The mother of physician Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Chhattisgarh for sedition, alleged there is a conspiracy by a section of powerful people to foil any possibility of her son getting bail. On December 24 last ye

The mother of physician Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Chhattisgarh for sedition, alleged there is a conspiracy by a section of powerful people to foil any possibility of her son getting bail. On December 24 last year, Additional Sessions Judge B P Verma in Raipur convicted 61-year-old Sen, vice-president of People's Union of Civil Liberties, for sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha for colluding with Maoists.
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In Kalyani, West Bengal,the mother of physician Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Chhattisgarh for sedition, alleged there is a conspiracy by a section of powerful people to foil any possibility of her son getting bail. On December 24 last year, Additional Sessions Judge B P Verma in Raipur convicted 61-year-old Sen, vice-president of People's Union of Civil Liberties, for sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha for colluding with Maoists.

Maoists were getting encouragement from civil society and support of well-minded citizens was required to stem the menace, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan said on Friday.

"The Maoists are getting the upperhand in people's mind because they are getting encouragement from a section of civil society," Narayanan told a seminar here.

Citing the example of human rights activists Binayak Sen who has been found guilty of sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment, he said there were protests from a section of the society over his conviction.

"We need the support of well minded citizen so that matters don't go out of control," he said.

Expressing concern over the spreading influence of Maoists, Narayanan said, "Maoism has become a fashionable trend in different states including West Bengal and students in different universities are getting attracted."

Holding that Maoists were a serious problem to internal security, the former IB chief said, "A decade ago Maoists were present in five or six states, but it has spread to over 15 or 16 states with West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chattishgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra being the worst affected."

Stating that 2009 and 2010 were worst years because of a number of deaths due to Maoist insurgency, the former national security advisor said, "The Maoists are targetting mass casualty with new operational techniques, so only strengthening of security will not solve the problem.

"We need to take a comprehensive, encompassing, political, economical and security approach to reach a satisfactory solution to the Maoist problem."

"I fear my son will not be granted bail by the Chhattisgarh High Court on January 24 as some powerful people are a hatching conspiracy to influence the judiciary," 84-year-old ailing Anashua Sen said.

"I'll, however, fight for his release till the last drop of my blood and up to my last breath. If nothing positive comes out, I'll move the Supreme Court and write to the President and the prime minister," she said.

"I'll also try to mobilise people for a strong campaign against the injustice done to Binayak," she said.

She alleged that his son has been kept in solitary confinement to create mental pressure on him. Barring his wife and daughter, none is allowed to meet him in jail, she said.

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Bhopal, Jan 20 (IBNS): More than 150 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster and people exposed to ground water contaminated by Union Carbide's hazardous waste in Bhopal Thursday marched with torches (mashaal) demanding immediate release of philanthropist Dr. Binayak Sen who was sentenced for life for alleged Maoist connections.

The four organizations leading the march from Yadgar-e-Shahajahani Park to Neelam Park condemned the Dec 24, 2010 order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Raipur that

sentenced Dr. Binayak Sen, a human rights worker and paediatrician, along with Mr. Narayan Sanyal and Mr. Pijush Guha to life imprisonment calling it "a blatant travesty of justice".

Rachna Dhingra of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action said that the sentence against Dr. Sen, who has spent his entire life amongst the poor, raising issues of rampant poverty and state-sponsored exploitation, and who protested against state repression and brutal genocidal campaigns like Salwa Judum, is a farce in the name of justice.

Remembering Dr. Sen's support to the cause of the Bhopal victims, Rashida Bee, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh said that "If Dr. Sen is guilty of sedition, so are we."

She expressed hope that the High Court of Chhattisgarh would reverse the judgment and free Dr. Sen who is languishing in jail.

Balkrishna Namdeo, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha said that India's already dented credentials as a democracy and an upholder of human rights would be irreversibly damaged if the sentence against Dr. Sen is not quashed on Jan 24, when the matter is placed before the High Court of Chhattisgarh.

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Members of 'Bandi Mukti Committee' — a human rights organisation — and a section of the city's intelligentsia demanded the immediate and unconditional release of renowned physician Binayak Sen here on Thursday.
Dr. Sen was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Raipur sessions court on December 24 last year on sedition charges.
'Travesty of justice'
Criticising the way Dr. Sen's lawyer was not allowed to give explanation supporting his client after the judgement, Magsaysay Award-winning author Mahasweta Devi said that the "strange" nature of the judgement has resulted in people raising their voices against such a "travesty of justice".
"Those in power are aware of the mistake they have made by framing and incarcerating a personality like Dr. Sen.
"We all want his immediate and unconditional release," she said at a mass demonstration organised by the Committee.
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Exactly a month after he was convicted for sedition and sentenced to life, the Chhattisgarh High Court is going to hear the bail plea of Dr Binayak Sen. We go back in time with this interview that was conducted in 2009. It came just a day after the Naxal attack in Gadchiroli, where more than 15 policemen were killed. The doctor and civil rights activist, then out on bail, stressed on the need to shun violence as a legitimate weapon of negotiation. Ironically, the charges of sedition against Dr Sen are based on an unstated assumption that he supports Naxal violence.
Rupashree Nanda: Sir, the frequency of Naxal attacks have been increasing and the central government is sending signals of a possible all out war. How would you view the escalation in the tension?
Binayak Sen: Mr Chidambaram has denied that, he does not want to use the word war. Specifically, he has said that these are all citizens of India. They are not talking about war, they are talking about a military intervention. But be that as it may, there is a situation of military conflict developing in certain areas of the country and, we are filled with anguish by this possibility and, a large group of people from all sides have been asking for abrogation of a military confrontation. Specifically, in the current situation we are asking for a declaration that violence should cease and talks should ensue. Many people have put out statements individually and jointly, human rights organizations have put out statements individually and jointly, asking for an abrogation of violence and its replacement by political dialogue and peace talks. This is also our appeal and our demand.
Rupashree Nanda: The home minister has said that the government is willing to talk if Maoists give up violence. But, Maoists don't accept that pre-condition. What, then, could achieve a breakthrough?
See, State violence is continuing, Maoist violence is also continuing. We want both kinds of violence to end and, peace to ensue and, within peace there must be dialogue and discussion. But, the peace cannot be a return to the status quo. We cannot have a situation in which the widespread displacement of large populations of people is going to be legitimized by that peace. There has to be an agreement for a just and equitable situation to evolve. Until there is an agreement to have a just and equitable solution to the current situation on the ground and, until we qualify the kind of peace we are asking for, there won't be that much chance of peace becoming effective.
However, what we are saying is that both the State violence, including structural violence which keeps poor people poor, as well as, the direct violence of the State like the military intervention is dangerous, horrifying, not tenable and must stop. Maoists must also give up violence and in the peace that comes through, the discussions must take place.
Rupashree Nanda: Sections within the state including the police, seem to believe that when Maoists indulge in violence, then civil rights activists are silent. Do you agree to that assessment? How would you judge the violence of Maoists?
Binayak Sen: As human rights workers, not just me, but all my brothers and sisters in the human rights fraternity, have been asking for an end to all violence. We have been consistently saying that all violence is illegitimate and that the resolution of questions through the use of violence is not a legitimate solution. For instance, after the death of Francis Induvar, I have unreservedly said that this kind of an incident is condemnable. But, the point is that the State violence is also continuing. Both the structural violence and the direct violence. So, the Maoist violence while it is condemnable, and we are condemning it, we do condemn it, we do not legitimise Maoist violence, but that violence has to be seen in the context of the state violence. That the Maoist violence is the violence of a desperate people who are simply trying to survive and, who are being forcibly removed from their access to those resources which help them survive. Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has himself recognized that Maoists have support among the poor and expropriated people. And the reason why they have support is because they have to survive. So, it is a question of survival. The problem has to be addressed at the roots. The violence is a symptom. That violence has to stop. But, along with the stopping of the violence we also need to address the root causes of the problem.
Rupashree Nanda: Just yesterday Maoists killed 17 people. A few days back it was Francis Induvar. In the coming days ahead there will be more such violence. How, do you think, this will end?
Binayak Sen: I think the whole of society has to raise its voice against violence. We are not appealing only to the state. We are not appealing only to the Maoists or to the government. We are also appealing to the whole of society. That all of us jointly need to raise our voices against the legitimacy of violent confrontation. That, it is by bringing violence to a stop, any kind of peaceful solution can emerge.
Rupashree Nanda: What consequences do you forsee if and when there is a military confrontation?
Binayak Sen: Military confrontation will not yield any solution. And ultimately, it is only through political dialogue and a cessation of violence that any kind of a solution will emerge.
Rupashree Nanda: The State is using using all its instruments to silence dissent. Whether it is the left in West Bengal, the BJP in Chhattisgarh or the UPA in the centre, evidence of the intolerance of the state towards dissent is growing. The state appears to be anti-middle ground, anti-dissent, anti-dialogue, anti-intellectual... isn't that dangerous?
Binayak Sen: This is a part of the pattern of globalisation and it is happening all over the world. This is a part of a concerted pattern in which the resources of the poor are being expropriated in order to be handed over to the rich and the State is overseeing the process and, is standing as guaranteer to this process. So any kind of dissent is no longer being tolerated. And anybody who speaks against this process is going to be punished for it. This is the meaning of the kind of laws that have been promulgated in recent times. I am afraid that there is a lot more suffering that has to be endured on all sides as a result of this process.
Rupashree Nanda: Why is the middle class not speaking out? Why is increasing intolerance, illiberality acceptable to the middle class?
Binayak Sen: I don't think it is acceptable. I think there is a wide sentiment against the putting down of dissent. Democracy has to prevail and people will support the claims of democracy. But, the only thing is that people who stand to benefit from the increasing polarization of resources will probably support the processes that enable this polarization to continue. And, it will take some time for the middle classes to wake up to the dynamics of the process.
http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/rupashreenanda/137/62187/binayak-sen-on-naxal-vs-state-battle.html

EU observers for Binayak Sen's trial
Sujay Mehdudia
NEW DELHI: The European Union and some of its member-States will send representatives as "observers" during the January 24 hearing of human rights activist Binayak Sen's bail application in the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur.
Talking to The Hindu at an informal interaction here, Daniele Smadja, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to India, said that apart from the EU, individual member-States such as Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Hungary, the United Kingdom and Sweden would send their observers for the hearing.
"There are EU guidelines on human rights defenders. We give utmost attention to cases of individuals involved in the upholding of human rights. We have informed the Indian government of the decision to send observers," she remarked.
Ms. Smadja said she was mandated by her colleagues in the EU to take up the matter.
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Yesterday's Issue
http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/22/stories/2011012259180100.htm

Why has India imprisoned a Gandhian doctor?

By Agrotosh Mookerjee on Friday, January 21st, 2011 - 734 words.

