I endorse the national action plan and will participate as soon as I return to
Mumbai .
Niloufer Bhagwat
----- Original Message -----
From: Kamayani <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:30 pm
Subject: [humanrights-movement:3416] Fwd: Release Binayak Sen Now:
Proposalsfor National Action : please endorse
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kavita Srivastava <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM
>
>
> *RELEASE BINAYAK SEN NOW*
>
> HUM SAB BINAYAK SEN!!
>
> *PROPOSALS FOR NATIONAL ACTION*
>
> 28th Dec, 2010
>
> Dear friends,
>
>
>
> The last four days has seen spontaneous public outrage in city
> after city
> since Dr. Binayak Sen was convicted, sentenced for life and sent
> back into
> the jail. In more than 20 Major cities of the country protests
> have either
> happened or will happen this week. (see chart below). And we are
> very happy
> that just before finalising this letter we received news of the
> decision of
> staging a protest in Raipur on the 31st of December. We may have
> missed out
> some of the protests. Till now we have received the following
> informationThis is because information may have not reached us as
> not everybody has our
> contacts. So please forgive us incase that has happened and send
> us the
> information as we will be updating this frequently.
>
>
>
> S,No
>
> City
>
> Date
>
> 1
>
> Mumbai
>
> 24th Protest
>
> 28th Mumbai Preparatory meeting to plan further
>
> 2
>
> Kolkata
>
> 24th onwards almost everyday some one or the other is protesting,
> Week long
> programmes planned, doing press conferences and planning meetings
> regardingjoint public action taking place
>
> 3
>
> Chandigarh
>
> 25th Panjab University
>
> 27th Sector 17
>
> 28th
>
> 4
>
> Hyderabad
>
> 25th Protest Press Club
>
> 29 th Press Club meeting planned
>
> 5
>
> Delhi
>
> 25th Jantar Mantar
>
> 27th Jantar Mantar
>
> 6
>
> Aurangabad
>
> Preparataory meeting held on 25th and public action planned
>
> 7
>
> Jaipur
>
> 27th planning meeting
>
> 30th protest meeting
>
> 8
>
> Allahabad
>
> 27th December Protest
>
> 9
>
> Chennai
>
> 29th December: Eliot Beach
>
> 31 December
>
> 10
>
> Bhopal
>
> 1st January, 2011
>
> 11
>
> Bangalore
>
> 26th Preparatory Meeting
>
> 29th December, 2010
>
> 12
>
> Ranchi
>
> 28th December
>
> 13
>
> Ahmedabad
>
> 26th December Meeting took place
>
> 14
>
> Pune
>
> 30th december (to be confirmed)
>
> 15
>
> Calicut
>
> 26th December a rally protesting the judgement
>
> 28th Protest also planned
>
> 16
>
> Lucknow
>
> 31st Protest.
>
> 17
>
> Ajmer
>
> 25th Planning
>
> Protest date to be announced
>
> 18
>
> Indore
>
> Dates to be announced
>
> 19
>
> Patna
>
> Dates to be announced
>
> 20
>
> Raipur
>
> 31st Dec Meeting by CPI, CPM, CMM and others at Budha Talab,
> Meeting, PUCL
> and other organizations on 4.1.2011
>
>
>
> - The campaign has taken off internationally too. Spontaneous
> protests took place on the 24th of December in Harvard and San
> Francisco. On the 30th
> of December a meeting has been planned to reject this judgement
> and plan
> public action. We have heard that more protests are being
> planned on the
> West Coast. Our friend Mary had some suggestions about the
> international campaign, which I am copying below:
>
>
>
>
>
> *NATION WIDE ACTION PROPOSALS*
>
>
>
> While the decentralised action has been fantastic, we need to also
> plan some
> common action and activities in order to step up our campaign for
> *RELEASINGBINAYAK SEN NOW.* Some of the plans that are being
> proposed for first phase
> of the campaign beginning now and concluding on the 30th of
> January 20011
> are as follows.
>
>
>
> - Please send greeting cards, letters, Messages to Binayak Sen
> wishing him New Year and Happy Birthday as his 61st Birthday is
> on the 4th of
> January, 2011. Letters have to be sent to Dr.Binayak Sen,
> Central Jail,
> Raipur: 492001, Chhattisgarh State.
>
>
>
> - Organising Seminars on Sedition and Judicial accountability
> in all
> cities between now and before the 30th of January. In Delhi it
> could be
> organised around the 15th of January, 2011. The outcome of this
> meeting can
> be the forming in every city a broad based committees demanding the
> repealing of the section on sedition.
