#bhimakoregaoncase — Public Fediverse posts

Unlawful Activities: How the Indian prison system denies basic freedoms, rights and dignity to political prisoners

Even the UAPA prisoners under the full glare and scrutiny of the media were subject to a cavalcade of cruelties, large and small. This ranged from the denial of medical treatment, to the mental and physical cruelties of high-security prison cells, and even to being disallowed from speaking to relatives in their native language. Bhavya Dore and Sukhada Tatke write.

#UAPA #PoliticalPrisoners #undertrials #dissent #PressFreedom #activism #BK16 #TalojaCentralJail #disability #HumanRights #healthcare #BhimaKoregaonCase #maharashtra #india

https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/unlawful-activities-how-the-indian-prison-system-denies-basic-freedoms-rights-and-dignity-to-political-prisoners/

Intellectual Insurgency and Mahesh Raut

We are witnessing a pretend politics which lives on the time borrowed from a deferred revolution, write Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan (excerpted from the authors' book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics)

#BookExcerpt #BK16 #MaheshRaut #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #history #RSS #brahminism #BrahminHegemony #dalits #caste #SocialJustice #rights #UAPA #DraconianLaws #hindutva #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://thewire.in/rights/mahesh-raut-elgar-parishad-book-excerpt

'Every time I stepped out, the camera was on': Love and resilience in captivity with Gautam Navlakha

Sahba Husain relinquished her freedom to spend nearly two years in house arrest in a makeshift room with her partner of 30 years.

#GautamNavlakha #BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #incarceration #SahbaHusain #india

https://scroll.in/article/1069346/every-time-i-stepped-out-the-camera-was-on-love-and-resilience-in-captivity-with-gautam-navlakha

Will Arundhati Roy be arrested?

By targeting the celebrated author, Narendra Modi is determined to show that none of those who defy his regime are safe, writes Alpa Shah.

#ArundhatiRoy #SheikhShowkatHussain #kashmir #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #BJP #RSS #hindutva #FreeSpeech #india

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/india/2024/06/will-arundhati-roy-be-arrested

Introducing the BK-16 Prison Diaries series

The series offers a glimpse into the BK-16’s lives inside prison, as well as the struggles of their loved ones outside. Each piece in the series is complemented by Arun Ferreira’s striking and evocative artwork.

#BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #PoliticalPrisoners #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #HumanRights #BK16PrisonDiaries #india

https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/introducing-the-bk-16-prison-diaries-series/

What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?

Stan Swamy had recently published a study of 3,000 people jailed for being members of banned Maoist groups. He found that 97% of them had no such affiliation and that many of their trials were held without lawyers, in a language they didn't understand. He'd filed a case on their behalf in the state court of Jharkhand, where he lived. All of this had embarrassed the government, he said.

#StanSwamy #jharkhand #adivasis #AdivasiRights #ForestRights #maoists #dalits #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #HumanRights #UAPA #BJP #india

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/1250799690/india-democracy-modi-priest-jail-death

Bhima Koregaon: Gautam Navlakha gets bail as Supreme Court lifts stay on Bombay High Court order

A Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refrained from extending the stay as the High Court order was detailed and also because the trial would take years to complete.

#GautamNavlakha #BhimaKoregaon #SupremeCourt #BombayHC #BhimaKoregaonCase #ElgarParishad #UAPA #PoliticalPrisoners #DraconianLaws #india

https://www.barandbench.com/news/bhima-koregaon-gautam-navlakha-gets-bail-supreme-court-lifts-stay-bombay-high-court-order

Maharashtra: Raising the bar from behind bars

Bhima-Koregaon accused Mahesh Raut and Sagar Gorkhe clear law exam even as their own controversial case drags on.

#maharashtra #MaheshRaut #SagarGorkhe #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #UAPA #CET #dissent #DraconianLaws #PoliticalPrisoners #india

https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-raising-the-bar-from-behind-bars-23348047

Delhi University's associate professor Hany Babu withdraws bail plea in Supreme Court

A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal took note of the submission of of the lawyer appearing for Babu, who said five other co-accused have been granted bail in the case.

#BK16 #HanyBabu #BhimaKoregaonCase #ElgarParishad #NIA #SupremeCourt #india

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/delhi-universitys-associate-professor-hany-babu-withdraws-bail-plea-from-supreme-court-in-elgar-parishad-maoist-links-case/cid/2017415

Stay on bail for long period affects personal liberty and rights, feel experts

Elgaar Parishad case accused Mahesh Raut and Gautam Navlakha remain in jail for over four months since grant of bail by the Bombay High Court.

#BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #MaheshRaut #GautamNavlakha #BombayHC #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/experts-say-stay-on-bail-for-long-period-affects-personal-liberty-and-rights-9258254/

Allegations of terrorism against Bhima Koregaon accused Shoma Sen prima facie untrue: Supreme Court

The bench remarked that no evidence had been placed before it to suggest that the former professor is a member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

#BK16 #ShomaSen #SupremeCourt #BhimaKoregaonCase #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1066317/allegations-of-terrorism-against-bhima-koregaon-accused-shoma-sen-prima-facie-untrue-supreme-court

Shoma Sen, accused in Elgar Parishad case, granted bail by Supreme Court

Sen, an English literature professor and women’s rights activist, was arrested in connection with the case on June 6, 2018.

#BK16 #ShomaSen #BhimaKoregaonCase #UAPA #DraconianLaws #dissent #SupremeCourt #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shoma-sen-accused-in-elgar-parishad-case-granted-bail-by-supreme-court/article68031886.ece

New Book on Bhima Koregaon Case Tells Uncomfortable Truths, But Brings Hope

Alpa Shah’s book, ‘The Incarcerations’, is alive with stories of fearlessness, but also of the cost it extracts.

#BookReview #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #BK16 #AlpaShah #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #HumanRights #BJP #UnionGovt #books #bookstodon #india

https://www.thequint.com/opinion/the-incarcerations-alpa-shah-new-book-bhima-koregaon-case

Alpa Shah: India is not a safe place any more

Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacism is capturing major state institutions while repressing minority groups and political activists.

#interview #AlpaShah #books #bookstodon #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #BJP #corruption #oligarchy #dissent #HinduNationalism #HumanRights #NarendraModi #india

https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/03/alpa-shah-interview-india-not-safe-place

Bhima Koregaon: A new book recounts how 16 activists were imprisoned as terrorists, without trial

An excerpt from ‘The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India’, by Alpa Shah.

#BookExcerpt #AlpaShah #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #BK16 #ElgarParishad #maharashtra #UAPA #DraconianLaws #books #bookstodon #india

https://scroll.in/article/1065430/bhima-koregaon-a-new-book-recounts-how-16-activists-were-imprisoned-as-terrorists-without-trial

Hacker-for-hire gang with links to Pune police planted emails on the computers of Bhima Koregaon accused: new book

The mercenary hacker gang, headquartered in India, remotely implanted evidence, according to LSE professor’s book; cites cybersecurity researchers to claim gang’s connection to a Pune police officer.

#BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #activism #dalits #ElgarParishad #hacking #PunePolice #books #bookstodon #AlpaShah #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hacker-for-hire-gang-with-links-to-pune-police-planted-emails-on-the-computers-of-bhima-koregaon-accused-new-book/article67946916.ece

IO Whose Role Bombay HC Questioned in Saibaba Case Was Also Part of Elgar Parishad Probe

The Pune police, at multiple places in the Elgar Parishad chargesheet, claimed that some of those arrested in the Elgar Parishad case had a “direct association” with Saibaba.

#ElgarParishad #GNSaibaba #SuhasBawche #NIA #PunePolice #BombayHC #BhimaKoregaonCase #india

https://thewire.in/government/io-whose-role-bombay-hc-questioned-in-saibaba-case-was-also-part-of-elgar-parishad-probe

Activist Gautam Navlakha Owes ₹1.64 Crore For House Arrest Security: Anti-Terror Agency

The National Investigation Agency said this in the Supreme Court, and Mr Navlakha's lawyer termed the amount "extortion".

#GautamNavlakha #NIA #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #activism #SupremeCourt #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/activist-gautam-navlakha-owes-rs-1-64-crore-for-house-arrest-security-anti-terror-agency-5194630

While A Journalist Spends Time in Jail For Doing His Duty, An Old, Ailing Man Even Unable To Even Sip Water & Dies Behind Bars, What happened to Article 21? Justice Rekha Sharma

During the seminar hosted today by Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) at ISIL, Delhi, former Delhi High Court Judge Rekha Sharma lamented that the Supreme Court has lost its credibility in the eyes of the public. She further expressed concerns that while powerful people are getting bail "on experimental basis", commoners are "withering away unwept, unheard and unsung".

#JusticeRekhaSharma #IndianJudiciary #SupremeCourt #BhimaKoregaonCase #StanSwamy #BK16 #UmarKhalid #article21 #article32 #HemantSoren #india

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/cjar-seminar-former-delhi-hc-judge-rekha-sharma-bench-fixing-electoral-bonds-khalid-250414

First Person: A personal account of an NIA raid

Venugopal is a kin of Varavara Rao, a prominent Indian activist hailing from Telangana, also an accused in the Elgar Parishad case.

#NVenugopal #NIA #ElgarParishad #BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #dissent #caste #telangana #TelanganaPolice #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/first-person-a-personal-account-of-an-nia-raid/

‘My state has done the greatest honour by putting me in jail’: Anand Teltumbde after receiving Karnataka’s Basava award

Teltumbde says the award is ‘an honour for all the faceless and countless activists struggling for making this world better for people to live’.

