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TOI EDITORIAL COMMENT | Welcome Relief
Times of India
Two years after his arrest, Binayak Sen was granted bail on Monday. Better late than never. Sen, an internationally acclaimed public health activist, had been held as an undertrial prisoner in a Chhattisgarh jail since May 2007.
The state government should take action if it has evidence of Sen’s alleged terrorist links. But the [...]
I will try to resolve the conflict through political engagement, military engagement is not a solution
“I take this opportunity to remember thousands of people who are languishing in jail in many states after being detained under draconian and black laws like the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act. I am not alone. There are many others in several states. I am with them.”
Raipur, May 26 (IANS) A day after the Supreme [...]
A small step for Indian justice, a giant leap for Binayak!
Editorial , www.binayaksen.net
‘Bail granted’ – the magical words rung through the crowded supreme court chamber with the full power of an ace footballer’s match clinching shot to the goal.
It took just 30 seconds for Justice Markandeya Katju to dispel what the dark forces of Indian politics, bureaucracy and so called ‘internal security’ had wrought against [...]
HT Editorial: 741 days later…
Editorial
Indrajit Hazra, Hindustan Times
The Great Indian Democracy, strange as it may sound to us still triumphantly waving our ink-marked fingers in the air, is not only about the freedom to vote and such genuinely wonderful things. It’s also about being told what’s going on when someone is arrested and kept locked away beyond the reach [...]
Economic Times Column demands Binayak’s Release while suggesting Policies
excerpts from Time for the big leap by T.K Arun
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Announce the appointment of 10,000 judges at all levels over the next three years, as part of a time-bound plan resolve all legal disputes beyond the final appeal in less than two years. Cases must be heard continuously and justice delivered with dispatch. Absence of a [...]