On Christmas Eve 2010, renowned human rights defender and internationally acclaimed doctor to the poor, Dr Binayak Sen, was found guilty of "sedition" in India and sentenced to life imprisonment. This draconian verdict brings India's democracy into extreme disrepute and is representative of the numerous cases of human rights violation and miscarriage of justice, which have become alarmingly commonplace in the world's largest democracy. We demand the immediate release of Dr Sen.
WHO IS DR BINAYAK SEN?
Dr Sen is an internationally acclaimed public health professional who has worked tirelessly for over three decades with poor indigenous and other marginalised people on issues of basic livelihood, health services and social justice in Chhattisgarh, one of the poorest states in India; the state government of which has an appalling track-record in human rights issues. Dr Sen is also a prominent defender of human rights in India as an office-bearer in a national civil liberties organisation, the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL). In recognition of his services to humanity Dr Sen has received numerous international awards, including the Paul Harrison award for lifetime services of the rural poor and the RR Keithan Gold Medal for his "Gandhian" services. While he was in prison Dr Sen became the first Indian to be awarded the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights by the Global Health Council.
WHY HAS HE BEEN ARRESTED?
As an outstanding and outspoken defender of the marginalised and dispossessed indigenous people of India, Dr Sen has been a fearless critic of the state government's inequitable policies and criminal atrocities against the poor. Dr Sen led investigations into the atrocities committed by a state-supported, anti-Maoist armed militia called Salwa Judum and the PUCL documented numerous crimes committed by this armed militia against civilians. Consequently, in 2007 the doctor was accused of being a Maoist supporter and he was arrested under draconian "anti-terror" legislation after he had treated a Maoist prisoner in jail. On the basis of the flimsiest evidence, some of which was transparently fabricated by the local police in collusion with the state Government, Dr Sen was imprisoned without bail for 2 years and he was denied medical care of his choice, which led to a deterioration of his health condition. In May 2009, the Supreme Court of India granted him bail. However on 24 December 2010, a judge in a local court in Chhattisgarh sentenced Dr Sen to life imprisonment on the charge of "sedition", the same charge, which had been used to imprison Mahatma Gandhi and many other freedom fighters during colonial times.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE?
In response to Dr Sen's arrest in 2007, thousands of people and groups worldwide, including over 22 Nobel Laureates and human rights organisations, called for his immediate release. Amnesty International nominated Dr Sen a "prisoner of conscience" and regards the charges against him to be completely baseless and politically motivated. The political support for Dr Sen includes 2 Early Day Motions in the UK House of Commons. The life sentence has been condemned worldwide by a broad range of people, organisations and eminent intellectuals like Prof Noam Chomsky, Prof Amartya Sen and writer Arundhati Roy.
We are appalled by the gross injustice being done to this outstanding doctor, social servant, defender of human rights and inspirational citizen of the world. On 26th January 2011, as India prepares to celebrate Republic Day- the 63rd anniversary of the birth of its independent constitution-we request both Indian and world leaders to share our concern and demand the immediate release of Dr Sen. For India to become a truly great modern democracy, the Indian government must support and work with, not incarcerate and abuse, those like Dr Sen and other human rights activists who work selflessly and fearlessly for progressive change and for upholding the fundamental values of independent India's constitution.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP RELEASE HIM?
Join us on 26 January 2011, India's Republic Day, 3-5 pm in a protest outside the Indian High Commission on Aldwych, London. There will also be a peaceful vigil on the morning of 30 January 2011 in Tavistock Square, London, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination. Like this Gandhian doctor, the Mahatma too was incarcerated for "sedition" against British occupied India. There will be simultaneous protests and vigils throughout India, the United States and Canada. Join the worldwide campaign to release Dr Binayak Sen.
http://www.thecommentfactory.com/why-had-indian-locked-up-a-gandhian-doctor-4120/
Verdict On Binayak Sen: Protest To show We Are Alive
By Dr. Shah Alam Khan
16 January, 2011
Countercurrents.org
Dr. Binayak Sen's life sentence by a lower Raipur Court couldn't have come at a more appropriate time. The New Year is beginning. The Indian economy is projected to grow at a rate of 8%. The real estate prices in the country are booming to an all time high. Indian stake at symbols of power like the permanent UN Security Council seat appears more justified than ever before. The nuclear deal, the memorandums of understanding, the new dams, special economic zones….every block is falling in place. It seems India Inc has arrived at the party. But unfortunately every party has the so called party-spoilers, who create ruckus to dampen the spirit of fun and festivity. It is the prime duty of the party host to keep such nuisances at bay.
Dr Binayak Sen has emerged as one of the most prominent spoiler for this celebration of neo-liberal loot and pilferage. His work in the tribal areas of Chattisgarh has been treated as an act of sedition by a judiciary which stinks of grubby political bias. He and two others have been sentenced for rigorous life imprisonment and shorter prison terms, to run concurrently under Sections 124A read with Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 8(1), 8(2), 8(3) and 8(5) of the Chhattisgarh Vishesh Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam, 2005 (Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act) and Section 39(2) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967. It is important to realize that this half baked verdict is a clear message for those who dare to challenge the new order of India Inc…..the order which displaces the local aboriginal population in the name of development, growth and other such illogical jargon of adjectives which are common use by the state machinery. The tribal districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Karnataka and Maharasthra are the destination of some US $ 85 bn of promised investments, mostly in steel and iron plants, and mining projects. In Chhattisgarh itself 9,620 acres of land is already under process of acquisition. The juggernaut of development is puffing on all cylinders and anyone who attempts to question the validity, logic and benefits of this capitalist expansion is in serious danger of being eliminated in the name of sedition, Naxalism, Maoism or treason.
The malicious and seriously dangerous agenda of the Chattisgarh government is highlighted in the blatant lacunae within the verdict delivered on Dr Sen by B.P. Verma, the Second Additional District and Sessions Judge of Raipur. For example associating Dr Binayak Sen to the seditious Maoist cause is based on an important testimony given by Deepak Chaubey, the so called landlord who rented his accommodation to the Maoist leader Narayan Sanyal on the recommendation of Dr Sen. This assertion of Chaubey came on direct questioning by the Public Prosecutor, a fact overlooked by Sh Verma. It was also ignored that Chaubey was acting on duress of the police who threatened to implicate him in the case. Reading the 92 page judgement it can also be concluded that Judge Verma has based Dr Sen's implication with the CPI Maoists largely on police hearsay and planted evidence. He has conveniently overlooked the thirty odd years of selfless service by Dr Sen not only as a reputed doctor but as a human right activist.
It is high time that the civil society of our country wakes up to the nefarious agenda of development and the concomitant "collateral damage" in its wake. Courageous people like Dr. Binayak Sen who send ripples of hope in vast masses of humanity, need to be defended at all costs. Our Hon. Home Minister has said that this verdict might be unsatisfactory for some people (italics are mine). It's laughable to hear this from a Harvard educated lawyer, even if the statement was made under executive compulsions. Judicial verdicts can never be satisfactory or unsatisfactory; they are either just or unjust. And why some people? Probably because the state wants to undermine the numbers of those who are hungry, poor and deprived?
In a country which ignores hunger deaths, genocide criminals, millions of malnourished children (more than Sub Saharan Africa) and a defunct political class, people like Dr Binayak Sen are the only hope and a selfish state has no right to take these symbols of hope from us. Scream, shout, protest and wriggle out of the iron grip of injustice. As common people we need to show signs of life…..we have been dead long enough. Remonstration and disapproval of this injustice is the way ahead. I am reminded of a saying by the Romanian American Nobel Peace Laureate, Elie Weisel, he said "there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
Dr. Shah Alam Khan
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
AIIMS, New Delhi
Blog: www.indiaandbharat.blogspot.com
02 November, 2010

We Are Not Pro-Anyone, We Rre Only

Pro-Burma : Ko Bo Kyi

By Akanksha Mehta and Ava Patricia Avila

An Interview with Burmese Activist and Former Political Prisoner- Ko Bo Kyi

31July, 2010

Is Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Holding

A Devil's Brief, Asks ALRC

By ALRC

Justice Balakrishnan owes an apology to the country. His statement condoning extrajudicial execution negates the premises of the constitution that he has sworn allegiance to protect and fulfil. Through the statement he has proved that his legal intellect is unfit of leading a national institution that is mandated to protect, promote and fulfil human rights

30 April, 2010

U.P. Tops In Encounter Killings

And Custodial Deaths

By S.R.Darapuri

This State has won the notoriety of killing the maximum number of suspects in police encounters for the last many years. As per the statistics available during 2006, out of a total of 122 encounters for whole of India, U.P. had the figure of 82. In 2007 out of a total of 95 for whole of India, U.P. had 50 % i.e. 48. In 2008 as against 103 for whole of India U.P. had reached a figure of 41 and in 2009, U.P. attained a figure of 83 which puts the state on the top in encounter killings

16 April, 2010

Daniel McGowan

By Robert Meeropol

Daniel McGowan is one of more than a dozen "green scare defendants" now serving time in Federal prison. During the 1990's several groups of young, militant environmental and animal rights activists engaged in property destruction actions such as burning SUV's or destroying a horse slaughterhouse. After the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, and more recently, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, federal prosecutors have been arresting those supposedly involved, treating them as domestic terrorists even though no people or animals were killed or even injured in any of their actions, and imposing long prison sentences upon them

03 April, 2010

China's Documentation Of US Human Rights Abuses

By Stephen Lendman

China's is accurate and revealing. It could have included more, but presents a disturbing account of the real America, not the fictional one portrayed daily on TV screens, films, major publication accounts, what's taught in schools or preached in houses of worship - a sanitized version of what growing millions experience daily and what Blacks, the poor, Muslims, Latino immigrants, and Native Americans have known all their lives as well as America's global victims

16 March, 2010

America's Secret Prisons

By Stephen Lendman

Besides Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, UN Human Rights Council said the CIA runs scores of offshore secret prisons in over 66 countries worldwide for dissidents and alleged terrorists - in Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, India, Pakistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Ethopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Poland, Romania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Thailand, Diego Garcia, and elsewhere

09 March, 2010
Human Rights Learning
By Shulamith Koenig
For all to know human rights as a way of life
06 March, 2010

In This Country Of Cant----10, 000 Dead

Do Not Count

By Trevor Selvam

Forget all the recent incidents in Dantewada of babies' fingers being chopped off, mass rapes by the CRP and Salwa Judum, chopping off the breasts off 80 year old adivasi women, shooting up or arresting women who have dared to launch court cases against the police for the disappeared (Sodi Sambo). Teflon PCC! let us now talk about the over 10,000 Naxalites who were killed since 1967 to 1990. Was that violence or were those benign accidents? Is there some lawyer in India who will take up the case of the violence of the Indian State since 1967?

Holocaust Denial re Armenian Genocide And

Ongoing Palestinian, Iraqi And Afghan Genocides

By Dr Gideon Polya

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress House of Representatives has just voted 23 to 22 on Resolution 252 that recognizes the 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide as a genocide. The 23-22 vote enables the measure to go to the full House of Representatives - if the House leadership decides to bring it up. Turkey subsequently withdrew its ambassador to the US and the Obama Administration attacked the vote, Secretary of State Clinton declaring : "The Obama administration strongly opposes the resolution that was passed by only one vote by the House committee and will work very hard to make sure it does not go to the House floor

03 March, 2010

Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo's Last British Detainee

By Robert Verkaik

He was supposed to return to Britain in 2007 – but Shaker Aamer is still being held inside Camp Delta. Who is this charismatic prisoner? And what happened to him at the hands of MI5?

