Two Years Too Much!!
List of Protests around the Globe on May 14 2009, the 2nd anniversary of Dr. Binayak Sen’s Unjust Imprisonment. Send us an alert to contact@binayaksen.net to include Protest/Solidarity Action on your area to this list
India
- Chhattisgarh
- Raipur
Massive rally and courting of arrest on May 14th
On the evening of 13th May 2009 there will be a special event by singers, musicians, poets, theatre artists and others to protest the victimisation of Dr Sen and celebrate the determined public resistance to the decimation of democratic norms and values [Day 1 Updates]
- Raipur
- Delhi
- Evening of protest and cultural programs on 14 May 2009 at The Lawns of Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhiby 5.30pm onwards
It is organised by Artists for Human Rights & Free Binayak Sen Campaign. [More Details] - dharna at Jantar Mantar on May 16th by PUDR 5-7pm
- Evening of protest and cultural programs on 14 May 2009 at The Lawns of Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhiby 5.30pm onwards
- Jharkhand
- Lalit Mehta Sahadat Divas
A day of solidarity with NREGA activists and protest against state repression
9.30 am: public meeting (“aam sabha”) at Daltonganj. Candlelight procession and cultural programme in Evening . More Details
- Lalit Mehta Sahadat Divas
- Maharashtra
Mumbai
public meeting at the Dhuru Hall, Dadar (W) at 6 30 PM
This will follow a morcha by protesters. Public speeches, performance of well-known and young artistes, songs, recitations, reading out of original compositions by the poets, protest paintings exhibition etc will be there. More Details- Pune
Protest March to the BJP office in Pune.
at 5.00 pm. from Senapati Bapat Statue To ‘Tambadi Jogeshwari Mandir’ near Appa Balwant Chowk, Contact anant.phadke at gmail.com [ Details]- Dr. Binayak Sen Film Festival on May 9th
5 – 8 pm, Lokayat Hall, opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near Nal Stop, Pune [ Details & Films ]
- Dr. Binayak Sen Film Festival on May 9th
- Andhra pradesh
- Public Meeting in Anakappilli 15th May at 5pm.Orgnaised by Samalochana and APVVU.
- Kerala
- Thiruvanathapuram
- Signature campaign and a gathering in front of the Government Secretariat, 10.30 AM , 14th May.Dr. PK Warrier wll inaugurate the function. prominent human right activist BRP Bhaskar and leaders of different organisations attend the function. Organised by Solidarity Youth Movement, PUCL, KSMTF, SUCI, Ethical Medical Forum, & SIO
- City Slum Medical Camp at 1PM , Karimadam colony, Attakkulangara . Cont: Dr Saiju 9447120487
- Committee for Release of Political prisoners(CRPP) Association with Minority Rights Watch conducting evening Dharna at Trivandrum in front of secretariat bldg.will start 4.00 PM : Contact: minoritywatch at gmail.com
- Kollam
Students Dharna By SIO Kerala 5PM in front of head post office - Kottayam
Students Dharna By SIO Kerala 5PM Dr B.Ikbal, Nafeesa Beevi Etc will speak - Alappuzha
Evening Dharna By SIO Kerala 5PM at KSRTC Stand KS Manoj MP, Mathew Velangadan, Dr. V Venugopal Etc will speak - Eranakulam
Protest day. It’s not Binayak Sen, but the human rights are in jail. It’s not Binayak Sen, but the Justice is facing Trial Protest march at 4:30 PM from Gandhi Bhavan, Kacheripadi, Ernakulam organised by Dr. Binayak Sen Defence Commitee(Kerala)- Students Dharna By SIO Kerala at Menaka junction 5 PM Adv Jayasankar, Geo Jose, Savad Rahaman etc will speak
- Thrissur
Public Meeting Organised by SIO Kerala.4PM p.k vasu,limseer ali,k.s.nisar etc will speak - Palakkad: Protest meeting at 5 PM Dr. PS panikker, Pathmakumar, M. Sulaiman, Mohammed Sabir etc will speak
Malappuram
Public Meeting Organised by SIO Kerala. 10 AM-4-PM. Dr. P Geetha, Adv PA Pouran, Adv Manjeri sunderraj. Manambur rajan babu,k etc will speak.Also Solidarity Programmes are happening in MES college of medical science-perinthalmanna and Royal dental college padaparambu- Kannur
poster campaign in Kannur town organised by Peoples Right Protection Samithi Students Dharna By SIO Kerala at stadium corner Dr. D Surendranath, PBM Farmees etc will Speak
- Thiruvanathapuram
- Karnataka
- Bangalore
Public seminar on May 9th (saturday)
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
Venue: SCM House, 29, 2nd Cross, Mission Road, Bangalore.
Speakers: Dr K. Balagopal,(Human Rights Forum, Hyderabad) B.V. Seetharam (Karavali Ale, Mangalore), and B.N. Jagadeesha (Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore)
A Team of Activists from Karanataka will participate in Raipur Satyagraha on May 14th
- Bangalore
- Tamil nadu
- Chennai
Cycle rally and the public event at , Marina Beach.
Cycling and pamphleteering across the city – 9.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m
Public Meeting and Cultural Programme – 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm(Contact Jeny 9840398852)
- Chennai
- West Bengal
- Kolkotta : Public meeting in Jadavpur University, Kolkata , in front of Worldview Bookstore (opposite Milanda’s Canteen). on the university campus , May 14th, 4 PM[More Details]
- ” Whither Primary Health Care” Public Seminar on May 30 at Students Hall , College Street, Kolkata at 1P.M . The seminar will be dedicated to the works of Dr.Binayak Sen whose relentless effort for providing health care services to the down-trodden has become a legend. Speakers are Dr.Ilina Sen, Dr.Thomas George, Dr.Jayanto Rongpi, Mr.Ramkishan & others. The seminar will highlight the issues for which Dr.Sen was arrested & organise mass opinion in favour of his release.