>
>
>
> Using this case as a peg, seminars and meetings should
> focus on
>
>
>
> - Use of the sedition law in Binayak's case
> - Other recent cases national and local
> - Examining historically the law on sedition and Gandhi a
> victim of
> this section with his views needs to be shared and discussed.
> - Planning campaign activities, Planning steps will include
> putting pressure on Political parties, MLAs, MPs as well.
> ensuring that
> there is a
> media campaign on this locally.
>
>
>
> A central committee to coordinate the demand for repealing the
> section on
> sedition will be constituted who will put together materials and draft
> memoranda to be sent to groups.
>
>
>
> - *30th January : Martyrs Day : Jail Bharo Abhiyan*
>
>
>
> Nationwide call demanding the *Release of Binayak Sen Now* and the
> repeal of
> the IPC sec 124 (A)"sedition" and other security sections from the
> IPC along
> with the anti-democratic laws like the UAPA, CSPSA, AFSPA.
>
>
>
> The call should be jointly given and endorsed by various Dalit, Women,
> Tribal, Workers, Religious Minorities, Farmer, Student, Trade Unions,
> Gandhian, left groups, Writers organisations, Sexual Minorities,
> Academics,Journalists ad others.
>
>
>
> On the 30th we can have Public Meetings, Rallies and finish it by
> A *JAIL
> BHARO. *
>
>
>
> The slogan being:
>
>
>
> *Hum Sab Binayak Sen, Hum Sab Jail Jayenge, *
>
> *Agar Sach Bolna Rajdroh hai, toh hum Sab Rajdrohi hai"*
>
> * *
>
> *(Please translate into English and local languages)*
>
>
>
> - *Book:* There is also a suggestion that a book needs to be
> written and
> published about Binayak, in Hindi, English and other regional
> languages, telling the truth about the man and his work, and
> circulating it in and
> around 36garh; it is all well and good that the national media
> and the
> English-speaking public at least have the opportunity to hear
> this and make
> up their own minds but the citizens of 36garh only know what
> the police tell
> the local papers to print.
>
>
>
> - *Translation of the Judgement and the critique*: The
> Judgement has
> already been translated in English, last minute whetting is
> happening. Teesta took the responsibility in Urdu and Marathi,
> which is also underway,
> Clifton is coordinating the Kannada. We need the judgement and
> the critique
> translated in every regional language. CAn we have people taking
> responsibilities in Telegu, Tamil, Oriya, Malayalam, Gujarati,
> Pnajabi, Assamese, Manipuri, KAshmiri, Naga, Bodo, Garo, Khasi,
> Mizo, Sikkimese and
> all other languages. Please offer yourself for this week.
>
>
>
> - We need help with Hindi to English translations of the
> evidence –
> Prosecution witnesses 65-97, and defence witness
>
>
>
> - The legal haul will formally begin in early January. However,
> there are
> already some activities initiated , like translating the
> judgement into
> English, preparing a critique of the judgement. We will need to
> begin to
> draft the petition, and among the people who have offered to
> help are Sudha,
> Mahendra Dube, Anand Grover, Rebecca Mammen and Amit Jogi.Mr
> Surendra Singh
> will return from vacation in January.
>
>
>
> - Fundraising needs to be coordinated- perhaps Dr Zachariah at
> Vellore and Vivek in Mumbai can anchor this for all of us.
>
>
>
> - Secretariat on egroup with Kavita, Pappu, Ilina, Vivek has been
> established. WE feel that more people should come in. Please
> offer. email
> address: [email protected]
>
>
>
> *We would like you to immediately endorse these proposals.* Please
> send your
> name organization and email, so that we can be in touch with you.
> Please let
> us stay connected and work to get Binayak back for his family and
> friends as
> soon as possible .The critique of the judgement we have developed is
> enclosed.
>
>
>
> Love and solidarity,
>
>
>
>
>
> Ilina, Kavita and Sudha.
>
>
>
> (the three of us were together for the last three days and have
> worked on
> these ideas . Needless to say, suggestions and initiatives are
> welcome).
>
>
> *Mary Ganguli wrote*
>
>
>
> As for overseas campaign ... I think it was a major coup that this
> time both
> the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times covered the verdict and
> sentence immediately. During 2007-2009 it took us much time and
> hard work
> to get the WSJ on board and we never succeeded with the NYT. I have
> forwarded the information to all the American journalists with
> whom I have
> had any personal contact. Simply pitching a story does not work.
