Press Statement by Arundhati Roy
Issued at the Raipur Satyagraha for the Release of Dr Binayak Sen
April 6, 2009 / Raipur, Chattisgarh
Dr Binayak Sen has been in prison for 22 months, arrested under one of India’s most draconian laws, the Chattisgarh Special Public Security Act. This Act has such a vague, diffused definition of ’Unlawful Activity’ that it renders every person guilty unless he or she can prove their innocence. Dr Sen’s bail application was dismissed twice, both times at the
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