#AnandTeltumbde #karnataka #BasavaAward #dissent #BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/greatest-honour-jail-anand-teltumbde-karnataka-basava-award-9137604/

The gap he maintained: The dichotomy between CJI Chandrachud’s words and deeds in 2023

It’s the year he swung between progressive posturing and populist prudence. Jayashree Arunachalam writes.

#DYChandrachud #CJI #SupremeCourt #AyodhyaCase #JudgeLoyaMurder #UmarKhalid #UAPA #BhimaKoregaonCase #BelaMTrivedi #justice #IndianJudiciary #law #india

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/12/28/cji-chandrachud-loss-of-faith-in-2023

Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Gautam Navlakha in Elgar Parishad Case

The court has put a three-week stay on its decision in which the National Investigation Agency can approach the Supreme Court.

#BombayHC #GautamNavlakha #BhimaKoregaonCase #ElgarParishad #UAPA #NIA #dissent #activism #dalits #caste #BK16 #india

https://thewire.in/law/bombay-high-court-grants-bail-to-gautam-navlakha-in-elgar-parishad-case

Contrary To SC’s Rules Of Assignment, At Least 8 Politically Sensitive Cases Moved To One Judge In 4 Months

An analysis of eight politically sensitive cases shows they were moved to Justice Bela M Trivedi of the Supreme Court over the past four months, even though the rules of assignment say they should remain with the senior judge or before a judge hearing a similar case.

#SupremeCourt #BelaMTrivedi #UmarKhalid #DKShivakumar #SenthilBalaji #EdappadiPalaniswami #UAPA #BK16 #MaheshRaut #BhimaKoregaonCase #BJP #india

https://article-14.com/post/contrary-to-sc-s-rules-of-assignment-at-least-8-politically-sensitive-cases-moved-to-one-judge-in-4-months-65713ae124602

Bhima Koregaon: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing of bail plea by Shoma Sen again

Senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing on behalf of Shoma Sen, emphasised that Sen has been lodged in jail for five and a half years without trial and the bail hearing before the Supreme Court has been pending for five and a half months.

#ShomaSen #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #dalits #HumanRights #WomensRights #activism #NIA #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india

https://www.newsclick.in/bhima-koregaon-supreme-court-adjourns-hearing-bail-plea-shoma-sen-again

Bhima Koregaon: NIA court directs prison authorities to provide Sagar Gorkhe treatment

An application was filed by Sagar Gorkhe, praying the court to direct urgent and necessary treatment for his mental and physical health. According to the application, the prison authorities have deprived Gorkhe of medicines and treatment for his psychiatric conditions.

#BhimaKoregaonCase #SagarGorkhe #BK16 #UAPA #IndianPrisons #Mentalhealth #healthcare #caste #dalits #BhimaKoregaon #activism #DraconianLaws #india

https://theleaflet.in/bhima-koregaon-nia-court-directs-prison-authorities-to-provide-sagar-gorkhe-treatment-at-j-j-hospital/

‘I saw brutality, but also solidarity,’ says Sudha Bharadwaj, author of From Phansi Yard, of her days in prison

Arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, activist-lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj kept a diary of prison life. Released in 2021, she writes about her experience at Yerawada jail.

#interview #SudhaBharadwaj #BhimaKoregaonCase #activism #dissent #chhattisgarh #ForestRights #TribalRights #adivasis #BK16 #prisons #books #bookstodon #india

https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/activist-lawyer-sudha-bharadwaj-prison-book/article67399261.ece

India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists

Since Modi came to power in 2014, the Indian government has charged several journalists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which was previously only invoked while dealing with terrorist organizations. The government has been accused of abusing the law in the past and of planting evidence on electronic devices.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/india-uses-terrorism-law-to-raid-newsclick-website

#UAPA #journalism #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #dissent #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #HumanRights #BJP #NarendraModi #DraconianLaws #media #india

Activist Mahesh Raut’s bail stayed by Supreme Court for another week in Bhima Koregaon case

Raut was granted bail on last week but was stayed by the Bombay High Court as the National Investigation Agency said it will file an appeal against the order,

https://scroll.in/latest/1056694/activist-mahesh-rauts-bail-stayed-by-supreme-court-for-another-week-in-bhima-koregaon-case

#MaheshRaut #SupremeCourt #BhimaKoregaon #BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #NIA #BombayHC #UAPA #DraconianLaws #ForestRights #dalits #activism #dissent #india

What is Section 207 CrPC, an essential piece of the Bhima Koregaon case puzzle?

What is the law embedded in Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and why does it keep getting invoked in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case?

https://theleaflet.in/why-is-section-207-crpc-an-essential-piece-of-the-bhima-koregaon-case-puzzle/

#BhimaKoregaonCase #CRPC #section207 #BhimaKoregaon #ElgarParishad #BK16 #law #LegalRights #india