Dr.Binayak Sen defense committee (kerala) formed
Adv. Thushar Nirmal Sarathi updates about the formation of a state level defense committee in kochi, kerala to campaign against the illegal custody of Dr.Binayak Sen, film maker Ajay tg and other rights activists.
The collective consist of members from PUCL, CHRO, PORATTAM, NAPM, KUWJ,WYNAD HUMAN RIGHTS & CULTURAL MOVEMENT, KERALEEYAM,Kerala Yukthivadi Prasthanam and many other civil rights groups. defense committee will start a state wide campaign next week Dr. abdul salam is the chairman of commitee and Adv.thushar nirmal sarathi is the convener
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Non-Resident Indians (NRI) fast to demand release of Dr Binayak Sen
American Chronicle
Bobby Ramakant
June 24, 2008
Many concerned Indians in the USA, UK, Canada, UK, Australia, Thailand and other countries are fasting from 16 - 25 June 2008 along with hundreds of activists in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, demanding the annulment of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act (CSPSA) 2005, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) 1967, amended in 2004, and the release of Dr Binayak Sen (medical doctor and recipient of the prestigious Jonathan Mann award for Health and Human Rights), Ajay TG (filmmaker) and others.
These draconian laws (CSPSA and UAPA) sanction the violation of due process by the state, and thus contravene internationally accepted norms of jurisprudence as well as democratic governance. As Mr.Kannabiran, National President of PUCL, India, argues in his letter to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the CSPSA and UAPA operate by criminalizing the very performance of civil liberties activities, and culpability is decided upon not by direct proof, but through guilt by association.
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10-day fast for Binayak Sen in vain: Meri News
Chattisgarh’s BJP government demonstrated its indifference towards human rights activists in the state, who were protesting peacefully through fasting. They were expressing concern at the growing ruthless character of the state..
THE CHHATTISGARH government remains indifferent towards the 10-day group fast started by social activist, Dr Sandeep Pandey, at Raipur, the state capital, which has entered seventh day. The protest was started protesting against the black law in the state, under which activists like Dr Binayak Sen, Ajay TG and others were arrested a year ago.
While the morale of those fasting in protest, including Magsaysay Award winner Dr Sandeep Pandey, Prem Narain Verma, Ram Prakash and Faizal Khan was very high and optimistic, the BJP Government in the state demonstrated its total indifference towards democratic and peaceful method of those protesting against the arrests.
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The statesman Cover Story: THE EVIL WITHIN
The Binayak Sen story is more than just about the violation of individual rights, says Shoma A Chatterji
THE Binayak Sen story is much more than one of a gross violation of human rights. It goes far beyond the international appeals to release him from the unlawful detention he has been subjected to for more than one year. Beginning 16 June, a 10-day fast has been organised at Raipur in Chhattisgarh to express solidarity with him and Ajay TG (a film-maker) — both members of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, and others detained under the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (1967) amended in 2004 to include key sections of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act, 2002. Pota was itself repealed in 2004 following widespread criticism of abuse and human rights violations. The CSPSA allows for arbitrary detention of persons suspected of belonging to an unlawful organisation or participating in its activities or giving protection to any member of such an organisation, and human rights
organisations have demanded its repeal.
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CALL ’EM BACK
The Telegraph, Kolkotta
Front Page > Opinion > Story
Is there an easy way to make an elected representative accountable? The people of Raipur, Gunderdehi and Nawagarh in Chhattisgarh have given their answer. They have made full use of the Chhattisgarh Nagar Palika Adhiniyam, 1961, a state legislation, to recall the chairpersons of three urban bodies whom they judged wanting. According to the legislation, three-fourths of the corporators must sign a statement saying they had lost confidence in their chairperson and submit it to the district administration before the process for the vote of recall can begin. But the process cannot be initiated before the representatives in question have spent two years in office — in these cases, they have been there for the best part of four years. The principle of accountability is likely to be touched by politics as long as the process remains on the level of the no-confidence statement from colleagues, but that is neutralized once the issue is thrown open to the people’s vote.
There is strong logic in support of this weapon; the Lok Sabha speaker himself advocates it. No one can deny that it is high time elected representatives at every level were made to feel that purely self-serving politics is not acceptable. But there is also the logic that underlies elections in a democracy. A representative is elected for a fixed term depending on his function, usually for five years. There is reason behind the time given: nothing enduring can be begun or executed short of it. If the representative sits in the Lok Sabha or a state assembly, he has manifold and complex duties. There is no quick way to assess his effectiveness or intention. Besides, while the electorate of an urban body or a gram panchayat is relatively small, the electorates of members of parliament or the legislative assembly are much larger. The power to recall in such cases would become confusing and unwieldy, opening up more avenues for politicking and causing enormous expenditure.
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