Archive for June, 2008

Express India Story on Free Binayak Sen Song by Susmit bose

Express India
AnushreeMajumdar
Urban folk singer Susmit Bose on the issues that get him singing
Bose has recently written a song about the violence in Nandigram and another to show his solidarity for Dr Binayak Sen, the public health practitioner who has been detained for allegedly violating the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) [...]

solidarity

JUNE 17 NATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY FOR BHOPAL

Tuesday, June 17 2008
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AND SOLIDARITY FOR BHOPAL
UNITE FOR JUSTICE!
NO MORE BHOPALS!
PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH WAKE UP!
HOLD DOW AND UNION CARBIDE ACCOUNTABLE!
23 YEARS IS ENOUGH! WE NEED JUSTICE NOW

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Caught between Naxals and police: Another Journalist Arrested under CSPSA

Joseph John
Posted online: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 2348 hrs IST
Indian Express
Raipur, June 10
As the international campaign for the release of human rights activist and Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) leader Dr Binayak Sen gathers steam, Sai Reddy, a rural journalist arrested under the same Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, is fighting a lonely [...]

Press Reports

New Delhi: Protest: Freedom of Press in Danger

Join Us to Protest Against the Sedition Charges
filed by Police Commission , Ahmedabad against Resident Editor Times of India, Ahmedabad- Bharat Desai and correspondent Prashant Dayal. Mathur lodged a complaint under Sections 124A (sedition), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intent) of IPC by publishing reports against him.

June 12, 2008
Time 11am
venue: In front [...]

Protests, announcements

Weak states make bad laws and kill the messenger

by Maja Daruwala
TRIBUNE INDIA
And the award goes to….. oops he is not here tonight ladies and gentlemen because he is in jail in India held under an infamously bad law. Human rights activist and public health specialist Dr Binayak Sen was not there in Washington on May 29 to collect his 2008 Jonathan Mann [...]

Press Reports