[Marxism] : candle light protest demanding the immediate release of Dr. Binayak Sen,

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 Candle light protest demanding the immediate release of Dr. Binayak Sen,

14 May, 2009


PRESS NOTE


Under the auspices of People's Union for Civil Liberties and Movement for 
Secular Democracy, 75-80 people from Gujarat belonging to different human 
rights and people's organisations today staged a candle light protest 
demanding the immediate release of Dr. Binayak Sen, an internationally 
renowned medical doctor and human rights activist incarcerated in Raipur 
jail in the state of Chhatisgarh since May 14, 2007. The gathering included 
activists, lawyers, trade unionists, cultural artists, poets and writers, 
academicians, students among whom were Girish Patel, Prakash Shah, 
Dwarikanath Rath, Gautam Thakar, Prof. Ghanshyam Shah, Dr. Sarup Dhruv, Dr. 
Mukul Sinha, Dr. Mallika Sarabhai, Charul Bharwada, Fr. Cedric Prakash, 
Ashim Roy, Sonal Mehta, Kabir Thakore, Harinesh Pandya, Dr. Hanif Lakdawala, 
Nandini Oza, Sheba George, Damini Shah, Persis Ginwala, Hiren Gandhi, Bharat 
Jhala , Manishi Jani.Abhinav Shukla,Rajani Dave,Jayesh Patel, Bhavik Raja, 
Dilip Chndula,Prof. Dinesh Shukla,Mahadev Vidrohi,Aswin Karia and many 
others.That after 59 years of India's Constitution a human rights activist 
and a humanist doctor is charged with offences against the state including 
treason under the IPC is a shameful mockery of India's Constitution and 
human rights. The people questioned how and why a human rights activist was 
required to remain in jail without any bail either from the courts of 
Chhatisgarh or even from the Supreme Court. They felt that this fact speaks 
much about the working of different institutions under the Indian 
constitution. People also felt that it is an irony that those who commit 
serious crimes against humanity and grossly violate the Constitution of 
India are in power while those with sensitivity and who fight for basic 
human rights of the poor and marginalized are in prison. They demanded that 
the charges against Dr. Sen be immediately dropped, that he be provided 
immediate medical facilities as demanded by him and that he be immediately 
released and those responsible for this miscarriage of justice apologize to 
"We, the people of India' who have given to themselves this Constitution.

The gathering passed a resolution outlining the above demands and severely 
condemned the role of the Chhatisgarh government and the Supreme Court. This 
was followed by a song "Saathi dar mat jaana", specially written for Dr. 
Binayak Sen and Lalit Mehta by Vinay and Charul of Loknaad and presented by 
cultural activists. 


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