Release Sudhir Dhawale Now ! Petition

Sudhir Dhawale, a Dalit activist, writer, journalist, and editor of a Marathi magazine “Vidrohi”, was arrested by police personnel of Durgapur Police Station (district Gondia) on 2nd January, while he was returning to Mumbai after attending ‘Dalit Yuva Sahitya Sammelan’ and a meeting on Dalit Atrocities in Wardha. He has been booked for waging war against the state under section 121 of the Indian Penal Code and charged with sedition (Sec 124) and booked under Sections 17, 20 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).


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Villagers start ‘non-violent’ protest against dam project

A tribal network by the name of ‘208’ has begun a non-violent protest on the Gujarat-Maharashtra border against the construction of seven dams as part of the Par-Tapi-Narmada River Linking project under the aegis of the National River Linking Project. 

A spin-off on the 108 emergency ambulance service, the network, which comprises 14 villages from Gujarat and Maharashtra, have started their protest fearing displacement as a result of the construction of the proposed dams. 


http://www.indianexpress.com/news/villagers-start-nonviolent-protest-against-dam-project/734084/

RIGHT TO DISSENT

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Over the course of human history, intellectuals and artists have helped broaden the scope of citizenship and the nebulous contours of citizen rights. Southasia is no exception. Despite its colonial past and internal fault-lines, it can boast of extraordinary individuals who have stood up against tyranny and reaffirmed the innate strength of the human spirit.

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