It was on this day in 2018 that five activists — Sudhir Dhawale, an activist; Surendra Gadling, a criminal lawyer practising in Nagpur; Shoma Sen, professor and Head of Department, English at Nagpur University; activists Rona Wilson and Mahesh Raut — were arrested by the Pune police in the caste-based violence that broke out at Bhima […]
CDRO condemns the witch-hunt by the NIA and the choking of pro-people voices. Press Release 8th September 2020 After the arrests of leading public intellectuals like poet Varavara Rao, Prof. Soma Sen, Prof. Anand Teltumbde, Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Ms. Sudha Bharadwaj and others, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has trained its gun yet once again on […]
A statement issued by different organisations, academicians and activists condemning brazen assault by the state on democratic activities and demanding immediate withdrawal of NIA’s menacing and threatening interrogation notice to Partha Sarathi Ray. 6 September 2020 We have come to know that our dear friend and comrade Dr Partho Sarothi Ray, Associate Professor, Indian […]
২০২০ সালের মার্চ মাসের পর আর ‘ভীমা কোরেগাঁও কমিশন অব এনকোয়ারি’র কোনও কাজ হয়নি। এ বছর ৮ এপ্রিল তার মেয়াদ শেষ হয়ে গেলেও মেয়াদ বৃদ্ধি হয়নি। কিন্তু,ভীমা কোরেগাঁও মামলায় কেন্দ্রীয় স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রকের নির্দেশে ‘ডাইনি শিকার’ অব্যাহত রেখেছে এনআইএ। তারা ‘চক্রান্তকারী’ খুঁজে বেড়াচ্ছে। যাঁর সাম্প্রতিকতম শিকার হলেন অধ্যাপক পার্থসারথি রায়। গ্রাউন্ডজিরো রিপোর্ট। ভীমা কোরেগাঁও এলগার পরিষদ মামলায় […]
A statement of solidarity signed by over 350 current and former students of Prof. Hany Babu condemning his arrest and demanding immediate release of the professor, as well as all the other activists and scholars arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case. Prof. Hany Babu, is a noted anti-caste activist and scholar. He has fought […]
Nine activists and human rights defenders jailed for more than a year in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad on January 1, 2018, have written to Maharashtra’s Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, asking for immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners. The letter – signed by advocates Surendra Gadling, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira, […]
17th April morning was not any usual affair in the history of our democratic country. It may sound trivial to the ignorant, but for those who understand and believe in a democratic ethos well know what it means when a peoples’ lawyer is hunted. A people’s lawyer is a vanguard who protects people from the […]