Doctor in jail: Binayak in need of medical help
Op-ed
by Kuldip Nayar
The Tribune, Chandigarh
Dr. Binayak Sen
TALKING about human rights violations during elections is like raising one’s voice in a hall where the entire audience is shouting without pause. Even otherwise, elections in India are a noisy tamasha.
Still I would like to draw attention to the case of Dr Binayak Sen, a prisoner of [...]
PUCL Challenges CSPSA in Chhattisgarh High Court
PUCL had first filed a PIL challenging Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 in the Supreme Court, but the SC had said that since it is a state law, it should be challenged in the high court. At long last, the CSPSA is now being challenged in the CG high court.
New Kerala
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Apr 28 [...]
International Foundation for The Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Ireland Writes to President of India on Denial of Medical Facilities
Reproduced below is the appeal to the President of India from Front Line, The International Foundation for The Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Dublin, Ireland.
The organisation is also taking up the issue with the European Union for prodding the Government of India in the right direction.
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President Pratibha Patil,
Office of the President,
Rashtrapati Bhavan,
New Delhi 110 004,
India
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PUCL letter to NHRC about Dr. Sen’s Health
April 2009
Chairman
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi
Sub: Medical Treatment for Dr. Binayak Sen
Sir
PUCL is extremely concerned about the health of Dr. Binayak Sen who has been imprisoned in Raipur since May 2007. His health has worsened and that the doctor appointed by the court to examine him recommended that he be transferred to Vellore for an [...]
TOI Q&A: ‘Rights activism uses space within the Constitution’ : Ilina sen
Times of India
5 Nov 2008
It’s been a hectic 17 months for Ilina Sen since Binayak Sen was arrested under the Chhattisgarh Public Security Act. In between teaching at Mahatma Gandhi Hindi University, Wardha, meeting her daughters in Mumbai, attending her husband’s trial in Raipur, and coordinating the campaign for his release in Delhi, she [...]
