May 14 2009
Kolkotta: Statement Demanding Immediate Release of Dr. Sen
The meeting held at Jadavpur University on 14 May from 4:00 pm onwards was attended by about 150 people, of whom some 110-odd signed a statement. Some of Kolkata’s best-known scholars, intellectuals, teachers, NGO representatives attended. Student turnout was, unfortunately, low, since university examinations are underway. There were a few brief speeches, Dr. Ilina Sen’s [...]
Ahmedabad: candle light protest held for Dr. Binayak Sen and Lalit Mehta
Under the auspices of People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Movement for Secular Democracy, 75-80 people from Gujarat belonging to different human rights and people’s organisations today staged a candle light protest demanding the immediate release of Dr. Binayak Sen, an internationally renowned medical doctor and human rights activist incarcerated in Raipur jail in the [...]
100+ medicos writes to PM
4 May 2009
Dr. Santosh Karmarkar, M.S.,M.Ch
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre
Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai 400 050
To
the Honourable Prime Minister of India
Room 152 South Block
New Delhi 110001
Respected Sir,
We members of the health care community are extremely concerned about the health of Dr. Binayak Sen who has been imprisoned in Raipur since May 2007. In March we [...]
Berlin : Protest Updates
This Post is in German, We request our readers to help on translation. sent translation to contact@binayaksen.net – editors
Seit zwei Jahren in Haft: Dr. Binayak Sen, gewaltloser politischer Gefangener in Chhattisgarh
Am 14. Mai 2007 wurde im indischen Bundesstaat Chhattisgarh der Arzt und Menschenrechtsverteidiger Dr. Binayak Sen verhaftet. Angeklagt ist er nach dem drakonischen [...]
Edinburgh: Chain gang of shackled doctors highlight plight of doctor imprisoned on “trumped up” charges
Edinburgh, 1 – 1.30pm, Thursday 14th May
A “chain gang” of shackled doctors paraded in Edinburgh to call for the release of one particular doctor who dared to speak out on behalf of his patients and was thrown into jail for his troubles.
Individually handcuffed, and chained together, 30 campaigners dressed as doctors with white coats, stethoscopes [...]
