UPDATE On Dr. Binayak Sen’s TRIAL (15 Sep 2008)
“QUESTIONS ON DR. BINAYAK SEN’S TRIAL”
Is the Trial Fair?
Are Provisions of Cr.P.C. followed in “letter” and “spirit”?
Why is Chhattisgarh Police getting desperate?
Why the delay tactics?
Raipur, 15th September, 2008: The last dates of trial of Dr. Binayak Sen, General Secretary, Chhattisgarh PUCL were September 8th & 9th 2008. Strangely, nothing happened on these days, as the [...]
Binayak Sen and the Right to a Fair Trial
Mukul Sharma in Kafila
The right to a fair trial is a cornerstone of democratic societies. How a person is treated, when accused of a crime, provides a concrete demonstration of how far a State respects human rights. Detention is ‘arbitrary’, where there are often grave violations of the right to a fair trial. Detention and [...]
Bangaloreans lend support to human right activist
Times of India
BANGALORE: Students, writers and film-makers thronged the Centre for Film and Drama (CFD) on Monday to express support towards and watch films made by journalist Ajay T G, who has just been released by the Chhattisgarh police on bail after being arrested on charges of Maoist links.
The CFD screened four films shot on [...]
Prison diaries of a suspected Naxal
Sreelatha Menon
EAR TO THE GROUND
Business Standard, August 10, 2008
Ajay TG, arrested on suspicion of being a Naxalite, plans a film on those who are jailed for no reason at all.
What does a film-maker do in jail? When it is Ajay TG, the jail becomes his muse, prompting to him stories about a man spending his [...]
AJAY T G GRANTED BAIL AS CHHATTISGARH POLICE FAILS TO FILE THE CHARGE SHEETAJAY T G GRANTED BAIL!
PUCL UPDATE (4th August 2008)
Today the Judicial Magistrate (First Class), at Durg District Court in Chhattisgarh granted bail to Mr. Ajay T G, a film-maker and member of the State Executive Committee of Chhattisgarh PUCL, who was detained under the draconian law called The Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005.
The Chhattisgarh Police failed to file [...]
