Monthly Archives: February 2016

Press Statement by Concerned Individuals and Organisations from the Civil Society of West Bengal

Posted on February 25, 2016 | Leave a comment

Statement of recent attacks against lawyers in Chhatisgarh, Jagdalpur working for under trial prisoners, Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Journalist Malini Subramaniam, public intellectuals such as Bela Bhatia among others.

We, the members of civil society in West Bengal stand in firm solidarity with the Jagadalpur Legal Aid Group, Malini Subhramaniam, Bela Bhatia, Soni Sori, Sudha Bhardwaj and all other groups and individuals who were working for human rights and upholding the Constitution and Rule of Law in Bastar. Their activities should be seen in the context of an increasingly oppressive state. These conscientious persons have played a critical role to bear witness to the plight of the indigenous peoples in the region. Continue reading →

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Kolkata Press Conference Against Attacks on Soni Sori, Jaglag and others

Posted on February 25, 2016 | Leave a comment
Kolkata, 24 February 2016
Concerned individuals and Organisations from the Civil Society of West Bengal organised a Press Conference at Press Club in Kolkata on 24th February 2016.
Maroona Murmur (History Prof., Jadavpur University), Tapas Chakraborty [Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR)], Choton Das (Bandi Mukti Committee) and Anuradha Talwar [Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)] spoke on the occasion and were accompanied by Debapriya Mukherjee [Advocate, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), West Bengal] and Atindriya Chakraborty [Advocate, Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee (PPSC)].

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Latest update on Soni Sori

Posted on February 25, 2016 | Leave a comment

25 February 2016

Soni is improving. The swelling has reduced and she is able to speak without too much discomfort.

22 February 2016

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal visited Soni in the hospital

 

Apollo Hospital Medical Bulletin —

*Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi *

*Medical Bulletin*
22 February 2016, 7:53pm

*22nd Feb 2016*: The patient came to the hospital yesterday at night with chemical burns on her face and was immediately admitted in the ICU. A team of senior consultant specialists has been assigned to care for all her clinical needs. We are hopeful that she will recover within the next few weeks and are carefully monitoring the situation on an hourly basis. She has been evaluated by the ophthalmologist and her eye on bed side examination appears to be normal, though she has orbital and conjunctival oedema. Her condition is stable at the moment with no threat to her life.

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Time line of the Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Chhattisgarh

Posted on February 24, 2016 | Leave a comment

23.2.2016

2 uniformed policemen from Papra thana visit Bela’s house and click photos of her, Jean and the interior of the house. This is followed by a visit from two people in civilian clothes carrying Chhattisgarh Police ID.

Protests in Bangalore and Mumbai
22.2.2016 JagLAG’s ex-landlord is called into the Bodhghat thana again – this time because there is a complaint by some Dipankar Sahu against “three women who are anti-social elements” who are staying in his house.

Protests in Delhi and Bhopal. Delhi protesters are detained by the police for several hours.

NHRC hears WSS complaint and decides to send a 3-member team to Bastar. (The team to be constituted and the dates of the visit finalised this week.)
Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal visits Soni in the hospital
21.2.2016 IG, SP cast doubts on Soni’s story, saying that she is exaggerating the story. She is discharged from the Jagdalpur hospital and taken to Delhi, where doctors confirm that she has facial burns due to an unknown substance.

Protests and demonstrations in Raipur and Hyderabad against the attack on Soni Sori, JagLAG lawyers and Malini

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Statement of Bangalore Protest against State violence, In Solidarity with Kashmiri Women’s Day of Resistance

Posted on February 24, 2016 | Leave a comment

Coalition against State Repression

Protest against State Violence and Repression on Dalits, Adivasis and Minorities
In solidarity with Kashmiri Women’s Day of Resistance

Tuesday, February 23, 5 pm, Mysore Bank Circle, Bangalore

On 23 February 2016, Coalition against State Repression calls for people to join us in a protest against State violence and repression against Dalits, Adivasis and Minorities which the State has been perpetrating in different parts of the country including Chattisgarh in the recent past. This is also in solidarity with the Kashmiri Women’s Day of Resistance which marks the 25th anniversary of the mass sexual assaults of Kashmiri women and torture of Kashmiri men in Kunan Poshpora.
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