Dear Kavita, I am appalled by the judgement on Binayak Sen case. I pledge my support in his defence. If there is anything I can do in the matter let me know. KNPanikkar
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 7:40 PM, ram puniyani <[email protected]>wrote: > Press Release > > > > Delhi/ Raipur, > > 24th December, 2010 > > > > The People's Union for Civil Liberties is deeply disappointed at the > miscarriage of justice reflected in the judgement of Raipur Additional > District and Sessions Judge B. P Verma sentencing our National Vice > President Dr. Binayak Sen to life imprisonment under charges of sedition 124 > (A) of the IPC read with conspiracy (120-B IPC) along with convicting him > concurrently u/s 8-(1), (2), (3) and (5) of the Chhattisgarh Vishesh Jan > Suraksha Adhiniyam,2005 (Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act, 2005) and > u/sec 39 (2) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2004 (amended). It > is a sad day for the PUCL and all human rights defenders in the country and > a black day for the Indian Judiciary > > > > Dr. Binayak Sen was charged with being a courier of letters from co-accused > Narayan Sanyal to Piyush Guha. All through the trial not a single Jail > authority appearing as prosecution witness confirmed this. In fact, there > was no substantive evidence to confirm any of the allegations of the > prosecution. > > * * > > *The PUCL holds that Dr Binayak Sen is a victim of the vendetta of the > Chhattisgarh government for his bold and principled opposition to state > sponsored vigilante operation Salwa Judum, which has been held unacceptable > even by the Supreme Court. His conviction is one more example of the state > succeeding in securing the conviction of an innocent person on the basis of > false evidence. It is an occasion for the nation to demand drastic reform of > the criminal justice system to ensure that it is not manipulated by the > state to persecute, prosecute and victimize innocent persons.* > > > > The PUCL will continue to work towards Dr. Binayak Sen release and take all > legal measures in this regard. It will also work towards building public > opinion against the ongoing persecution of activists and Human Rights > Defenders in the country. > > > > Prabhakar Sinha ( President) > > Pushkar Raj ( General Secretary) > > Mahipal Singh ( National Secretary) > > Kavita Srivastava ( National Secretary) > > > > Kavita Srivastava > (General Secretary) PUCL Rajasthan > > Address for correspondence : > > 76, Shanti Niketan Colony, Kisan Marg, Barkat Nagar, Jaipur-302015 > Tel. 0141-2594131 > mobile: 9351562965 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
