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बदनुमा गिरफ्तारी

Posted on October 13, 2020 | Leave a comment

यौन हिंसा तथा राज्य के दमन के विरुद्ध महिलाएं (डब्लूएसएस) फादर स्टैन स्वामि की गिरफ्तारी पर अंचभित है। फादर स्टैन स्वामि एक बुज़ुर्ग पादरी हैं जो पिछले पांच दशकों से आदिवासी मुद्दों पर काम करते रहे हैं। उन्हें 8 अक्टूबर, 2020 की रात में बदनाम भीमा कोरेगांव-एल्गार परिषद षडयंत्र प्रकरण में गिरफ्तार किया गया। एक सच्चे कार्यकर्ता और प्रतिष्ठित विद्वान की इस गिरफ्तारी की डब्लूएसएस भर्त्सना करता है और बताना चाहता है कि इस दयालु व विनम्र व्यक्ति के खिलाफ लगाए सारे आरोप हास्यास्पद हैं। हम बताना चाहते हैं कि 1 जनवरी, 2018 के दिन हुई भीमा कोरेगांव हिंसा की जांच दरअसल देश के अग्रणि मानव अधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं को सताने का एक ज़रिया बन गई है। इस जांच के दौरान 15 अन्य वकीलों, कार्यकर्ताओं, लेखकों, कवियों, बुद्धिजीवियों को इसी तरह के बेतुके आरोपों में बंदी बनाया गया है। कुछ तो दो साल से भी अधिक अवधि के लिए कारागार में बंद रहे हैं।

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Condemn Continuing Persecution and Threats of Imminent Arrest against Aloka Kujur, Stan Swamy and others by Jharkhand Government!

Posted on October 5, 2019 | Leave a comment

Stand in solidarity with Aloka Kujur, Stan Swamy, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh and several others who face sedition charges, sustained harassment and intimidation by the police!

WSS strongly condemns the continued persecution of rights activists in Jharkhand Aloka Kujur, Stan Swamy, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Roshan and several others, in relation to the sedition case filed at the Khunti PS against 20 intellectuals, poets, writers, journalists, bankers and activists in July 2018. With routine surveillance of their movements continuing since last year, officials from Khunti PS showed up at Aloka Kujur’s residence in her absence, as recently as 22 September 2019, on the pretext of making inquiries against her with her neighbours and relatives. This marks a moment of escalation of intimidation tactics against those falsely named in the FIR. Continue reading →

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WSS Statement On Arrest Warrants Issued By Jharkhand Government Against Activists And Writers

Posted on July 3, 2019 | 1 comment

JHARKHAND GOVERNMENT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST ACTIVISTS AND WRITERS UNDER LAW STRUCK DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT

Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) expresses shock and concern at the arrest warrant issued against Stan Swamy, Aloka Kujur, Rakesh Roshan, Vinod Kumar and Babita Kashyap on 17 June 2019, one year after the FIR was filed against 20 writers, intellectuals and activists in Jharkhand on 26 July 2018 based on Facebook posts. All five are vulnerable to imminent arrest as part of the Jharkhand government’s targeted campaign against those defending human rights of adivasis in the state. Continue reading →

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Hindi Press Release Of The CDRO and WSS Fact Finding of Khunti, Ghagra, Palamu Tiger Reserve And Sedition Cases

Posted on August 22, 2018 | Leave a comment

From 17th to 19th of August, a ten member fact finding team of Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) and Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS), along with local activists, travelled across the state of Jharkhand and investigated incidents of violation of human rights in Jharkhand state. Please find a link to the team’s Press Release (Hindi Version) below.

Hindi Press Release Khunti FF 17-19th August 2018

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Press Release Of The CDRO and WSS Fact Finding of Khunti, Ghagra, Palamu Tiger Reserve And Sedition Cases

Posted on August 21, 2018 | 1 comment

Press Release 19th August 2018

From 17th to 19th of August, a ten member fact finding team of Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) and Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS), along with local activists, travelled across the state of Jharkhand and investigated incidents of violation of human rights in Jharkhand state. The first case was the recent incident of the rape of five women in Khunti district, the second was the Betla Tiger Project and the team tried to speak with several persons on whom the Jharkhand state has filed cases of sedition. Following news coverage and reports from human rights activists in Jharkhand, the fact-finding team reached out to as many people as possible including the villagers, intellectuals, activists, journalists, lawyers and the police. Continue reading →

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