[Mitai-announce] Fwd: AID MIT: Protest against Binayak Sen's life imprisonment (Sunday, Jan 30th Harvard Square)

[Elan Pavlov]

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    Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:36:53 -0500
    From: Karthik Shekhar <karthikshekhar at gmail.com>
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 Subject: AID MIT: Protest against Binayak Sen's life imprisonment (Sunday, Jan
30th Harvard Square)
      To: sangam-exec at mit.edu

 Kindly forward this on your mailing lists.

Sincerely,
Karthik

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Please join the Association for India's Development (Boston and MIT
chapters) for a peaceful protest against the life
imprisonment<http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/indian-doctor-binayak-sens-conviction-and-life-sentence-mock-justice-2010-12-25>of
Dr. Binayak Sen under charges of sedition after
a trial in which evidence was
planted<http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/16/stories/2010121655981100.htm>
by
the police, evidence establishing that documents have been tampered with
were overlooked, and testimonies of individuals claiming Dr. Sen's innocence
were disregarded. Dr. Sen was awarded the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for
Global Health and Human Rights. Dr. Sen has been persecuted by the Indian
state of Chhattisgarh for speaking out against the violence perpetrated by
the security forces and by the state-backed militia, Salwa Judum. Arrested
in May 2007, Dr. Sen served two years in prison, including a spell of
solitary confinement, before being given bail by the Supreme Court in May
2009.

We invite all individuals and organizations working for upholding human
rights to join us:

*What*: *Demonstration for Freedom of Dr. Binayak Sen and Revocation of
Repressive Laws in India*

*When*: *11:30 am, Sunday, Jan. 30th*

*Where:* *Harvard Square** Pit (Behind Redline T-stop)*

*
**Organisers:** AID-Boston and MIT chapters, Alliance for Secular and
Democratic South Asia, Mass Global Action, Boston May Day Committee,
Cololmbia Vive*



We demand:

(1) Repeal repressive laws including the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,
the Public Security Acts, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Sedition
laws, etc.

(2) Suspend the sentence and release Dr. Binayak Sen and other human rights
activists, journalists, such as Ajay T.G., Lachit Bordoloi, Kopa Kunjam,
Sukhnath Oyami, Kartam Joga, Sudhir Dhawale, KK Shahina to name a few who
have been charged under UAPA/CSPSA.
(3) Disband the *Ma Danteshwari Swabhiman Manch*, a vigilante force (similar
to *Salwa Judum*, a private militia sponsored by the government of
Chhattisgarh), which is responsible for militarization of tribal communities
and has led to the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Adivasis
(members of indigenous communities) from their homes and lands. Immediately
address the state of civil war that has resulted from the state?s arming and
funding of such vigilante groups in the name of fighting Maoist insurgency.







-- 
Karthik Shekhar

Graduate Student,
The Laboratory for Computational Immunology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Office: E19-536
Tel: 217-979-9852


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   Kindly forward this on your mailing lists.
   Sincerely,
   Karthik
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   Please join the Association for India's Development (Bosto   chapters) for a peaceful protest against the [1]life imprisonment of
   Dr. Binaya   which [2]evidence was planted by the police, evidence establishing
   that documents have been tampered with were overlooked, and
   testimonies of individuals claiming Dr. Sen's innocence were
   disregarded. Dr. Sen was awarded the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for
   Global Health and Human Rights. Dr. Sen has been persecuted by the
   Indian state of Chhattisgarh for speaking out against the violence
   perpetrated by the security forces and by the state-backed militia,
   Salwa Judum. Arrested in May 2007, Dr. Sen served two years in prison,
   including a spell of solitary confinement, before being given bail by
   the Supreme Court in May 2009.

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   --
   Karthik Shekhar
   Graduate Stud   The Laboratory for Computational Immunology,
   Massachusetts Insti   Office: E19-536
   Tel: 217-979-9852

References

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