Archive for June, 2009
Press Release on Lingagiri Incidents from pettitioners of supreme court case
Nandini Sundar, Ramachandra Guha, EAS Sarma
As petitioners to the Supreme Court on Salwa Judum we are deeply disturbed by the events in Lingagiri village, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. Himanshu Kumar of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram and his workers have been rehabilitating villagers of Lingagiri and Basaguda, in addition to other villagers. This is an activity that the [...]
SOS : Himanshu Kumar and other VCA volunteers trapped between Maoists and Salwa Judum
From: Shubhranshu Choudhary
Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Dear friends,
As you know Punem Unga and Jhadi Nagesh who were visiting with VCA team to deliver ration and restart of NREGA work in Lingagiri and Basaguda were abducted by Maoists on 2nd June. Mr Punem and Jhadi are ex-sarpanch and sachiv from Mallepalli [...]
Ashram demolition linked to founder’s stand: team
Siddhesh Inamdar
The Hindu
“It is another vindictive act of Chhattisgarh government”
Mumbai: The demolition of the Vanvasi Chetna Ashram in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is linked to its founder’s stand against the State-sponsored Salwa Judum campaign, an all-India fact-finding team told journalists at the Press Club here on Wednesday.
The press conference was organised by the Committee for the [...]
Prison diary :A grotesque violation of human rights
The Statesman Editorial
Doubtless as it is a victory for the human rights movement, civil society must salute the Supreme Court for its intervention that coincided with the assumption to power of a new national dispensation. The release on bail of Dr Binayak Sen (coram: Katju and Verma, JJ) carries a very timely and resounding message [...]
Bail and justice
V. VENKATESAN
in New Delhi
Frontline
The Supreme Court directive to release Dr. Binayak Sen on bail raises the question of the illegality of his detention .
THE Supreme Court’s direction on May 25 to release Dr. Binayak Sen, vice-president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), on bail from the Raipur Central Jail marks a milestone [...]