- Kolkotta : Public meeting in Jadavpur University, Kolkata , in front of Worldview Bookstore (opposite Milanda’s Canteen). on the university campus , May 14th, 4 PM[More Details]
- Gujarat
- Ahmedabad : Candle light vigil and songs of solidarity on May 14th 7.30 PM at Narmad Meghani Library, Natraj Railway Crossing, Mithakhali , Ahmedabad Organised by Movement for Secular Democracy(MSD) People’s Union for Civil Liberties(PUCL) contact: Dwarikanath Rath 079 – 26404418; Charul Bharwada 98250 48837
- Rajasthan [More Details]
- Udaipur: public meeting at Gandhi Smarak Mandir in Udaipur city on May 12th 2009
- May 14th: Presenting a memorandum in the name of the PM, HM and the CM of Chhattisgarh to the Divisional Commissioner
- Jaipur:
- cycling through the city and distributing pamphlets & street corner meetings demanding the release of Dr. Sen at six prominent places in the city.
- A day long seminar has been organized by the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
- Public demonstration at Safdar Hashmi Corner, at Ram Niwas Bagh organised by PUCL Jaipur District and the State branch, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
- Earlier in the day a memorandum will be presented to the Governor of Rajasthan in the name of the PM and HM of India and the CM of Chhattisgarh
- Ajmeer:
- half day dharna at Gandhi Bhawan in the heart of city
- Submitting a memorandum to the Divisional Commissioner for the PM and HM of India and the CM of Chhattisgarh
- Udaipur: public meeting at Gandhi Smarak Mandir in Udaipur city on May 12th 2009
United Kingdom
- London
- Demonstration to mark second anniversary of incarceration
May 14, from 2pm – 6pm, outside High Commission of India (Aldwych) (nearest tube Holborn)
Release Binayak Sen now campaign (UK) | Event Poster | (contact: releasebinayaksennow at gmail.com)
- Demonstration to mark second anniversary of incarceration
- Edinburgh :
- 1:00pm Thursday 14 May, outside Surgeons’ Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW.
How to get there
A “chain gang” of doctors will parade in handcuffs and chains. Please come along even if you can only spare half an hour. White “doctors coats” will be available. But if you can bring a white doctors coat/technicians coat/lab coat of your own, please do.A meeting at the Consulate General of India, Edinburgh has been arranged for 3pm Organised by Amnesty International and Scottish Action for the release of Binayak Sen. Supported by SACC (contact: AKapilashrami at qmu.ac.uk or R.Jeffery at ed.ac.uk) [More Details]
- 1:00pm Thursday 14 May, outside Surgeons’ Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW.
- Bristol:
- vigil in the centre of the city (contact: margaret.hodson at blueyonder.co.uk)
United States
Candle Light Vigils, demonstrations, Human Rights Film Festivals. or a day long hunger fast.
- Buffalo : Vijay Loganathan Sambandhan, Rahul Ramachandran and Swathi Ramakrishnan are fasting on may 14th to show the support to release Dr. Binayak Sen (Contact Vijay Loganathan )
- Philadelphia (Contact Subhrajit )
- DC : In front of Indian Embassy, 2107 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC | 4:30 PM, Thursday, May 14th 2009 (Contact Somu Kumar |703 728 8987 )
Boston (Contact Somanth Mukherji)
- vigil and protest in Boston- Cambridge area at Harvard Square, USA in the May 14th evening. AID MIT & Boston chapters, Alliance for seclar and democratic south asia, Sanhati-Boston etc and local CMC Vellore alumni are organizing this.
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- vigil and protest in Boston- Cambridge area at Harvard Square, USA in the May 14th evening. AID MIT & Boston chapters, Alliance for seclar and democratic south asia, Sanhati-Boston etc and local CMC Vellore alumni are organizing this.
- Seattle : SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN FOR THE RELEASE OF DR. BINAYAK SEN
May 15, 2009, 7 PM 2560 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA [More Details] (Contact Siddhartha Mitra) - Maryland: Candlelight Vigil marking Dr. Sen’s unlawful incarceration, at 7PM, May 15th, In front of Mckeldin Library at the statue of Testudo, University of Maryland(UMCP) [contact Swetha Yeldandi (syeldand at umd.edu) or Isha Misra (imisra at umd.edu) ]
- Texas
- Human Rights Film Festival on May 18th
Venue: Fun Asia, 1210 E.Beltline Rd., Richardson, TX 75081 PH# 972-889-8000
Organised by : AID India (Dallas chapter) in association with Amnesty International
More Details
- Human Rights Film Festival on May 18th
Germany
- Berlin : There will be a demonstration at the indian embassay between 3 and 5 pm, May 14th
Addy: Tiergartenstraße 17, 10785 Berlin. (Anfahrt: U 2 oder Bus 200, M29)And on the 19th of May there will be an info night about the case Dr. Sen, and afterwards we show the documentary Anjam. The info night takes place at the Schillerhof in Jena, Germany! [ More Info ]
Cyberspace
- Facebook
- One Million Faces – Free Dr Binayak Sen,Time to End Injustice !
FACE BOOK COMMUNITY Solidarity Action by showing support to the cause by changing profile Picture at least for one day- May 14th 2009
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