal framework

Counterview / By Sudha Bharadwaj


There would be little doubt in the mind of even the most cursory observer of contemporary events in Chhattisgarh, that the most burning issue agitating the peasantry and adivasis there today, is displacement on an unprecedented scale – for mining, setting up of industries, dams, sanctuaries, four laning of highways, the posh capital region, and even army and air bases.
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The legal face of corporate land grab in Chhattisgarh

The legal face of corporate land grab in Chhattisgarh

India Environmental Portal / By Janhit Peoples’ Legal Resource Centre (Sudha Bharadwaj a.o.)


In the entire mineral rich region of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, where even non-Naxal areas (Posco, Kathikund, Kalinganagar, Narayanpatna, Potka) are seeing brutal police repression, mining seems to be the motivating factor for a ground clearing of the adivasis – if necessary by war, as in Dantewada. However, the present note does not seek to document the above in any detail, but only deals with a very specific aspect of the above process, namely the legal framework in which it is sought to be legitimized, and some of the serious issues that the “legal face” of this land grab raises.
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