Archive for May, 2008
‘Scapegoats and Holy Cows’ – The Indian State’s ‘Response’ to Terrorism
Statement of the convention
organised by PEACE, HRLN and ANHAD
Each time there is a bomb blast like the recent one in Jaipur, the Indian State reaches out its ‘long arms of injustice’ to pick a scapegoat from amidst the Indian population to cover up its own incompetence in providing security to its citizens.
The hapless [...]
IBN Live Video Report on Binayak Sen
Here is a brief report that appeared all day yesterday on the Indian TV channel IBN Live, showing a clip of Dr. Ilina’s speech accepting the Jonathan Mann Award on behalf of Dr. Binayak Sen in Washington DC on May 29.
Chennai:A song and dance protest
Saturday May 31 2008 17:52 IST
The new Indian Express
G Babu Jayakumar
AS the band of drummers danced their way into the hall, the motley crowd waiting outside, followed them to join those already seated in the gallery, kickstarting the two-hour cultural extravaganza organised to protest the arrest of Dr Binayak Sen, a human rights activist in [...]
Impunity Institutionalized: 50 years of AFSPA
Armed Forces Special Powers Act completes 50 years as Indian law
Jagmohan Singh
manipurfreedom.org
While people couldn’t care less and the State continues to revel in the impunity granted to the armed forces, well-meaning social activists, journalists, academicians and young human rights activists demand the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 at a Seminar held [...]
Scottish campaigners call for release of Binayak Sen
Doctors, academics and human rights campaigners in Scotland gathered on Thursday 29 May 2008 outside St. John’s Church, Edinburgh for a vigil demanding the immediate release of award-winning renowned doctor and human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen. On that day, Dr Sen was due to receive the Jonathan Mann Award For Global Health And Human [...]
