‘I have always condemned violence, whatever the justification’ : Interview with Binayak Sen
Vinay Sitapati
Indian Express
Posted: Saturday , Apr 25, 2009 at 0026 hrs IST
Arrested for being a Naxal supporter, Chhattisgarh doctor BINAYAK SEN has been in Central Jail, Raipur for the last two years. His trial is currently going on in the Raipur sessions court. In the 47 degrees Celsius heat and under the watchful eyes [...]
Amnesty International Call for Indian Authorities to Immediately Release Dr. Sen
Amnesty International Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Binayak Sen Completes Two Years in India Jail
Human Rights Organization Reiterates Call for Indian Authorities to Immediately Release Human Rights Defender
Contact: AIUSA media office, 202-544-0200 x302, lspann@aiusa.org
(Washington) — The Indian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Binayak Sen, a human rights defender [...]
Towards The Second Year Of Mockery
By Jhuma Sen
05 April, 2009
Countercurrents.org
A month to go and India will again show that the cost of dissent a peaceful man pays in this country is a detention for two years on fictitious grounds. Almost a year ago, twenty two Nobel winners had come forward demanding Binayak Sen’s release so that he could go and [...]
Lessons from an Indian jail
The story of a doctor locked up for years for speaking up for the voiceless poor is a morality play with implications for all of us
Priyamvada Gopal
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 April 2009 22.00 BST
As the world’s financial and political elites ponder our economic futures, having whipped themselves into a frenzy about projected violence by the discontented, [...]
Activists rally around jailed filmmaker
Times of India
MUMBAI: Filmmakers and human rights activists in the city have rallied to speak up for film-maker Ajay TG, who is in a Chhattisgarh prison on charges of being a Naxal sympathiser.
On Monday, Ajay’s film on imprisoned activist Dr Binayak Sen will be screened at the Prithvi Theatre in Juhu. The screening is [...]