Habeas Challenges For Bagram Prisoners

By William Fisher

Four men who have been imprisoned for over a year – some for almost two years – are going to U.S. federal court to challenge their detention at the notorious Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

02 March, 2010

African Americans Have Seven Times

Greater Chance Of Imprisonment

By Sherwood Ross

Many factors contribute to the incarceration today of more blacks than whites even though blacks make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population. For example, of nearly 250,000 state inmates serving time for drug offenses in 2004, 113,000 (or 45%) were blacks compared to 66,000, (or 26%) whites and 52,000, (or 21%) Hispanics

28 February, 2010

The Monoculture Of 'Human Rights'

By Satya Sagar

The standards of human rights should in fact be seen as being like the ethics of the medical profession. Just as no ethical doctor can refuse to treat a patient because of his own or his patient's personal political beliefs so is the civil or human rights activist duty bound to oppose all rights violations irrespective of who its victims are or who commits them. This is the minimum standard that has to be established- defending the fundamental human rights of even your political opponents if necessary

27 February, 2010

Abuse Of Immigrant Workers In South Korea

By Ben McGrath

An Amnesty International report, entitled "Disposable labour: Rights of migrant workers in South Korea," documents the abhorrent working conditions that immigrants face. The study, released last October, clearly establishes that while South Korea was one of the first Asian countries to formally recognise the rights of foreign migrant workers, its Employment Permit System (EPS) does nothing more than legitimise the brutal exploitation of cheap labour from poorer countries

25 February, 2010

Global Sweatshop Wage Slavery

By Stephen Lendman

In today's globalized economy, capital is highly mobile, free to go anywhere for the highest return by fleeing locales with high taxes, strict labor laws, or rigorous environmental protections yielding lower profits by raising costs, the main one being labor that's easy to get cheap in developing states eager to grow and needing to new businesses do it. The result is a race to the bottom

22 February, 2010
The Battle Of Ideas, Part 1;
Private Property vs. The Commons
By Tom Stephens
The vicious circle of private property destroying human rights and the commons is becoming clearer all the time, as their system collapses and fails to deliver
16 February, 2010

Meet Maryam Ruhullah: A Victim Of MK-ULTRA

By Stephen Lendman

MK-ULTRA was the code name for a secret CIA mind control program, begun in 1953, under Director Allen Dulles. Maryam Ruhullah explains the torture she experienced as a victim of MK-ULTRA experimentation

28 January, 2010

There Is No Constitution In Chhattisgarh Anymore

By Harsh Dobhal

Anybody can be picked up, branded as Maoist and jailed, beaten up, smashed, charged with dubious cases, ordinary people are killed, tribal women get raped and assaulted, no peaceful protests are allowed, journalists, academics and filmmakers are followed, terrorised and not allowed to go inside villages, a general reign of fear stalks this poverty-stricken landscape

27 January, 2010

The Constitution Of India As A Tool Of Resistance

By Bobby Kunhu

It has become important to read the history of the Constitution of India as being rooted in the Poona Pact, re-appropriate the Constitution of India as a document representing the aspirations of marginalized communities, be it Dalits, Adivasis, religious or sexuality minorities, women or whomsoever and use it as a tool of resistance against subversions by State and non- State actors!

11 January, 2010
The Horror State Of Chhattisgarh
By Nandini Sundar

Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Professor of Political Science, Delhi University and Nandini Sundar have just returned (January 1st) from a visit to the police state of Chhattisgarh. A firsthand account from the belly of the beast

The Jan Sunwai That Never Was :

Listen To The Voices From Chhattisgarh!

By Peoples Union for Democratic Rights

In Dantewada a team of around 30 activists from NAPM and other organizations, Medha Patkar and Sandeep Pandey among them, were heckled, pelted with eggs and sewage and attacked by a large gang of tribal youth, accusing them of being Maoist sympathizers on Saturday

India's Inhuman Gunmen

By Gladson Dungdung

When the people of the entire world were greeting to each other, bursting crackers and enjoying delicious food on the occasion of the new year 2010, the police of Chhatarpur, Town and Sadar police stations of Palamu district, (which is the most Maoist infested area according to the government and the media reports) in Jharkhand, were engaged in humiliating, torturing and beating to death Rajendra Yadav of Telaria village (Chhatarpur) alleging him as a Naxalite

19 December, 2009

Plight Of The Stranded Pakistanis In Bangladesh

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

December 16 marks the 38th anniversary of the breakup of Pakistan when the Eastern wing of the country emerged as Bangladesh after an India-backed secessionist movement. The occasion calls for highlighting the plight of about 250,000 so-called Biharis or stranded Pakistanis still languishing in unsanitary camps in Bangladesh

Kevin Cooper - Victimized By American Injustice

By Stephen Lendman

On November 30, the US Supreme Court denied Kevin Cooper justice by not reviewing his wrongful murder conviction despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. Cooper is Black and was framed for a multiple homicide he never committed. He's imprisoned on death row at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, CA, a victim of American injustice

17 December, 2009

Targeting Lawyers: The Case Of Paul Bergrin

By Stephen Lendman

"My life is in crisis and I don't know where to turn....I really attempted to treat these soldiers and defend them like they were my own children." For that and threatening the powerful, Bergrin faces a possible life sentence if convicted in his 2010 trial. Until then, he's imprisoned without bail under a system rewarding high crimes while targeting lawyers who try to expose them

16 December, 2009

Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal

By Mary Shaw

Rights groups call for Justice Department probe into Mumia Abu-Jamal case

Alban Toppo Describes His Illegal Detention

By Alban Toppo

Note from Alban Toppo, Advocate, Human Rights Law Network

13 December, 2009

The Curious Case Of Vikram Buddhi

By Dr. Shah Alam Khan

On December 11, 2009 Vikram Buddhi was handed a four years nine months prison sentence. So much for posting hate messages against the then President George W Bush and his team of gangsters. I suppose if this was his crime, then at least half the world's population would be behind bars! We all know how popular the butcher of Baghdad was

08 December, 2009

Apology To The Native American Indians

By Dr. Mary Hamer, M.D

This essay is an Apology to the Native American Indians for 500+ years of domination, oppression & genocide by invading, occupying & colonizing people & governments – for a time span extending from Columbus' discovery of America in 1492 up until the present day

06 December, 2009
Democracy Encountered:Rights Violations
In Manipur
By Fact Finding Team
Independent citizen's fact finding report to the nation
25 November, 2009

Everyone Should Be Aware Of Their

Inalienable Human Rights

By Shulamith Koenig

Allow me humbly to ask you to walk with me into this discourse about human rights as a way of life, slowly and thoughtfully. Let us bring a new expansive meaning to this overarching holistic vision and practical mission through learning and dialogue

11 November, 2009

Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed

By Stephen Lendman

The situation remains fluid, dire, and complicated by Stewart's battle with breast cancer. She has surgery scheduled for December 7, unlikely now, but if done in prison or where authorities direct, it won't be the quality she deserves

10 October, 2009

Remembering Balagopal:

A Fearless People's Advocate

By Mahtab Alam

Prof. K. Balagopal, who was at the forefront of the human, civil and democratic rights' movements throughout the country especially Andhra Pradesh for over a quarter of a century left this world on 8th October late night following a heart attack. He was selfless intellectual, tireless human rights' defender, fearless People's advocate and a great human being

09 October, 2009

Why Human Rights Groups Targeted?

By Gladson Dungdung

The Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram even threatened to the Human Rights Groups by saying that the Human Rights Groups have to choose, which side they are. He also questioned, "Why are human rights groups silent now when Naxals attack innocents?" However, he said, "Human rights groups need to speak more strongly against the Naxals."

23 September, 2009

Whether Human Rights Of Prisoners

Stand Suspended?

By Subhash Gatade

The letter sent by an undertrial Mukesh Kumar, as present lodged in Karnal Jail (Haryana) through his counsel to the Chief Justice of India makes depressing reading. The letter talks about the manner in which he was brutalised by the Jail staff for disobeying their orders. It is learnt that the Jail wardens compelled him to clean the toilets calling him names and 'reminding' him of his 'caste profession'. His refusal to continue the dehumanising work led to his public thrashing and tonsuring/shaving of his head and moustache

14 September, 2009

Encounters Are Murders

By Bernard D'Mello

The title of the Tarkunde report, Encounters Are Murders, needs reiteration in the present ambience of "cultivated ignorance" in the sphere of "governance" that brushes off extra-judicial killings as mere aberrations. That encounters are murders also needs restating in the context of the pathological, persistent mendacity in public life in India and the absurd claim of po-mos that each "narrative" is as true as the other

Honour Killings In Haryana

By Kavita Krishnan

Mahendra Singh Tikait's outrageous and offensive remarks once again raise the question: why do the khaap panchayats of Haryana and Western UP which open issue 'death sentences' for couples who defy their caste-diktats on love and marriage, enjoy impunity?

18 August, 2009

Indian Police: Broken System

By S.R Darapuri

The recently published Human Rights Watch report documents a range of human rights violations committed by police, including arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and extrajudicial killings. It documents the failings of state police forces that operate outside the law, lack sufficient ethical and professional standards, are overstretched and outmatched by criminal elements, and unable to cope with increasing demands and public expectations

04 August, 2009

Adivasis' Atruggle Against Displacement

In Jharkhand

By Gladson Dungdung

Jharkhand is witness of unending struggle for mineral resources as the state contains 40 percent of India's precious minerals like Uranium, Mica, Bauxite, Granite, Gold, Silver, Graphite, Magnetite, Dolomite, Fireclay, Quartz, Fieldspar, Coal, Iron and Copper. 102 MoUs have been signed for establishing steel factories, power plants and mining industries with the estimated investment of Rs 4,67,240 crore, which require approximately 200,000 acres of land, which directly means the displacement of approximately 1 million people

03 August, 2009

Your House, My House: Batla House

By Amit Sengupta

The eminent members of the NHRC should have visited the dingy bylanes of Batla House and Jamia Nagar next to the Jamia Millia University in Delhi soon after the encounter: the white fear of the Special Cell of the Delhi Police was as visible as colour white, as cold and as cutting as ice, you could slash it with a knife and find its cold edges inside the skin and eyes. So intense was the fear

23 July, 2009
Citizens Statement On The NHRC Clean Chit
To Special Cell On Batla House
By Concerned Citzens
Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house
17 July, 2009

Unratified India And Tortured People

By NM Salih

In the wake June 26, which marked the International Day against torture, the Asian Centre for Human Rights released a report named 'Torture in India 2009', compiling the true facts of ill-treated human rights in India. This report has zeroed in on custodial tortures especially by the police, armed forces and armed opposition groups etc. It reveals several accounts of atrocities by the so called law enforcement officers from all over India. The panoptic narrative of deaths in the police custody with detailed state wise account of such incidents rules the roost in this report

09 July, 2009

A Tale Of Two Encounters:

Dehradun And Batla House

By Manish Sethi & Adeel Mehdi

Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group reiterates its demand for a judicial probe into the Batla House incident, and the application of the same standards of justice for Atif and Sajid as those applied in the unfortunate and tragic case of Ranbir Singh

Child Labour-A Hindrance In Development

By Divya Bhargava

Child Labour is not only a hindrance in child's development but also a hindrance in nation's development. Children are universally recognized as the most important asset of any nation and child Labour, in the recent past, has evoked a great concern among all. Children have been the main focus of attention especially after proclaiming the year 1979 as the International Year of the Child by the United Nation's General Assembly

15 June, 2009

New UN Report Denounces America's

Human Rights Record

By Stephen Lendman

On May 26, the UN Human Rights Council issued a report titled "Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development - Report of the Special Rapporteur (Philip Alston) on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions." Alston was damning in his criticism regarding "three areas in which significant improvement is necessary if the US Government is to match its actions to its stated commitment to human rights and the rule of law:"

03 June, 2009

Democratic Space- What Is That?

