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We Demand VV Rao’s Immediate Release – More So As We spoke to him today

We Demand VV Rao’s Immediate Release – More So As We spoke to him today


Family members in May 2020

By VV Rao´s family members P Hemalata, P Sahaja, P Anala, P Pavana

Press Release, July 31, 2020

As per the Bombay High Court’s direction to Nanavati Hospital on July 28 to permit Varavara Rao’s family to visit him, subject to Hospital protocols and Government’s norms in respect of Covid patients, we, the family members were allowed to speak to him in a video conference, as protocols do not permit personal visits.
Thus through video conference we interacted with Varavara Rao for about twenty minutes in the afternoon of Friday, July 31. He looked much more frail and weak and his physical condition did not seem to be well. …

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Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

The Quint / by The Quint

The Court also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, 28 July, directed Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital to produce a report on the status of poet-activist Varavara Rao’s health, reported Bar and Bench.
The Court has also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
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Where are the Humane People Among Those in Authority Today?

Where are the Humane People Among Those in Authority Today?

News Click / by Romila Thapar

Varavara Rao, 80 years old, became seriously ill. His illness was aggravated by the terrible living conditions in Indian prisons, not to mention the rank over-crowding in jails.
As citizens of India, we need to know what is happening to other Indians. We have the right to know what is happening to them. Why were these eleven Indians arrested?
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How VV Rao & revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades

How VV Rao & revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades

Firstpost / by Sai Priya Kodidala

Varavara Rao’s poetry, which evolved over six decades, reflects and critiques modern social history, balancing it with a consistent and hopeful quest for freedom.
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When crime becomes authority
And hunts down people branding them criminals
Everyone with a voice who keeps silent
Becomes a criminal.
`Whose side are you on?´
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Solidarity from Greece: Save the life of Varavara Rao!

Solidarity from Greece: Save the life of Varavara Rao!

Statement by Greek activists, academics, writers and students

Save the life of the Indian writer and activist Varavara Rao!

Varavara Rao, a poet, a writer, an activist and an advocate of democratic and social rights for decades against the arbitrariness of Indian governments, has been jailed for almost two years along with ten other activists, lawyers, journalists, etc. …

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Why Varavara Rao matters

Why Varavara Rao matters

The New Indian Express / by T J S George

There was neither common sense nor political sense in putting Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao in jail two years ago without trial and bail.
There was neither common sense nor political sense in putting Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao in jail two years ago without trial and bail. He did support Naxalite excesses, but jailing a writer for that is equivalent to giving his writing more mileage. As it happened, authorities excelled themselves in foolishness.
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Right of Political Prisoners to Healthcare

Right of Political Prisoners to Healthcare

India Legal / by Srishti Ojha

Even though international treaties and the apex court have batted for the right of prisoners to healthcare, recent cases have shown that governments will show no leniency when it comes to activists.
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Varavara Rao’s Family Asks NHRC to Intervene

Varavara Rao’s Family Asks NHRC to Intervene

The NIA Is Using The Pandemic to Punish My Father: Pendyala Pavana

25/07/2020

By Amnesty India

Varavara Rao’s daughter, Pendyala Pavana tells Amnesty International India that the National Investigative Agency is being vindictive and cruel to her father.
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Varavara Rao’s Family Asks NHRC to Intervene

24/07/2020

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

24/07/2020

Other than a confirmation about his positive COVID-19 test, Rao’s family says in the letter, they have received no information whatsoever about his health.
New Delhi: Unable to access information about Varavara Rao’s health from hospital authorities, his family has written to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Rao, who tested positive for COVID-19 and has several co-morbidities, is currently at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital.
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Authorities Still Keeping Us In The Dark About His Condition & Treatment’: Varvara Rao’s Family

24/07/2020

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The family of jailed Telugu poet and literary critic Varavara Rao, who recently tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital, have written to the National Human Rights Commission seeking their urgent intervention and directions to hospital and jail authorities to provide regular official health updates to them.
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We must protest both Vikas Dubey murder, risking of VV Rao’s life

We must protest both Vikas Dubey murder, risking of VV Rao’s life


Solidarty poster, July 2020

The Indian Express / by Satish Deshpande

The fact that Dubey was yet to be charged under any law while Rao has been charged under a special law should not blind us to the essential similarity they share — the state took unfair advantage of its custodial power over them. But the real danger such cases pose is that they always carry in their background the suggestion of popular support, which sometimes ripens into an explicit claim.
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