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A group of activists, intellectuals, lawyers, scientists, journalists, feminists, students, cultural groups and progressive citizens protest at Maharashtra Bhavan, New Delhi on 29 August 2018. The protest was called against unlawful arrests of 5 Human Rights activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonzalves, Arun Ferreira and Gautam Navlakha. People from various professions condemned the outrageous act of Maharashtra Police which raided the houses of activists including Father Stan Swamy (Jharkhand), Prof. K. Satyanarayana (Telangana), journalist Kranthi Tekula, KV Kumaranath, Anand Teltumbde and Adv. Susan Abraham on the same day.

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National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) is deeply shocked to hear about the raids and arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders and advocates from different parts of the country. We, the undersigned, unequivocally condemn the efforts of the State government of Maharashtra to persecute them in a mala fide and motivated manner in order to obstruct the legal and human rights work being carried out by them.

Jharkhand’s civil society condemns recent raids on Stan Swamy and other human rights activists

Full text of statement by Arundhati Roy delivered at the joint press conference on 30th August 2018 at the Press Club of India, New Delhi.