By Dr. Shah Alam Khan

As if the Chhattisgarh government was not good enough to rain destruction on a soul like Dr Binayak Sen, we now have the Madhya Pradesh government arrest Mrs. Shamim Modi, a social activist and a law graduate working among the tribals in Betul district of the state. Geographically they seem to be different states with different issues; the fact that they are ruled by the same party is uncanny. What is even more interesting is the fact that both Dr Sen and Mrs Modi were involved in raising issues of the local people; their health, their employment and very importantly their environment

30 May, 2009

Draconian Laws, Delete Them

By Dr. Mookhi Amir Ali

If the legal fraternity and the Delhi High Court Bar Association can stop this amendment to Section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Act from being notified why can they not protest against the anti-people draconian laws being enacted or being misused? Why can we not revise our books to get rid of laws which violate human rights and right to liberty?

25 May, 2009

Binayak Sen Released On Bail

By Bobby Ramakant

Bail was granted to the paediatrician Dr Binayak Sen who was jailed in Raipur prison since more than two years now, on alleged false charges of abetting maoist activities in Chattisgarh, sedition and waging war against the state

04 May, 2009

A Moralistic Doublespeak Of Man Mohan Singh

By Anand Teltumbde

Binayak Sen's case ought to nibble at our national conscience for long time to come!

29 April, 2009

Binayak Sen: Prisoner of Conscience

By Anand Patwardhan

May 14 this year will mark an ignominious date for Indian democracy the start of the third straight year of Binayak Sen's incarceration in a Chhattisgarh jail. I wonder if there are words left to describe this travesty. What is left to say that has not been said?

23 April, 2009

Dr. Binayak Sen Is In Danger

By Ilina Sen

lina Sen's SOS Message on Conspiracy by Chhattisgarh Administration

22 April, 2009

Lies And Torture - When Policies

And Words Diverge

By Emily Spence

If American government leaders cannot uphold the law and universally apply it across the board, then all of the underlying principles of our nation's founding fathers, our justice system, itself, and the ethical underpinnings that make our country truly great are without value. They are merely empty platitudes and nothing more

21 April, 2009

Roxana Saberi And Vikram Buddhi –

Compel A Comparison

By Dr. Buddhi Kotasubbarao

A comparison of the case of 31 year old Iranian-American journalist Ms. Roxana Saberi sentenced by Iranian Court and the case of 37 year old Indian Graduate Student of Purdue University Mr. Vikram Buddhi awaiting sentencing after a helpless jury found him guilty in US District Court, has much to show the entrenched preferences of the United States of America

05 April, 2009
Towards The Second Year Of Mockery
By Jhuma Sen
A month to go and India will again show that the cost of dissent a peaceful man pays in this country is a detention for two years on fictitious grounds. Binayak Sen is held in prison inspite of international pressure for his release
02 April, 2009

Bring On The Misery!

By Charukesi Ramadurai

Article on a recent photoessay that was published in the Washington Post documenting the procedure of female genital mutilation of a 7 year old in Kurdish Iraq - the article questions the photographer's (and publication's) insensitivity to the victim by revealing her name and face in the essay

25 March, 2009

Human Rights Evicted

By Jhuma Sen

A Review of the UDHR: From in'adequate' Housing to Forced Evictions and the Myth of Adequate Housing in India

18 March, 2009

Treatment Of Imprisoned Muslims At Terre Haute's

Communications Management Unit (CMU)

By Stephen Lendman

In February 2007, it was learned that Washington had a secret new facility for so-called "high-security risk" Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners in violation of federal law that prohibits severely limiting or cutting them off entirely from other inmates as well as outside contacts and communications. Segregating prisoners by race, national origin, or language violates the Supreme Court's February 2005 decision in Johnson v. California that affirmed 14th Amendment protection against racial discrimination. Specifically, the Court

07 March, 2009

Exposing Human Rights Violations In Pakistan

By Q. Isa Daudpota

Brave women such as Mukhtar Mai and Minallah backed by women's organizations such as Women's Action Forum, work to highlight and undue the prejudices and help outdated and diabolical customs. PPP women such as Sherry Rahman, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Shazia Marri, Sassui Palejo, Farzana Raja and, ace-researcher on Karo Kari, Nafisa Shah must speak out in the public forums against guilty fellow legislators and ministers. They have seriously violated the human rights and particularly that of women. To date, however, their silence is deafening

06 March, 2009

Modern Slavery In America

By Stephen Lendman

Called human trafficking or forced labor, modern slavery thrives in America, largely below the radar

11 February, 2009

Children Of A Lesser God?

Abandoned And Stricken Too!

By Anjali Singh

In the first ever incident of its kind the state of Uttar Pradesh is struggling with its growing disabled population. As grim as that sounds the fact remains that a single seven year old blind and deaf destitute child has become a huge challenge for not only the government of UP but its citizen's at large as well

31 Janurary, 2009

Manichean Echoes: Terrorists As Sub-Human

By Binu Karunakaran

The opinion expressed recently by one of the senior judges in the Supreme Court of India, shows that the judiciary too has started to feel the pressure imposed by politicians who feed the rhetoric on terror as a means to garner votes and a society that feels terrorised in the absence of security. Such thoughts render the concept of fair trial invalid. The fact that such a statement came from top echelons of our judiciary means that list of worries of India's civil society is a growing list

02 Janurary, 2009

India Sleepwalks To Total Surveillance

By Binu Karunakaran

The Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006 passed by the Indian Parliament recently allows the government to intercept messages from mobile phones, computers and other communication devices to investigate any offence. Not just cognizable offence, the kind you witnessed in Mumbai 26/11, but any offence. Any email you send, any message you text are now open to the prying eyes of the government. So are the contents of your computer you surfed in the privacy of your home

20 December, 2008
India's New Terror Law Shows Old Genes
By Binu Karunakaran

The 2008 amendments made to UAPA show that several POTA genes have been transplanted. Clauses added to section 43 of the Principal act now blatantly asks the courts 'to presume, unless the contrary is shown, that the accused has committed such offence' if evidence suggesting the involvement of the accused has been found at the site

Our Politicians Are Still Not Listening

By Colin Gonsalves

In a knee-jerk reaction to the Mumbai terror attacks, Government of India proposes to enact The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008. Under section 15, the prosecution is to be granted upto 180 days to file a chargesheet (it is a 90 day limit today after which the accused is granted bail mandatorily), the provisions for bail are stricter, and if arms or explosives are proved to be recovered from the accused, then the court is entitled to presume that the accused has committed a terrorist act

India's New Anti-Terror Laws Draconian

Say Activists

By Praful Bidwai

Following the late November terror attacks in Mumbai, India has passed two tough laws being seen by rights activists as potentially eroding the country's federal structure and limiting fundamental liberties

Amnesty International Criticises

India's New Terror Laws

By Amnesty International

India's New Anti-terror Laws Would Violate International Human Rights Standards

01 December, 2008

Hospitals or Hell?

By V. Sasi Kumar & Sundar Ramanathaiyer

Mental hospitals in India are very much like hell. No one

seems to be bothered about what happens there. People, even journalists, are not allowed to visit the wards. Very little news comes out of their prison-like campuses. Once in a while we even hear reports of rape and sodomy. Becoming a mental patient is often worse than death

28 November, 2008

Sri Lanka: Human Rights Situation

Deteriorating In The East

By Human Rights Watch

Many abuses in the Eastern Province appear to have been carried out by armed elements of the Tamil Makkal Vidulthalai Pulikal (TMVP). The TMVP was originally the political wing of the armed faction earlier known as the Karuna group. It enjoys the strong backing of the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse

03 November, 2008

Humanrights Defenders

As Petty Swindlers: It's All Maya!

By Subhash Gatade

It has been more than one and half year that 'Dalit ke Beti' Maya rode to power in the state promising end to 'goondaism' of the earlier regime. Little could people have the premonition that under the new dispensation the police itself would become another 'synonym for terror'

30 October, 2008
Repression Escalates: Reporter Pedro Matías
Kidnapped And Tortured In Oaxaca
By Scott Campbell
Pedro Matías, a well-known reporter who writes for Noticias, a local daily paper, as well as the national weekly Proceso, was kidnapped, beaten, tortured and robbed on Saturday night in Oaxaca
29 October, 2008

Targeting Dissent: The San Francisco Eight

By Stephen Lendman

Support the San Francisco Eight. Demand their exoneration and release. Their struggle is ours

26 October, 2008

Can Georgia Do Right?

By David Morse

Is the legal system of the state of Georgia up to the task – when the task is to rectify the flawed trial of a black man accused of killing a white police officer? The world is waiting to see if justice can prevail. Fortunately, on Friday, October 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Georgia's 11th Circuit issued a stay of execution that narrowly prevented accused cop killer Troy Davis from being put to death by lethal injection the following Monday

24 October, 2008

Seyed Mousavi: Guilty Of Being Muslim

In Police State America

By Stephen Lendman

In a climate of fear, Muslims risk harassment, prosecution and incarceration. Especially prominent ones like Mousavi. His defense will appeal and seek exoneration at the appellate court level. For now, he's incarcerated and subjected to dehumanizing treatment. For being Muslim in America at the wrong time. Only his inner strength sustains him. And the love and admiration of his family, friends and supporters. In today's disturbing climate, we're all Seyed Mousavis

20 October, 2008

Case Of Shahbaz Ahmed Arrested In connection

With Serial Bomb Blasts In Jaipur

By PUCL-PUHR

A PUCL-PUHR fact finding report on accused in Serial Bomb Blasts In Jaipur

08 October, 2008

Justice For Yemini Sheik

By Stephen Lendman

This time is different for Yemini Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad and his assistant Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed. On October 2, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed their unjustifiable convictions. More on that below

22 September, 2008

US Backed Arroyo Regime Terrorizes

Media And Artists In The Philippines

By E. San Juan Jr.