> PhilipReeves was the one who covered it for National Public Radio
> in the past; the
> only connection we have to him is through his mother who was a
> friend of the
> late Janet Ganguli, whose husband Manan Ganguli is coordinating
> the UK
> campaign. However to my knowledge the British media have not
> picked it up
> yet... nothing on BBC or Guardian websites. People are working on
> those.
>
>
> PM's daughter Amrit is an ACLU lawyer; I have written to her and sent
> material in the past, not received a response but that does not
> mean she did
> not do anything. When I wrote I did not invoke the family
> connection but
> rather tried to emphasize the common interests of ACLU and PUCL.
> I can try
> this again, but if someone actually knows her personally that
> might be more
> effective.
>
>
>
> Op-eds are hard to get published, it seems, without connections.
> Unfortunately many prominent Indian expats and NRIs (first and second
> generation) seem to have BJP connections. I did send a letter to
> the NYT in
> response to their article, let's see if they take it.
>
>
>
> Amnesty International has issued a statement; I am sure Physicians
> for Human
> Rights will do so soon because Jonathan Fine was actually at the
> trial in
> Raipur when the verdict was delivered. I am trying with Global
> HealthCouncil (who gave Binayak the Jonathan Mann Award in 2008)
> but everyone in
> leadership there has changed so it may take time. I am also
> trying to
> reactivate the Nobel Laureates who signed that petition. It being
> Christmasweek here, the lack of response may simply be a delayed
> response. I will
> also try Physicians for Social Responsibility. It is very
> distressing that
> no Indian professional organizations such as Indian Medical
> Association,Pediatrics association, etc etc have taken a stand at
> any time, it seems
> they all are afraid or else want to distance themselves.
>
>
>
> I have written to my US senator and asked him to do the same as he
> did in
> 2007, i.e. ask the US State Dept to contact the GOI through the
> ambassadorand express concern. I have also encouraged others in
> the US to do the
> same. I know supporters in the UK are writing to their MPs.”
>
>
>
> *Satya Sivaraman wrote*
>
> * *
>
> Am sending you a list of campaign ideas that some of us have
> already started
> working on:
>
>
>
> a) Free Binayak Sen health camps in different parts of the country.
> Calcutta, Ranchi and Delhi have already begun discussing dates/doctors
> available etc.
>
>
>
> b) Free Binayak Sen Film Festivals. K.P.Sasi and others are
> putting together
> a package of 'resistance' music videos to be distributed to any
> group which
> wants to screen them around the country.
>
>
>
> c) A program by 'Artists for Human Rights' is planned on 8th
> January in
> Delhi with performances by various singers, poets, theater people
> etc.,
>
>
> d) On 31st December a group in Delhi which works among homeless
> people is
> going to distribute blankets as part of the campaign. Many of us
> will join
> them.
>
>
>
> e) A reading of 'seditious' literature by prominent intellectuals
> is being
> planned for the first week of January in Jamia Millia Islamia
> university.
>
>
> f) A campaign among school children in Delhi (and other places) to
> explainwho is Dr Binayak Sen and what the case is all about.
>
>
>
> g) Our petition 'Indian Justice fails Dr Binayak Sen' has now more
> than 3000
> signatures and when it hits 5000 we want to take a printout and
> send a
> delegation of eminent citizens in Delhi to meet the President of
> India.Please advice who can be part of this delegation.
>
>
>
> Other ideas are still coming in from various quarters and will
> keep you
> informed.
>
>
>
> with regards
>
>
>
> Satya
>
>
>
>
>
> *Teesta Setalvad Wrote*
>
>
>
> Communalism Combat, Sabrang and Citizens for Justice and Peace
> (CJP) as part
> of their commitment to the Free Binayak Sen Campaign and the
> Binayak Sen
> Solidarity Forum will be putting out a series of articles by social
> scientists, jurists activists and writers which will also be
> pasted on our
> websites and sent out on emails from tomorrow They may be used by
> anyoneafter sourcing them Hindi Urdu Marathi and Gujarati
> translations will also
> be sent out
>
>
>
> These will be sent by email as well as posted on our websites
>
>
>
> In faith and hope for saner and better tomorrows
>
>
>
> Love
> Teesta
> Kavita Srivastava
> (General Secretary) PUCL Rajasthan
>
> Address for correspondence :
>
> 76, Shanti Niketan Colony, Kisan Marg, Barkat Nagar, Jaipur-302015
> Tel. 0141-2594131
> mobile: 9351562965
>
>
>
> --
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> *
> *
> *"Nobody is giving up violence. Neither the state nor the Maoists
> are giving
> up violence. I am interested in furthering my cause, which is the
> cause of
> peace with justice.- DR BINAYAK SEN *
> *www.binayaksen.net*
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