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On the morning of May 17th, when the election results from the biggest democracy in the world were still being digested, a 500 strong paramilitary force went and demolished the premises of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA), a Gandhian organization that has worked tirelessly in sourthern Chhattisgarh for the last 17 years. Student researchers and a journalist at the site were beaten up by the police.
Not only was this demolition inhuman, it was also illegal. The question of VCA's right to the land it occupied has been sub-judice since 2007.
Please read and sign the petition http://petitions.aidindia.org/VCA and make your voice count against this gross injustice |
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May 14th, 2009 was the second anniversary of Binayak Sen's arrest. To mark the occasion and to shame the Indian Government for its continued incarceration of Dr Sen on the flimsiest of charges, several actions took place across India, Europe, and the US. Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Mumbai, London, Edinburgh, Washington D.C., and Cambridge, Massachusetts, among others were sites of spirited protests. Several Op Eds in various prominent newspapers and journals of opinion also excoriated the Indian State for using draconian and arbitrary laws such as the Chattisgarh Special Security Act (CSPSA) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to imprison Dr. Sen. |
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