Patronized by the war-mongering Bush administration, the corrupt militarist Arroyo regime in the Philippines continues its systematic repression of journalists, writers and media personnel to preserve its brutal oppression of millions of workers, peasants, women, and professionals

19 September, 2008

India's Terror Laws: Fighting Terror

The Terrorist Way

By Badri Raina

And those questions are not being asked just by India's Muslims; they are also being asked by India's Christians, Dalits, women, forest-dwelling tribals, disenfranchised oustees, landless farm labour, ethnic minorities. They are in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of children who suffer malnutrition, abuse, denial of education, and whose lives expire prematurely from labour and disease. They are being asked, in short, by some 77% Indians who spend less than fifty cents a day

09 September, 2008

An Encounter With The Terror Police

By Sandeep Pandey

An eyewitness account of what happened when the police came to search the house of a terror suspect in Lucknow, and the high handed action that followed

29 August, 2008

Warriors Against The State

By Harsh Mander

It is alleged by the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh that Lateef Mohammed Khan is what the local police like to describe as a "jehadi" terrorist. Ajay T.G. is accused by the BJP government of Chhatisgarh of abetting Maoist Naxalite insurgency. There is much that these two men share in common. They both come from relatively modest backgrounds. Unsung and relatively unknown, in quiet ways they have effectively strived fearlessly and with passion to find ways to work for what they believe to be justice, using the law of the land and constructive social resistance

26 August, 2008

Dr Binayak Sen, My Brother, Our Hero

By Dipankar Sen

Twenty two Nobel Laureates pleaded for him in an appeal to the Prime Minister of India. He was given the highest American medical award, honours by medical colleges and doctors in recognition of his protracted work for the poor in remote interiors. And yet, he is condemned in jail on fabricated charges by the BJP government in Chhattisgarh. Dr Binayak Sen's younger brother arrives from Belgium to seek justice for his Dada, and discovers a saga of pain and injustice

07 August, 2008

Australian Federal Intervention In

Indigenous Communities In The Northern Territory

By Chris Wilson

My time over the last six weeks has enabled me to see some of the effects of the Intervention and while I have to agree that there are some positive effects, there are huge problems and structural issues that have been completely ignored and many others that have been created as a result

04 August, 2008

Why Is Habeas Corpus Such A Threat

To Those In Power?

By Maher Osseiran

Why is the Supreme Court's decision to uphold habeas corpus rights for the Guantanamo detainees so scary that Senator Lindsey Graham, with the support of McCain, will "explore the possibility, if necessary, of a constitutional amendment to blunt the effect of this decision"? What is so fundamentally wrong with the Supreme Court's decision, whose members are conservative or Bush appointees, to warrant amending our constitution? Have Senators Graham and McCain lost their minds?

18 June, 2008

Standing With The Poor Is A Crime

By Gladson Dungdung

Binayak Sen, Prof. Jean Dreze and Kirity Roy are paying the price for their passion, courage and extraordinary work for the poor

09 May, 2008

When Lawyers Masquerade As Judges

By Subhash Gatade

Ismail Jalagir, a senior counsel from Hubli (Karnataka) and Mohammad Shoaib, a senior advocate from Lucknow (U.P.) might not have heard about each other. But even their strongest critics would admit that they are made of the same mettle.If there are rewards meant for lawyers who are ready to go the extra mile to defend rigths granted to citizens under the constitution then both these worthy citizens of the country would be the first on the list

30 April, 2008

Governing Human Rights Violation

And Dr. Binayak Sen

By Arpita Banerjee

The unethical detention of Dr. Binayak Sen is one of the many glaring examples of state repression. On May 14th 2008, it will be one year since Dr. Sen was arrested under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Crimes Against the State Chapter of the Indian Penal Code. The Supreme Court of India has denied the bail petition, ironically on the International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2007

18 April, 2008

Updating Sami Al-Arian - His Ordeal Continues

By Stephen Lendman

The Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice supports Al-Arian proudly, it's backed him from the start, and it urges everyone of conscience to contact their elected officials, DOJ and DHS to demand that justice delayed him no longer be denied. His imprisonment term ended April 11, yet he remains confined. His plea bargain stipulated that his long ordeal end and that he be deported expeditiously

India: Rot In The prisons
By Colin Gonsalves

Applying even the most retrogressive standards, Indian prisoners are the pits — a level of perversity matched only by our pious, moralistic and sanctimonious preachings abroad. In the land of Gandhiji and non-violence, prisons remain depraved and brutish. Internally the prisoners rot

Who Would Wipe Professor Sanaullah Radoo's Tears?

By Subhash Gatade

Perhaps it is high time that the honourable Prime Minister is told that 'Dr Haneef' is not just the name of doctor who was wrongly apprehended in Australia rather it is another name for a phenomenon which is quite rampant in this part of the earth. And the case of Pervez Ahmad Radoo is one such important case which demands his immediate intervention. Such a move only can bring back the smile on Professor Sanaullah's face !

15 April, 2008

Tibet Exposes Genocidal

Australian Human Rights Abuses

By Dr Gideon Polya

Australia and other Western nations have been properly chiding China for human rights abuses in Tibet. However Australia has an appalling human rights record as assessed by the horrendous avoidable deaths of its domestic and overseas Indigenous subjects. Indeed White Australia's appalling and genocidal human rights record has prompted formal complaint to the ICC over Australia's involvement in ongoing Aboriginal, Iraqi, Afghan and Climate Genocides

29 March, 2008

Armed Together Against Civil Liberties

And Human Rights

By Wali Laskar

Although there is no indigenous Armed Opposition Group operating in Barak Valley, the southern part of the North Eastern state of Assam in India comprising of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts with a population of about four million, has been notified as 'disturbed area' under the infamous Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958

26 March, 2008

Sami Al-Arian's Long Ordeal

By Stephen Lendman

Sami Al-Arian is a political prisoner in Police State America. This article reviews his case briefly and updates it to the present

25 March, 2008

UN Scolds Washington For War On Migrants

By Cyril Mychalejko

The United Nations released a report this month scolding the United States for disregarding international law and violating the human rights of migrants

19 March, 2008

Human Rights Situation In Barak Valley In Assam

By Waliullah Ahmed Laskar

Some recent grave cases of violation of human rights perpetrated in the valley, which are documented by BHRPC, would drive home the points made above. So some of them are given below as samples

Uprooted, Abandoned

By Gladson Dungdung

Everything has changed in the last 60 years of independence in India but the unending pain of "displacement" has become as part and partial of the life of 50 years old Satish Kishku of Takkipur village, situated near Canada Dam widely known as Mayurakshi Dam of Dumka district in Jharkhand

04 March, 2008

Two African American Students Under Suspension

Over Chewing Gum!

By Kendra Perry

A teacher overheard Marcus speaking with another student, Stacy Guess (also a Black student), and him mentioning that he made money selling candy and that teacher notified the Principal, resulting in both students' suspension. Neither of the two students was caught selling anything on school grounds, nor were they found to be in possession of any candy or gum. Because of the implication of said action, the school felt it was necessary in suspending both children for 5 days off hearsay and speculation, and not the result of a particular action or inaction

27 February, 2008

To Hang Or Not To Hang?

By Bal Patil

In India death penalty is awarded in the rarest of the rare cases. As a protagonish of the abolition of capital punishment I would like to reproduce my comments in my article "To Hang or Not To Hang" published in The Illustrated Weekly of India, dated. 18.02.1979 which I venture to think are still relevant originally published about three decades back because judicial perspective or the lack of it has not changed over the course of three decades

21 February, 2008

Juno: Fact And Fiction

By Mirah Riben

The comedic fictional movie Juno has garnered praise, awards and nominations. It also created uproar among those of us for whom adoption is not a comedy, but our life

19 February, 2008
Australian Aboriginal Genocide Continues
Despite Historic Apology
By Dr Gideon Polya

PM Rudd's speech and Apology was largely confined to the Stolen Generations – indeed the word "Aboriginal Genocide" was NOT used even though what happened to the Indigenous Australians has been recognized as an Aboriginal Genocide

An Invisible Refuge
By Vinod K. Jose
Military excesses in Myanmar are forcing thousands of ethnic Chins to flee to Mizoram, but India won't accept them
12 February, 2008

How Neo-Liberalism Has Created

The World's Immigration Crisis

By Jerry D. Rose

We like to think, of course, that we are more "enlightened" than the religious fanatics who carried out the Salem witch trials. That remains to be seen, as he have yet to see whether an "enlightened" path can be found from witch-persecution to the recognition of the common humanity of the earth's peoples

15 January, 2008

Afghan Prison Looks Like Another Guantanamo

By William Fisher

It is a prison located on the U.S. military base at base in the ancient city of Bagram near Charikar in Parvan, Afghanistan. The detention centre was set up by the U.S. military as a temporary screening site after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan overthrew the Taliban. It currently houses some 630 prisoners -- close to three times as many as are still held at Guantanamo

14 January, 2008

Face To Face With Munir Malik

By Baber Ayaz

We are publishing an interview with Munir Malik, the former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association who was imprisoned and given drugs under the pretext of painkillers which caused him renal failure and liver damage, but who continues to be an inspiration for the movement for the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in Pakistan

03 January, 2008

Advertisements Need To Respect Human Rights

By Anil Gulati

A TV advertisement concerning Happydent teeth whitening gum represented the worst case of human rights violation; the advertisement is still being run. May be it is a call to act

Right To Education At Crossroads In Jharkhand

By Gladson Dungdung

More than 4 lakh children are still engaged as child labourers in the state

http://www.countercurrents.org/humanrights.htm
Civil society groups' plea to High Court on Binayak Sen
Special Correspondent

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'We are concerned about prosecution under sedition of people who publicly express dissent'
Appeal was issued at the annual meeting of the Medico Friend Circle held in Nagpur

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NEW DELHI: Civil society groups, academics and human rights activists have come together and appealed to the Chhattisgarh High Court to reverse the "injustice" meted out to human rights activist Binayak Sen.
In an appeal sent to the Chief Justice of the High Court, they said that if this was not ensured, India's already dented credentials as a democracy and an upholder of human rights would be irreversibly damaged.
"While hearing the appeal for bail and reversal of the judgment of the Raipur sessions court, we urge the Chhattisgarh High Court to consider this case in the light of the complete lack of concrete and independent evidence against Dr. Sen, and his demonstrated commitment to promote human rights through non-violent means. It would be highly desirable to ensure speediest possible hearings in this case, enabling an early decision," the appeal said. It expressed confidence that given the entire background, timely justice would be done.
The appeal was issued at the end of the annual meeting of the Medico Friend Circle held in Nagpur.
'Inhumane sentence'
"The judgment is an inhumane sentence for a committed humanitarian, whose life before imprisonment was devoted to improving the health and welfare of adivasis and rural poor in Chhattisgarh. His work has led to Dr. Sen becoming the first Indian recipient of the Jonathan Mann award for Global Health and Human Rights in 2008, and receiving the R. R. Keithan award in recognition of his dedication to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi," the appeal said.
Dangerous precedent
A copy of the appeal has been forwarded to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt also, along with the signatures of over 100 individuals.
"The judgment effectively sets a dangerous precedent of equating dissent with sedition or treason. Dr. Sen has given his life to the principles of public health and human rights, and to serve the poorest among us. Where the State failed to provide for its poorest citizens, Dr. Sen stepped in to give them healthcare and to champion their rights. He has been rewarded with conviction under a section of the penal code first introduced by the British to quell political dissent, and which was used against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi and Sarat Chandra Chatterjee among others. We are concerned about the prosecution under sedition laws of people who publicly express dissent. We feel that this is not only dangerous and undemocratic, but is also against the principles enshrined in the constitution," the appeal said.
http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/18/stories/2011011860732000.htm

