June 25th: Raipur: National Convention on State Repression & Black Laws in India

Dear Friends,

Greetings!

Here is an UPDATE ON GROUP FASTING which began on 16th June 2008 at Raipur.

Hope some of you would definitely join, at least, the National Convention on 25th & 26th June at Raipur on STATE REPRESSION & BLACK LAWS IN INDIA.

The Outline of the Programme is as follows:


25th June, 2008 (Wednesday)

10 am to 11 am : Opening & Inaugural Session

1. Chhattisgarh Situation & Black Law

11 am to 13 pm : Theme Address by Mr. Rajinder Sachar, Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
& Former President, National PUCL

15 pm to 18 pm : Rally & Public Meeting at Dharna Sthal ( Requesting Fasting Activists to end their Fast)

20 pm : Film Show

12 Mid-Night : Candle Light Vigil ( Remembering the Emergency Day 1975 & Resolving to Restore Democracy Today)

26th June 2008 (Thursday)

9 am to 13 pm : Sharing of Experiences of State Repression & Black Laws from Various States
( Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, North East, Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, etc.)

14 pm to 16 pm : Future Strategy & Agenda for Action

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June 19, 2008 | Filed Under Protests, announcements | Leave a Comment 

JUNE 17 NATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY FOR BHOPAL

Tuesday, June 17 2008

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AND SOLIDARITY FOR BHOPAL

UNITE FOR JUSTICE!

NO MORE BHOPALS!

PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH WAKE UP!

HOLD DOW AND UNION CARBIDE ACCOUNTABLE!

23 YEARS IS ENOUGH! WE NEED JUSTICE NOW

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June 15, 2008 | Filed Under solidarity | Leave a Comment 

SHUT UP THE VOICES OF DISSENT

The Telegraph
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By detaining Binayak Sen for months, is the State sending out an ominous signal to those who work for human rights? asks Rajashri Dasgupta

t is a ploy undertaken by the State, time and again, to browbeat dissent and distract attention from its own misdeeds. Since May 14 last year, Binayak Sen, a pediatrician who has quietly dedicated his life to the service of some of India’s most impoverished communities, especially indigenous tribes and mine-workers, has been languishing in Raipur Central Jail in Chattisgarh under trumped-up charges. For his devoting more than three decades of selfless service to the rural poor, the State has charged the 58-year-old doctor with sedition and conspiracy to wage war, for being a “dangerous Naxalite” and for helping the Maoist movement — charges that could fetch him life imprisonment.

Although the State seems to find Binayak Sen so dangerous as to keep him in solitary confinement, denying him bail and basic amenities, the rest of the world does not. Ironically, even a year ago, only a few knew about his exceptional work, but in trying to stifle his spirit, the State has made him famous, and turned him into a hero. After his imprisonment, Sen has won the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights, becoming the first South Asian to receive this prestigious award. The appeal by 22 Nobel laureates to the prime minister to allow Sen to travel to Washington to collect the award on May 29 left the State unmoved.

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June 10, 2008 | Filed Under Press Reports, articles | Leave a Comment 

Cover story in Siliconeer magazine

Siliconeer Magazine June issue on Dr. Binayak Sen Latests Issue of Siliconeer magazine contains 2 great stories and editorial on Dr. Binayak Sen.

We Compiled a PDF with relevant articles from the siliconeer Magazine (fair use) . You can also read Articles as text below

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Articles

  • Editorial: A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
  • Cover story: Free Binayak Sen: Global Support for a rights activist : Article by Ranjitha Moorthy
  • A Monopoly on Violance : Salwa Judum : Article by Anu Mandavilli.

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June 6, 2008 | Filed Under Press Reports | 1 Comment 

RIGHTS-INDIA: State-Sponsored Repression, Say Human Rights Activists

BANGALORE, Jun 3 (IPS) - The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a 32-year-old Indian human- rights group, has decried India’s judiciary for refusing bail to ‘jungle doctor’ and human rights activist Binayak Sen. Sen is widely-respected for his 30 years of healthcare work among tribals in the central Indian State of Chhattisgarh, and has criticised the State for the mass-eviction of thousands of tribal villagers.

Sen, who received the 2008 Global Health Council’s Jonathan Mann award for his work in health and human rights, was jailed one year ago on charges of “hatching a conspiracy” and abetting terrorism. Sen denies the government’s allegations, and refused bail in a high-profile case that has reached the Supreme Court.

Human rights activists say the government’s charges — filed under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 and the Indian government’s Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (1967) — are not just weak, but trumped up.

Twenty-two Nobel laureates’ appeals to the Indian government to allow Sen to receive the Jonathan Mann award in person on 29 May 2008 went unheeded.

“It is a sad reflection on the courts, reflective of their own mindset of the phantom of national security that Sen cannot be granted bail,” said prominent rights activist-academician K. Balagopal of Human Rights Forum.
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June 4, 2008 | Filed Under Press Reports, Protests | Leave a Comment 

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