‘This is a mindset of intolerance’
Asha Menon
Indian Express
The state has become intolerant after two developments — economic liberalisation and 9/11,” says S A R Geelani, vice-president of the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners. “Anyone who talks about land rights or opposes the SEZ policy could be called a Maoist or a Naxalite and put in prison. And people [...]
Free Binayaksen – An Interesting Blog Post
JohnyML in By All Means Necessary
I don’t like wearing my conscience on my sleeves. But today I feel like doing it, thanks to Facebook, a networking site that I started hating recently.
I have been seeing Free ‘Dr.Binayak Sen’ campaigns as taglines of my friends for a long time. But I had never thought of asking [...]
CSPSA Strikes Again!
This is an extremely enlightening case about how corporations (and by extension, other powerful interests in the society) can use the vague provisions of Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act to harass people they consider troublesome.
Sudha Bharadwaj
Pawan Verma was a worker – an expert cook in the Canteen and VIP Guesthouse of the erstwhile L&T [...]
Binayak Sen and the cost of dissent in India : The Lancet Special Report
Patralekha Chatterjee
Special Report
The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9674, Page 1512, 2 May 2009
Indian doctor, Binayak Sen, continues to pay a steep price for defending the health and rights of tribal communities in the central India state of Chattisgarh. Patralekha Chatterjee reports.
Despite worldwide calls for his release, this May, Indian paediatrician and human rights activist, Binayak [...]
Raipur Satyagraha 7th Week Marching
Update: April 27th, 2009
The Campaign for the release of Dr. Binayak Sen gained momentum today as 92 persons gathered from various parts of the country and different people’s groups courted arrest here in Raipur. As a part of the continuing satyagraha, the arrest came following a rally that began from “Boodha Talab”. The satyagrahis raised [...]