Scots protest at 'politically motivated' life sentence for Indian doctor

Posted: 17 January 2011 Photo opportunity: Amnesty to hand over thousands of signatures demanding justice for Dr Binayak Sen Where: Indian Consulate, 17 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BB When: 1-1.30pm, Wednesday 19 January. Amnesty International will hand over thousands of signatures demanding justice for Dr Binayak Sen at the Indian Consulate in Edinburgh at 1pm on Wednesday 19 January. Dr Sen was handed a life sentence on Christmas Eve after being charged with sedition and conspiracy, charges which Amnesty believe are politically motivated and aimed at stopping his human rights work. Dr Sen's case was highlighted during the 2009 Edinburgh Festival with thousands of Scots pledging their support for the Indian doctor and demanding all charges against him be dropped. A mosaic of his image constructed from their signatures will be handed over to the Consul General, Mr Anil Kumar Anan. Amnesty International Programme Director in Scotland, John Watson, said:   "Dr Sen is a prisoner of conscience, convicted through trumped up charges due to his speaking out against the human rights abuses perpetrated against the poor and marginalised peoples of the Chhattisgarh region of Central India. He was convicted under laws that fall short of international standards following years of persecution. "The support which Dr Sen has received from the people of Scotland is a recognition of his human rights work and his courage to speak out against the atrocities committed against his people. The thousands of signatures which Amnesty has received in support of Dr Sen are testament of the deep rooted sense of justice which exists amongst Scots.   "Instead of persecuting Dr Sen, authorities in Chhattisgarh should be acting to protect the people of the region from the abuses committed by the Maoists, as well as state security forces and militias.   "State and federal authorities in India should immediately drop these politically-motivated charges against Dr Sen and release him." Background information: Dr Binayak Sen was originally arrested in May 2007, detained without proper charges for seven months, denied bail, and kept in solitary confinement for three weeks. The courts repeatedly refused bail until May 2009. He was immediately taken into custody after the handing down of the life sentence at the end of last year – a ruling which Amnesty says violates international fair trial standards and is likely to enflame tensions in the conflict-affected area. Dr Sen is a pioneer of health care to marginalised and indigenous communities in Chhattisgarh in Central India, where the state police and armed Maoists have been engaged in clashes over the last seven years. He has reported on unlawful killings of Adivasis (indigenous people) by the police and by Salwa Judum, a private militia widely held to be sponsored by the state authorities to fight the armed Maoists. Police claim that he acted as a 'courier' for Narayan Sanyal, an imprisoned leader of the banned Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist). Although Dr Sen met Naranyan Sanyal in prison many times, his visits were supervised and facilitated by prison authorities. Many of the charges against Dr Sen stem from laws that contravene international standards. Repeated delays in the conduct of his trial have cast doubts about its fairness. He was convicted of sedition and conspiracy under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act (2005) and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (2004).   India's central government has acknowledged that the intensifying armed conflict with the Maoists in central India is a reflection of serious inequities and a history of human rights violations in the area. Amnesty believes that the charges against Dr Sen are baseless and politically-motivated. The organisation has repeatedly called on the Indian authorities to drop all the charges against Dr Sen. For further information, please go to www.amnesty.org.uk/binayaksen

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19180

MK: Maoism fashionable in universities

A STAFF REPORTER

* Narayanan at the CII event on Friday. (Bishwarup Dutta) Calcutta, Jan. 21: Governor M.K. Narayanan, the chancellor of the state's universities, today said Maoism was becoming "fashionable" in varsities and added that a "section of the civil society was feeling encouraged and taking part in protests". Citing instances of protests by sections of the civil society following the arrest of rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for being a Maoist conduit, Narayanan said on the sidelines of a CII seminar: "The Maoists are gaining the upper hand in the people's mind. A section of the civil society is feeling encouraged and taking part in protests. Maoism is becoming fashionable in universities across several states, including Bengal." The governor said the "support of well-meaning citizens" was required to "ensure that matters don't get out of hand". Sources said the governor cared about the "wellbeing of the student community" because he was the chancellor of the state's varsities. They said Narayanan was "concerned" over the "intrusion of Maoist ideologies into educational institutions". The sources said that as a former intelligence chief, Narayanan might have received "inputs" from the state's intelligence branch that Maoists were "eyeing intelligent students to garner support for their cause". A senior police officer said "a section of such silent sympathisers" had been spotted in Nandigram, Singur and Lalgarh, places that have witnessed Maoist activities. Narayanan said it was "imperative" to realise that the Maoist menace could not be tackled merely by increasing the number of security forces or by "mere words… or schemes". "The past two years were probably the worst in the history of Naxalite violence," he said, adding "reality is different from seminar papers". Speaking on the issue of internal security, the governor said terrorism could not be tackled by setting up more NSG hubs — an idea mooted by Union home minister P. Chidambaram — but "through good, actionable intelligence backed by painstaking police work". Narayanan also expressed his disappointment over the Netai killings, admitting that the ongoing political clashes were a threat to the state's "internal security". "The Netai incident is very unfortunate and I feel it shouldn't have happened and should not happen (again)," the governor said.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110122/jsp/bengal/story_13478091.jsp

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Dr. Binayak Sen
Dr. Binayak Sen in Mumbai, 2009
Born	4 January 1950 (1950-01-04) (age 61)
Residence	Katora Talab, Raipur
Nationality	Indian
Education	MBBS and MD (Paediatrics)
Alma mater	Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Occupation	Physician, Activist
Organization	People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Taught at JNU Delhi for 2 years
Known for	Human rights activism
Home town	Kalyani
Religion	Brahmo Samaj[1]
Criminal charge	Sedition
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Spouse	Ilina Sen
Awards	Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights (2008)

Binayak Sen MBBS, MD; is an Indian pediatrician, public health specialist^[2] and activist found guilty of sedition. He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).

Binayak Sen originally started working as a doctor extending health care to poor people in the rural-tribal areas of the Chhattisgarh state, doubling up as a human rights activist. While Sen has worked with the state government on health sector reform^[3] he has also strongly criticized the government on human rights violations during the anti-Naxalite operations, while advocating non-violent political engagement.^[4] In May 2007, he was detained for allegedly supporting the outlawed Naxalites, thereby violating the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.^[5][6] The evidence presented against him included his meetings with the jailed Naxalite leader Narayan Sanyal and certain documents allegedly supporting his links with the Naxalites. Sen first applied for bail before the Raipur Sessions Court and then the Chhattisgarh High Court in July 2007, soon after his arrest,^[7] but was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India only on 25 May 2009.^[8]

On 24 December 2010, the Raipur Sessions' Court found him guilty of helping the Naxalites, charged him with connections with a banned organization (though widely but incorrectly the charge is reported as treason) and sentenced him to life term.^[9] The conviction was criticized by his supporters as politically motivated^[10][11] and based on bogus evidence.^[12][13] Sen is considered by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of conscience.^[14]

Contents [hide] 1 Career as a doctor 2 PUCL activist 3 Awards and honours 4 Allegations of Naxalite links 4.1 Arrest in 2007 4.2 Protests 4.3 High Court 4.4 Supreme Court 4.5 Confinement 4.6 Trial 4.7 Grant of bail by the Supreme Court 4.8 Conviction, sentencing and revocation of bail 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Career as a doctor

Binayak Sen and his wife played key roles in the foundation of the set up the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's Shaheed Hospital, which is owned and operated by a workers' organization and a community-based NGO called Rupantar.^[15] He is also an advisor to Jan Swasthya Sahyog, a health care organization.^[16]

[edit] PUCL activist

Sen is the National Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and General Secretary of its Chhattisgarh unit. In this capacity, he helped organize numerous investigations into alleged human rights violations carried out during anti-Naxalite operations. The alleged violations included the murder of unarmed and innocent civilians by the anti-Naxalite movement Salwa Judum.

In a 2008 interview, Sen stated that he doesn't condone the Naxalites, doesn't approve of their violent methods, and has spoken strongly against them several times. But, he also expressed his opposition to the violent activities carried out by Salwa Judum, which he believes, have created a split in the tribal community.^[4] Sen advocates peaceful methods such as negotiations to solve the Naxalite problem.^[17]

[edit] Awards and honours

Sen was the recipient in 2004 of the Paul Harrison award for a lifetime of service to the rural poor. This award is given annually by the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India to its alumni.

Sen was awarded the R.R. Keithan Gold Medal by The Indian Academy of Social Sciences (ISSA) on 31 December 2007. The citation describes him as "one of the most eminent scientists" of India. "The award is for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of science of Nature-Man-Society and his honest and sincere application for the improvement of quality of life of the poor, the downtrodden and the oppressed people of Chhattisgarh." His "suffering and personal risk" would inspire scientists as well as the general public for a very long time, according to the citation.^[18]

Sen was selected for the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights in 2008.^[19][20] The Global Health Council issued a public statement, "Dr. Sen's accomplishments speak volumes about what can be achieved in very poor areas when health practitioners are also committed community leaders. He staffed a hospital created by and funded by impoverished mine workers, and he has spent his lifetime educating people about health practices and civil liberties—providing information that has saved lives and improved conditions for thousands of people. His good works need to be recognized as a major contribution to India and to global health; they are certainly not a threat to state security."^[21]

[edit] Allegations of Naxalite links

[edit] Arrest in 2007

On 14 May 2007, Sen was arrested in Bilaspur on the charges of acting as a courier between jailed Naxalite leader Narayan Sanyal and businessman Piyush Guha, also accused of having links with Naxalites.^[22] Sen had met the 70-year-old Sanyal 33 times in Raipur jail, though all the visits were with prior police permission.^[23] The Chhattisgarh police also reportedly relied on certain electronic documents to establish a link between Sen and Naxalites.^[24]

The evidence presented against Sen included:^[25]

• A post card dated 3 June 2006, written by Narayan Sanyal to Binayak Sen from Raipur Central Jail, regarding his health and legal case, duly signed by the Jail authorities
• A yellow coloured book "On The Unity Between CPI (Peoples' War) and Maoist Communist Centre".
• A letter written by Madanlal Banjare of CPI (Maoist) to Binayak Sen.
• An article titled "Krantikari Janwadi Morcha (ITF) (Revolutionary People's Front) Vaishvikaran evam Bharatiya Seva Kshetra; (Globalization and the Service Sector in India)
• Two articles titled "Naxal Movement, Tribals and Women's Movement" and "How to build an Anti-US Imperialist Front."

