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 [...]
The Binayak Sen factor
by Latha Jishnu (in New Delhi)
Business Standard, May 23, 2009
While celebrating our democracy and its biggest rituals we also need to think about the kind of society we are building.
When Jacob Zuma was elected President of South Africa last month, leading lights of the Western press were overwhelmed. Not by the veteran African National [...]
They demolished Gandhian ashram, and beat us badly
Symbi student, 18, narrates her first-hand experience of state repression in conflict-torn Dantewada in Chhattisgarh
By Veronica Kalpana Gautam
Mumbai Mirror
THEN
NOW
Pictures of the non-profit Vanvasi Chetna Ashram in Dantewada, Chattisgarh, before and after demolition by the state authorities on May 17
As part of my Media and Communication programme of Symbiosis International University, I have been interning [...]
The Hindu-Opinion: A human rights checklist for India
K.S. Jacob
The Hindu
Many of the current policies and practices “authorised” by the Indian state require careful review from a human rights perspective.
The latest general elections and the ongoing process of forming a Central government provide an opportunity for introspection regarding India’s human rights record. The policies and practices “authorised” by the Indian state require reflection [...]
