South Asia Citizens Web

Ilina Sen, teacher, author and activist has left behind a rich legacy of work and warmth that will continue to inspire women’s and human rights activists and students.

Tejal Kanitkar speaking on National Scientific Temper Day - August 20, 2020 an event organised by Mumbai Rationalists Association

The documentary Dam/Age on the struggle against the Sardar Sarovar project & the Contempt case against Arundhati Roy. In October 2001, the supreme court in India charged Arundhati Roy with contempt of court. This is the story of the events that led to her arrest.

Over 70 organizations and several individuals from around the country endorsed the call initiated by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties to conduct protest actions from August 28 to September 5, considering the deterioration in Civil Liberties in the recent past. This call was given marking August 28 as the day when two years ago, 5 human rights activists — Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferriera and Vernon Gonsalves were arrested in the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case. A total of 12 renowned lawyers, professors, academics, writers, activists remain imprisoned under fabricated charges, while the actual perpetrators of violence in Bhima Koregaon, walk freely. The days of protest end on September 5th, which will mark the third anniversary of the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, the fearless journalist who would not be silenced any other way.

Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo was only a student when he made history. In 1983, a young Bizenjo appeared as a witness to defend six communist leaders before a military court. His father, the late Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, also recorded his statement in the same court.