Category Political Prisoners
Arresting activists is an attack on dissent in keeping with UAPA’s history On August 28, the Pune police mounted raids across several cities,taking into custody five civil liberties activists, invoking that dreaded anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act… Continue Reading →
The chain of arrest, custody, and remand must be linked only by due process The power of arrest is an extraordinary one, conferred on the police to be employed with discretion and deliberation, not as a tool of oppression and… Continue Reading →
This piece comments on the Bhima Koregaon arrests, the multitude of problems with the UAPA as well as its empirically evident history of sinister targeting of those defending the powerless against State excesses. UAPA criminalises ideology and association. By virtue… Continue Reading →
The Caravan publishes report of police-appointed committee, headed by Dhende, that finds Hindutva outfits “pre-planned” the Bhima Koregaon violence By TUSHA MITTAL | SATISH BATE / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES The report of a fact-finding committee, headed by Pune’s deputy mayor… Continue Reading →
Fascist BJP Government stop diverting attention of people from your oppressive policies and the failure of governance!! Join Protest on 5th September 2018, 5:00pm outside Dadar (E) Station, Mumbai #NoMoreFakeCharges #DefendDissent #SaveDemocracy #ExposeUndeclaredEmergency Since the beginning… Continue Reading →
Photo: dgSolidarity / Youtube On 28 August 2018, homes of several civil-rights activists, lawyers and writers across India were raided by the Maharashtra police for having ‘links’ with Maoists. Of these, five were arrested, in what is seen as a… Continue Reading →
To Ma’am, With Love: She invoked awe and reverence as a woman who toiled amongst the most socially turbulent parts of the country with quiet strength and navigated the corridors of power with the claims of the powerless, all while… Continue Reading →
We, the undersigned students, faculty and others from IIT Kharagpur are shocked with the treatment that the police forces have meted out to our ex-colleague, Prof. Anand Teltumbde and other intellectuals. His residence in Goa, where he is working as… Continue Reading →
Ninety-percent-disabled Indian professor GN Saibaba is dying a slow death in prison, accused of having ‘Maoist links’. by Pavan Malreddy & Ashok Kumbamu Professor GN Saibaba during an interview at his residence in the Delhi University North Campus on July… Continue Reading →
*Regarding the letter issued to the Press by Pune Police* 1. It is a totally concocted letter fabricated to criminalize me and other human rights lawyers, activists and organisations. 2. It is a mixture of innocuous and publicly available facts… Continue Reading →