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View in browser <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/rgh5gf3rwavf.html> 28 August,2018 Statement from the *Indian Writers' Forum* *“We stand in solidarity with all those who speak for our fellow citizens’ rights.”* *Statement from the Indian Cultural Forum* n a dangerous move for Indian democracy, several human rights activists have been taken into police custody. Who are some of these alleged “conspirators” who have either been taken into custody or had their homes searched? Sudha Bhardwaj is an advocate and the national secretary for People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). Father Stan Swamy is an active campaigner against communalism in Jharkhand. Arun Ferreira is an activist who has also written on issues such as casteism, communalism and economic inequality. Varavara Rao is a Marxist writer and teacher of Telugu literature. Gautam Navlakha is a civil rights activist, journalist and writer. Anand Teltumbde is a respected writer, civil rights activist and political analyst. K. Sathyanarayana is a professor a dalit studies scholar. Their crimes? Insisting on human rights, writing, analysing, teaching, giving voice to dissent against injustice and inequality. This too at a time when the investigation into the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, MM Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar has revealed bombs, guns, camps for arms training, hit lists and plans for what can rightly be called “criminal conspiracy” to use violence to kill, crush diversity and dissent, undo the Constitution, and the India it promises all of us. We condemn this attempt to distract the public from this real conspiracy with a fabricated one. We condemn the crushing of dissent. We stand in solidarity with all those who speak for our fellow citizens’ rights. For the *Indian Cultural Forum* Nayantara Sahgal Romila Thapar Arundhati Roy K. Satchidanandan Githa Hariharan Bezwada Wilson Ganesh Devy Keki Daruwalla T M Krishna Mallika Sarabhai Rahamath Tarikere Volga Gauhar Raza Vijay Prashad Sridala Swami Om Thanvi E V Ramakrishnan K Srilata Vidya Rao Susmit Panda Souradeep Roy Sneha Chowdhury Kothari Ananya Vajpeyi Kalpana Karunakaran Apoorvanand Paul Zacharia Mangalesh Dabral *Donate* *Help Indian diversity flourish. * *Keep literature, the arts and debate free.* *If you are an Indian citizen, make your cheque donation to* *Indian Writers Forum* Khasra No. 275, West End Marg, Saidulajab, Near Saket Metro, New Delhi 110030 or Transfer your contribution from your Indian account to Account name: Indian Writers Forum, Account number: 0010104000356459, Bank and branch: IDBI Bank, Siri Fort Branch, IFSC Code: IBKL0000010 The Indian Writers Forum is a registered public charitable trust. Please send your address and PAN number with your donation so we can send you the receipt for 80G tax exemption. Phone: 011 65456955 Email: [email protected] <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/mk/cl/A4uskAiB29WWBlRzT-WfdudTS4zen37fgJxqCfhLIiiiNHG_1uZpveTLtkZUZg9cjoxJ_PUm2eoiZsu3K51QubyJn-RLqJqqnl1SSapOJ8bXfbr82SEEGOD6EN02> [image: Facebook] <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/mk/cl/6h4PY3IBObeOzwAUW_dTveGoh77mG17MKyhwFGoPlglALrHxSRE83hGsNLVajHBLgCgJfcIHLkoKFTIM9M6cPEVySZ-sgzSKWKDst0BjSd72UvXYMQVsd1_uPF3U> [image: Twitter] <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/mk/cl/yPkRpT5f2qzQSZd-OOBI2snJN9PT5cE1uzG-SdOEVUOtFGAdCdBfha6RvnRD8sRjNDz5UQWaUtcJeAf_VVnPkfbSE2jpArRkc0al9LvDQ_dLeLypOT-BjhPG67Mk> [image: LinkedIn] <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/mk/cl/0lQivmvu34-43hFvJuI57ipMyVSOjMkMiouXYi9C8EGXxpZMVeWhttiMXR5j78U3SJFju_cUumNPHz-_PPOfJlNJ0LMPLkOiwifxcgWmku40ZJbiee31UrTABGy7> © 2017 Indian Writers Forum If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletter, click here <http://r.email.indianculturalforum.in/mk/un/Q5Xk2IheKLluMcve3EwoQS3RaSEX7pSyFrFFu_lUbqvZQQFB-uRfUXlQk21f7GTkAX0qleQ7JZ940IOHB0XhU11rc5zvPl-nh-7X6vYjfBXVRTt0--aNvsfe-qKfiOksENQSEoU90d_Ce4E8AIyd> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
