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Bail plea hearings in Elgar Parishad case conclude

Bail plea hearings in Elgar Parishad case conclude

The Hindu / By Shoumoji Banerjee

Stating that there was nothing seditious about the speeches made by participants at the Elgar Parishad of December 2017, human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling on Friday accused the prosecution of conducting a media trial in the case.
Advocate Gadling, conducting his own defence, was replying to public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar’s arguments that sought to deny bail to him and the other activists arrested in the case.
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Member of European Parliament Lídia Senra Rodríguez writes to Ms Federica Mogherini

Member of European Parliament Lídia Senra Rodríguez writes to Ms Federica Mogherini

Letter By Lídia Senra Rodríguez

Dear Ms Federica MOGHERINI
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
I call on you once again regarding your responsibility as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in order to ask for your much-appreciated reaction about the dramatic situation of Professor GN Saibaba. …
I also demand the immediate release of the lawyer of Professor GN Saibaba, Surendra Gadling, as well as human rights activists Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson and Mahesh Raut.

Full letter (pdf file): Letter to HR Ms. Mogherini regarding the worrying situation of Indian professor GN Saibaba_050419.pdf

Gadling: “Seized documents sans copies to accused can´t be relied on in bail matter”

Gadling: “Seized documents sans copies to accused can´t be relied on in bail matter”

Times of India / By Vishwas Kothari

Activist-lawyer Surendra Gadling argued before the special UAPA court on Tuesday that the electronic documents the Pune police seized in the Elgar Parishad case could not be relied on while deciding his bail plea because the prosecution had not yet provided their cloned copies to him and the other accused.
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Virasam Statement on Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling

Virasam Statement on Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling

Statement by VIRASAM (Revolutionary Writer’s Association)

Statement from Feb 1 2019
We strongly condemn implicating Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling in yet another false case. Revolutionary poet, one of the founders of VIRASAM, Varavararao and advocate Surendra Gadling are charged with another concocted case by RSS police of Maharashtra. Yes, they are in fact acting like RSS members rather than state police.
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Maharastra told to file say on Surendra Gadling’s plea for seized e-data’s cloned copies

Maharastra told to file say on Surendra Gadling’s plea for seized e-data’s cloned copies

Times of India / By Vishwas Kothari

Officiating UAPA judge S S Gosavi on Friday asked the state prosecution to file a written say on activist Surendra Gadling’s plea seeking cloned copies of the 25 terabyte electronic data police seized in the Elgar Parishad case from all the arrested accused.
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From toilet breaks to cancer tests, Bhima Koregaon accused in Pune prison forced to fight for basics

From toilet breaks to cancer tests, Bhima Koregaon accused in Pune prison forced to fight for basics

Scroll.in / By Mridula Chari

Yerawada Central Jail, Maharashtra’s largest prison, is notorious for its harsh treatment of prisoners.
Eighty-year-old Varavara Rao asked for a mattress to sleep on inside Pune’s Yerawada Central Jail last month. He was given extra blankets instead. When his lawyer challenged this in court, the authorities took back the blankets.
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The forgotten of Bhima-Koregaon arrests: Ordeals of Dalit advocate Surendra Gadling and revolutionary poet Varavara Rao

The forgotten of Bhima-Koregaon arrests: Ordeals of Dalit advocate Surendra Gadling and revolutionary poet Varavara Rao

The Leaflet / By Nihalsing B Rathod

While there are many lapses, the malafide intentions of the police machinery at the behest of their political masters are writ large. Justice D Y Chandrachud was not at all mistaken to call Maharashtra police “untrustworthy” in this landmark dissenting judgment in the Bhima-Koregaon case.
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Gadchiroli Police takes custody of Surendra Gadling, P Varavara Rao, prompting senior lawyers to say this is ‘ever-greening of charges’

Gadchiroli Police takes custody of Surendra Gadling, P Varavara Rao, prompting senior lawyers to say this is ‘ever-greening of charges’

The Leaflet / By Nishant Sirohi

Gadchiroli police in the late hours of January 30, 2019, took custody of noted human rights lawyer and Nagpur-based Dalit rights activist Surendra Gadling and activist-poet-writer P Varvara Rao from Pune’s Yerwada Jail authorities. The Police made the arrests in connection with another alleged case of involvement of Gadling and Rao in so-called “unlawful activity” related to the Surjagadh case of 2016. With these arrests, the apprehensions of “ever-greening” of charges on the civil rights activities becoming a reality.
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