On 15 May 2007, Sen was presented before a local court where he was denied the bail and was remanded to judicial custody. On 18 May, he was produced in the Sessions Court, Raipur. The Court ordered a search of Sen's house at Katora Talab in Raipur in presence of independent witnesses and his wife, Ilina Sen. The search was conducted lawfully the next day.^[22] His bail plea was again rejected on 25 May denied, as the Chhattisgarh Police claimed that he was a threat to the security of the State.^[22]

[edit] Protests

From 26 May to 4 June 2007, the supporters of Binayak Sen organized a series of rallies in several cities including Raipur, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai London, Boston and New York, to protest against his arrest. Various delegations of physicians and human rights activists meet chief secretary and law secretary to appeal for Sen's release.^[22] The people who were against the bail to Binayak Sen claimed that the protestors were not well versed with the workings of Binayak Sen or the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency.

The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Hyderabad analyzed the contents of Sen's computer during 6–11 June 2007, under the orders of the Session's Court.

On 7 June 2007, Sen's wife Ilina Sen wrote a letter to the National Human Rights Commission, stating that the couple's work "has always been in the public sphere and completely overboard [above board] for the last 20 years and more."^[26] It protests "the malafide intent of the state of Chhattisgarh in first identifying its victims, and then seeking to build up concocted cases against them." The submission apprehends a campaign of "media vilification" against Ilina Sen.

Amnesty International, which saw the arrest as harassment of a human rights activist, declared his detention in breach of international law. It issued a call to the Government of Chhattisgarh to immediately release Sen, unless he could be charged with a cognizable offence.^[27]

On 7 June 2007, the British House of Commons published an Early Day Motion entitled "Arrest of Dr. Binayak Sen" supported by several Members of Parliament across party lines, including Diane Abbott (Labour), Peter Bottomley (Conservative), John Hemming (Liberal Democrat), Dai Davies (Independent, Wales), Mike Weir (Scottish NP), among others.^[28]

On 9 June 2007, the British Medical Journal published an article about Sen's arrest. It states that Ramesh Gopalakrishnan, of Amnesty International, offered the following comment to BMJ about the supposed charges: "These offences allow sweeping interpretations of criminal intent. Activists in India are arrested all the time on such charges, which give wide, arbitrary powers to police." The same BMJ article reports a protest, outside the Indian High Commission in London, whose organiser is quoted as saying, "Dr Sen is a champion of peace and fair play and an internationally respected medical doctor who has devoted his whole life to peaceful service of the poorest people. He should be released immediately."^[29]

Noam Chomsky and several other prominent figures issued a press statement dated 16 June 2007 alleging that "Dr Sen's arrest is clearly an attempt to intimidate PUCL and other democratic voices that have been speaking out against human rights violations in the state."^[30]

On 20 June 2007 a delegation from the PUCL met the Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh state, and objected to Sen being accused of supporting the Naxalites. The delegation insisted that Sen's visits to the jailed Naxalite Narayan Sanyal were for the latter's "medical treatment" and also regarding his legal case. They pointed out that these visits took place in the Raipur jail, following procedures laid down in the jail manual."^[31] The PUCL delegation also raised objections about the analysis of Sen's computer in the absence of Sen's advocate and the independent court-appointed witness which they said could have offered the chance to tamper with evidence.^[31] The court had ordered on 22 May 2007 that both these observers should be present during the examination of Sen's computer. Nobel laurate economist and thinker Amartya Sen also criticised the Dec 2010 verdict for Sen's imprisonment. He stated that instead of getting his due honor for his service, Sen had met with an unfortunate verdict.

[edit] High Court

On 23 July, lawyers of Binayak Sen approached the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur with the bail plea of his but it was rejected. Police claimed that they had got incriminating evidences against Binayk Sen from his hard disc belonging to him.^[22]

On August 3, 2007, Chhattisgarh Police filed charge-sheets under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Satyabhama Dubey against Sen.^[22]

[edit] Supreme Court

On 31 August 2007 the Supreme Court of India issued notice to the Chhattisgarh government on a petition seeking Sen's release from alleged illegal detention. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhan and V. S. Sirpurkar sought a response from the Chhattisgarh government after senior counsel Soli Sorabjee claimed that Sen was illegally detained since 14 May on fabricated charges of supporting Naxalites.^[32] The same report stated that the Director General of Police (DGP) in Chhattisgarh had conceded Sen's peaceful approach. However, the DGP rejected the suggestion that Sen had been arrested for criticising crimes such as extrajudicial killings in staged "fake encounters". The DGP has stated his belief that "Dalits movements, women empowerment movements, human rights movements, environment protection movements" are all suspect because Naxalites want to penetrate and hijack "movements not linked with CPI (Maoist)."

On December 10, 2007, Supreme Court dismissed Sen's bail petition.^[22] A Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhan and D K Jain refused to accept Sen's plea, at this stage, that he was only an activist of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and was in no way connected with the banned outfit CPI-ML. On the point that that there was no evidence to suggest that he was involved in naxal activities, Bench while rejecting the same said "You are emphasising too much on PUCL. This does not mean that you are immune. This also does not mean your are not associated with banned activities."

[edit] Confinement

Sen was kept in solitary confinement during the period from 15 March to 11 April 2008. The prison authorities stated that this was for his security.^[22][33] Sen's wife Ilina stated that he has been isolated from the world during his year of imprisonment, with access to only pro-government newspaper.

On 29 April 2008, Human Rights Watch in New York issued a public statement regarding the trial of Sen due to begin in Raipur on 30 April 2008: "the district court's limit of one supporter of the defendant at the trial is unnecessarily restrictive and raises broader concerns about the fairness of the trial."^[34]

The Global Health Council, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and several other prominent global health organizations issued a joint statement of support for Sen, requesting that Indian authorities allow the doctor to receive the Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights in person in Washington, D.C. on 29 May 2008, at the 35th Annual International Conference on Global Health.^[19] The declaration stated: "We would also like to convey our concern and dismay that Dr. Sen remains imprisoned, after nearly one year without trial, on allegations that he passed notes from a rebel leader whom he treated in jail to a person outside the prison. Dr. Sen has denied all wrong doing and nothing in his character or history, as a dedicated community leader who has urged a peaceful settlement to this conflict for years, would support the accusations made against him. These allegations have not been substantiated or proven and have prevented Dr. Sen from providing his much-needed health services to the poor in his area, as well as his community leadership activities as an officer of the People's Union for Civil Liberties."^[35]

Twenty-two Nobel laureates from around the world wrote to India's President and Prime Minister and Chhattisgarh state authorities. They said Sen should be allowed to travel to the US to receive the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. "We also wish to express grave concern that Dr Sen appears to be incarcerated solely for peacefully exercising his fundamental human rights," the letter said. This is "in contravention of Articles 19 (freedom of opinion and expression) and 22 (freedom of association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - to which India is a state party - and that he is charged under two internal security laws that do not comport with international human rights standards," it added.^[36][37]

Doctors across India started holding free clinics for the poor in tribute to the example of Sen and to peacefully campaign for his release.^[38]

The Government of India led by the Indian National Congress which is the opposition party in the state of Chhattisgarh reacted strongly to international appeals for the release of Dr Binayak Sen. The Government feels that the issue around Dr Binayak Sen is a well orchestrated campaign and just because he is selected for a western award, doesn't make him less guilty in their view. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the State Government is right in opposing Dr Sen's appeal.^[23]

[edit] Trial

Main article: Trial of Binayak Sen

The trial against Binayak Sen began in the trial court in Raipur on 30 May 2008.^[22] On 4 May 2008, Supreme Court issued notice to Chhattisgarh government on Sen's bail plea. It asked the state government to provide "best medical aid" to Sen, who is suffering from a heart ailment.^[22]

On August 11, 2008, a second bail petition was filed in the Chhattisgarh High Court in Bilaspur.^[22] On 21 October, Sen made a public appeal and proposal for peace in South Bastar.^[39]

[edit] Grant of bail by the Supreme Court

Sen was granted bail on 25 May 2009 by a vacation bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma as his health conditions were deteriorating.^[40]

[edit] Conviction, sentencing and revocation of bail

On 24 December 2010, the Additional Sessions and District Court Judge B.P Varma Raipur found Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha, guilty of sedition for helping the Maoists in their fight against the state. They were sentenced to life imprisonment.^[41] Immediately after the sentencing, Dr. Sen's bail was revoked and he was taken back into custody.^[42]

Binayak Sen was held guilty under Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, of being a conduit between Naxals and of meeting Narayan Sanyal in jail. The trio has also been convicted under provisions of section 124A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) (sedition) and 120-B Indian Penal Code (conspiracy).^[43]

Binayak Sen's sentence has been condemned both in India^[44][45][46] and intentionally^[47]. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has condemned the judgement as "unjust"^[48].

[edit] See also

• People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
• Trial of Binayak Sen

[edit] References

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25. ^ Analysis of the case against Dr. Binayak Sen
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29. ^ BMJ 2007;334:1184-1185 (9 June)
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38. ^ The Hindu (Bangalore). 26 April 2008. 
39. ^ Sen, Ilina (21 October 2008). "An appeal for peace in South Bastar". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/10/21/stories/2008102155340900.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2009. 
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41. ^ "Dr Binayak Sen found guilty of treason, gets life imprisonment". The Times of India. 25 December 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dr-Binayak-Sen-found-guilty-of-treason-gets-life-imprisonment/articleshow/7156208.cms#ixzz191pfBuqX. Retrieved 2010-12-25. 
42. ^ "India's Most Famous Political Prisoner Dr. Binayak Sen Sentenced to Life in Prison", DemocracyNow.org, December 27, 2010. With link to May, 2010 interview by producer Anjali Kamat with Dr. Sen, transcript and audio. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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44. ^ Artistes protest Binayak's conviction
45. ^ Activists meet to protest Binayak Sen's conviction
46. ^ Mounting outrage against Binayak conviction
47. ^ Indian American activists in Boston protest Sen's sentence
48. ^ Binayak's work is great, his conviction unjust: Amartya Sen

[edit] External links

• Free Binayak Sen Campaign Website
• Medico Friends Circle Booklet on Dr. Binayak Sen
• Website for campaign to free Dr. Binayak Sen
• Binayak Sen Sentenced to Life in Prison in Widely Criticized Ruling - video report by Democracy Now!

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The Sin of Binayak Sen

Posted at January 22, 2011 // articles

Sudeep Chakravarti, Open Magazine

The sentencing of Binayak Sen by the Raipur Sessions Court is a measure of the Chhattisgarh government's desperation to finesse its record of human rights violations

Does offering Binayak Sen hospitality in my home this past summer— an hour's conversation and two glasses of kokum sherbet—constitute helping the Maoist cause, or an unlawful activity? In the eyes of law and justice as we know it in Chhattisgarh, it probably does.

