Announcement: United Protest against the Re-arrest of Dr. GN Saibaba and the charge of contempt of court against Arundhati Roy (2nd Jan 2016, New Delhi)

From: Defence Committee defendgnsaibaba[at]gmail.com
Date: Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 10:50 PM
Subject: Invitation for the United Protest on 2nd January 2016

United Protest against the Re-arrest of Dr. GN Saibaba and the charge
of contempt of court against Arundhati Roy

Date: Saturday, 2nd January 2016
Time: 12 noon onwards
Venue: Jantar Mantar, New Delhi

Dr. GN Saibaba, an English professor at Ram Lal Anand College of Delhi University, a democratic rights activist and a fierce critic of the regimes of exploitation and injustice, has yet again been subjected to the same life-threatening ordeal to which he was forced into after his abduction and arrest in May 2014. The prison condition had pushed him into life-threatening ailments and paralysed his left hand. It was only after sustained protests all over the country that the Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice B S Shukre granted him interim bail in June 2015. This meant he could avail necessary medical treatment. Now, when the treatment was on going, Dr. Saibaba has been ordered back into the same prison from which he was freed by the previous Bombay High Court order.

The growing intolerance of the state against voices that speak for the people is yet again exhibited by the current court order as it has initiated criminal proceedings for contempt against author Arundhati Roy. This was done citing her article in the magazine Outlook in May 2015 demanding release of Dr. Saibaba and for questioning judicial discrimination by citing the cases of granting bail to convicted mass murderers Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani! In this time of growing fascism, it is imperative for all of us to rise against such measures of state repression. The only answer to growing repression is mass resistance. Let’s not keep silent. Let’s raise our voice in unison that we shall not let the State bury the voice of reason and compassion.

COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE AND RELEASE OF DR. GN SAIBABA

& DUTA in association with

Aahwan, AISA, AISF, BAPSA, Bhor, BSCEM, Collective, CPIML (Liberation), CPIML (New Democracy), CPIML (New Proletariat), Disha, DSF, DSU, DTF, IFTU,IMK, JNUSU, JSM, JTSA, KNS, KYS, LSM, Marxwadi Vichar Manch, Morcha, NSI,Nowruz, Pachhas, PDFI, PMAP, RIB, Samajwadi Janparishad, Sangwari, Sanhati, SFI, TNM & others.