We chatted about the need for Sen, then out on unconditional bail granted by the Supreme Court of India in May 2009, to rest after two years in jail; for his wife to recuperate from a tangle with cancer; and for the family to spend time together after a treacherous separation. I also suggested to Sen, a doctor who trained at Christian Medical College, Vellore, and human rights activist, that he begin to put his thoughts down on paper or into a tape recorder. What he had to say of his experiences in Chhattisgarh over several decades would make compelling reading. I offered to help him in the endeavour of a book.

I have two reliable witnesses: Sen's wife Ilina and elder daughter Pranhita, who would both swear we did no wrong. In Chhattisgarh, this probably wouldn't fly in the face of government gumption. In the last week of December, a Sessions Court in Raipur handed down to Sen on the flimsiest of evidence a sentence of life imprisonment for unlawful activities.

He was seen as aiding Maoists, first by visiting jailed Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal—with the written permission of Chhattisgarh police, and as representing the People's Union for Civil Liberties, of which he was a vice-president. Then he was purported to have sent letters from Sanyal to a Kolkata-based businessman called Piyush Guha. A postcard from Sanyal found in Sen's home—and presented as evidence—by the police contained details of Sanyal's health and legal issues, and duly carried the seal of the jail authorities. The clinching testimony of Sen's complicity was apparently provided by a cloth merchant, who claimed to have overheard conversations.

Sentencing Sanyal was easy enough; he is a Maoist. And Guha confessed to the police, under conditions that were at best murky, that he was handed letters by Sen. And Sen, well, why is there a hunt for Sen? Especially when the Supreme Court found enough reason to grant him bail on the basis of the same evidence that has now been used by the Raipur court to hang him out to dry?

The simplest explanation is that Sen got in the way of the Chhattisgarh government and terribly embarrassed the state's establishment—in particular, Chief Minister Raman Singh—and the state's crony-plan to do business.
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EU observers for Binayak Sen's trial

Posted at January 22, 2011 // Press Reports

Sujay Mehdudia, The Hindu

NEW DELHI: The European Union and some of its member-States will send representatives as "observers" during the January 24 hearing of human rights activist Binayak Sen's bail application in the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur.

Talking to The Hindu at an informal interaction here, Daniele Smadja, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to India, said that apart from the EU, individual member-States such as Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Hungary, the United Kingdom and Sweden would send their observers for the hearing.

"There are EU guidelines on human rights defenders. We give utmost attention to cases of individuals involved in the upholding of human rights. We have informed the Indian government of the decision to send observers," she remarked.

Ms. Smadja said she was mandated by her colleagues in the EU to take up the matter.

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Bhopal Survivors March for Binayak Sen

Posted at January 21, 2011 // Protests

On January 20 over 150 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster and people exposed to ground water contaminated by Union Carbide's hazardous waste in Bhopal marched with lighted torches   demanding immediate release of Dr. Binayak Sen,
paediatrician and vice president of the Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties.

The four organizations leading the march strongly condemned the December 24, 2010 order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Raipur that sentenced Dr. Binayak Sen, Mr. Narayan Sanyal and Mr. Pijush Guha to life imprisonment calling it a blatant travesty of justice.

Rachna Dhingra of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action said that the sentence against Dr. Sen, who has spent his entire life amongst the poor, raising issues of rampant poverty and state-sponsored exploitation, and who protested against state
repression and brutal genocidal campaigns like Salwa Judum, is a farce in the name of justice.
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Verdict on Dr. Binayak Sen critiqued

Posted at January 21, 2011 // Protests

By Satyen K. Bordoloi | MM Online Bureau

The event, held at a Dadar hall and attended by a packed hall of over 300 people, had an ensemble list of speakers. Internationally renowned criminal lawyer, Advocate Niloufer Bhagwat began with a critique of the judgment against Dr. Sen. "This is a case where there is no evidence to support the judgment. That is the reason for the global outrage against it," she said adding that, "It is not a judgment but a politically motivated decision."

Dr. Sanjay Nagral, of Forum for Medical Ethics and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, recounted his encounters through the last three decades with Dr. Binayak Sen. "Binayak did two things different from the rest of us doctors. Firstly he asked fundamental questions about justice and secondly while most of us kept our protection, Binayak did not. What we as doctors only talk about but could not do, he did," said Dr. Nagral.

Connecting healthcare and justice, Dr. Nagral asked a very fundamental question, "How can a doctor stay unaware of the social realities of the people he treats?"
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BMJ Editorial on Dr Binayak Sen

Posted at January 20, 2011 // Editorials

British Medical Journal (Published in online version 19 January 2011)

Last month a district court of the state of Chattisgarh in central India sentenced Dr Binayak Sen, Indian paediatrician, public health practitioner, and human rights activist, to life imprisonment in a maximum security cell. He was pronounced guilty of sedition and conspiracy against the state. This harsh sentence is particularly paradoxical because Sen was recently recognised by the same state as a respected figure in health and social planning, and last year he was given the Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights from the Global Health Council.

His crime according to the judgment was being a collaborator for the underground Maoist movement that is active in the newly created state of Chattisgarh, which has a large indigenous (Adivasi) population, an abundance of forests and natural resources, but economic and health deprivation.

Sen, a community physician, and his wife Ilina are known for their work in primary healthcare among mine workers and indigenous communities. Sen's commitment to tackling the deeper social determinants of health has now brought him into conflict with the state. Moving beyond the biomedical and clinical model of healthcare, Sen began to deal with deprived living conditions, poor education in children, and alcoholism, and he found it impossible to disassociate these from the need for community empowerment, political accountability, and ownership of natural resources. He documented the levels of starvation in the state, and as an active member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties he participated in fact finding missions on violations of rights by state forces and systems, including a state sponsored armed people's militia. He provided medical and legal assistance to people who were undergoing trial, including alleged militants, always under supervision of the state authorities. This made him a ready target for accusation of conspiracy by the state, which recently armed itself with an antiterrorist law that goes far beyond the national act. Sen, who has been a critic of both Maoist and state violence now finds himself convicted under a section of the penal code that was used by the British in colonial times to convict Gandhi.

The recent judgment has received worldwide condemnation. Global voices have included statements by Nobel laureates Noam Chomsky and Amartya Sen, Amnesty International, the Global Health Council, Human Rights Watch, and Physicians for Human Rights, and other commentators. At a national level, an upsurge of solidarity has included meetings and vigils in all the major cities of India and statements by eminent jurists, professionals, and activists.
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Mahasweta Devi to join mass sit-in for Binayak Sen's release

Posted at January 20, 2011 // announcements

Sify News

Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Jnanpith award winning writer Mahasweta Devi and several other intellectuals will stage a mass sit-in demonstration here Thursday to demand the release of rights activist Binayak Sen and Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal.

Eminent theatre personality Bivas Chakraborty, writer Tarun Sanyal, pro-Maoist activists and various civil rights groups will take part in the six-hour demonstration at Metro Channel in the city hub from 1 p.m.

Addressing the media, civil rights group Bandi Mukti Committee official Choton Das urged people to join the protest that will also demand release of other political prisoners.

'Dr. Sen who served humanity for long is languishing in jail. We cannot let that happen. We have been and will be demanding his release,' Das said.

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Civil society groups' plea to High Court on Binayak Sen

Posted at January 18, 2011 // Press Reports, statements

The Hindu
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Civil society groups, academics and human rights activists have come together and appealed to the Chhattisgarh High Court to reverse the "injustice" meted out to human rights activist Binayak Sen.

In an appeal sent to the Chief Justice of the High Court, they said that if this was not ensured, India's already dented credentials as a democracy and an upholder of human rights would be irreversibly damaged.

"While hearing the appeal for bail and reversal of the judgment of the Raipur sessions court, we urge the Chhattisgarh High Court to consider this case in the light of the complete lack of concrete and independent evidence against Dr. Sen, and his demonstrated commitment to promote human rights through non-violent means. It would be highly desirable to ensure speediest possible hearings in this case, enabling an early decision," the appeal said. It expressed confidence that given the entire background, timely justice would be done.

The appeal was issued at the end of the annual meeting of the Medico Friend Circle held in Nagpur.

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'Blood for Binayak Sen' Camp in Kolkata, 22 Jan

Posted at January 18, 2011 // Public Health

On January 22, Saturday, on behalf of Free Binayak Sen Campaign–Doctors in Solidarity, Medical College Democratic Students' Association organises a blood donation camp at the General Common Room of Medical College Bengal from 10 am.

To protest the unjust sentencing of Dr. Sen and to demand his unconditional release, a convention will be held at Medical College General Lecture Theatre on the same day from 4 pm. Dr. Sen's mother Anusuya Sen and Satya Sivaraman, organiser of Free Binayak Sen Campaign are likely to address the convention.

Representatives of Health Service Association, Medical Service Centre, Shramajibi Swasthya Udyog, Peoples' Health, Peoples' Right to Health and Education will speak. Representatives of various democratic and human rights organisations will be present.

Free Binayak Sen Campaign–Doctors in Solidarity calls you and your organisation to attend the convention to strengthen the voice of protest.

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Delhi:Artists in solidarity with Dr. Binayak Sen

Posted at January 16, 2011 // Protests

Veteran actors Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, actor-director M.K. Raina and poet Ashok Vajpeyi during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday.

Poems were read, songs were sung and emotions ran high as eminent artistes from across the country converged here on Saturday to demand justice for jailed rights activist Binayak Sen.

Noted artistes, including filmmaker Aparna Sen, actress Sharmila Tagore, theatre actor M K Raina and poet Ashok Vajpayi, gathered at the Jantar Mantar and demanded Sen's immediate release, alleging that he was being "persecuted" by the system.

Binayak Sen's brother Dipankar Sen and artistes like Rabbi Shergill and Sushmit Bose were also present.

"If I do not express solidarity with Sen, I will not be fullfilling my responsibility as a citizen of the world's largest democracy. Injustice has been done," said noted filmmaker Aparna Sen.

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Updates from Lancet India series launching

Posted at January 15, 2011 // announcements

From Spirit of 1848 Listserve

Lancet India series "Towards Universal Health Care" was launched in Delhi yesterday. Dr Binayak's contribution is in it. He was supposed to be on the panel. An empty chair with his name was kept. I attached the poster in front which has pictures of Mandela, Suu Kyi & Binayak. Richard Norton editor Lancet talked about Binayak in his opening address & so did Dr. Srinath Reddy Chair Public Health Foundation & also chair High Level Expert committee on Universal Coverage of Health Care formed by the PM. On 15th the Artists for human Rights are protesting musically & on 30th Jan Mahatama Gandhi's Matyrdom day protests for Binayak will be held all over the country & outside. Binayak's case comes up in Bilaspur High Court in Chhattisgarh on 24th Jan Ilina Dr. Binayak's wife had come to the MFC meeting on 7th evening to share. It has been very painful for the family specially Binayak's 84 year old mother & his daughters, besides Ilina who is being treated for cancer herself, trying to manage her teaching job, spend hours in the never ending legal battles. Just keeping you all updated.

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