We are deeply concerned at the recent media reports of possible cases of 'sedition' to be levelled against some of the speakers at the public convention on Kashmir held in New Delhi on 21 October 2010 titled "Azadi: The Only Way" organized by the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners(CRPP) with sections of political forces fomenting jingoistic feelings. We are appalled to find how impatient sections of the Indian society have become, and how attempts are consistently being made to silence voices of dissent by the Indian government by branding such voice crying for justice as 'seditious'-a term the new Indian state borrowed from the days of the British raj.
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Condemn strongly the move to put Arundhati Roy and
Syed Ali Shah Geelani under charges of sedition!
Ever since the historic convention in Delhi titled "Azadi: The Only Way" organised by the CRPP, the media is abuzz with reports of possible cases of 'sedition' against some of the main speakers in the convention. The names that are being cited keeps changing with the imagination of the concerned media houses. The hype has become so high that now rather than discussing the serious issues pertaining to the political aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir that was deliberated by one and all in the convention the issue has got subverted into a conflated, convenient binary of that what is euphemistically called as 'seditious' or 'non-seditious'.
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by Shuddhabrata Sengupta :: Friday, October 22, 2010
Dear Friends,
I was present and speaking a few hours ago at a meeting titled 'Azadi: The Only Way' on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, organized by the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners at the Little Theatre Group in Delhi yesterday (21st October). I was not present from the beginning of the meeting as I was traveling from another city, but can vouch for what occurred from around 4:30 pm till the time that the meeting wound up, well after 8:00 pm in the evening.
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WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND ROLE OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES
DEMOCRATIC FRONT AGAINST OPERATION GREEN HUNT, PUNJAB HOLDS A MASSIVE CONVENTION AT JALANDHAR!
BUILD A BROAD SPECTRUM OF RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS!
OPPOSE NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES AND SUPPRESSION OF PEOPLES' MOVEMENTS THROUGH ARMED FORCES!
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Dear Friends,
This is to announce about a new book - Maoists in India Writings & Interviews by Azad published by Friends of Azad. Please circulate this mail. Here are the preface and Table of contents to generate your interest. The cover picture of the book is attached. The book is priced Rs 100 in India and $ 6 outside India. The books can be had from Varavara Rao, 203, Lakshmi Apartments, Malakpet X Roads, Hyderabad, India 500036.
With regards
Friends of Azad.
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Development -- Maladies and Remedies National Seminar
18 and 19 October 2010 - 11 AM 6 PM
Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC)
40, Lodhi Estate, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi - 110003
On 18 October, and;
Speakers Hall, Constitutional Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
On 19 October 2010
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Forum Against War on People, Delhi, Press Statement
Raising Voice Against Government's War (Operation Green Hunt) on Adivasis is a Democratic Right of the People
Gurmeet Singh Juj, a Punjabi writer and cultural activist of All India League for Revolutionary Culture, AILRC and a State Committee member of 'Democratic Front Against Operation Green Hunt, Punjab', and three other persons Harbans Singh, Satish and Raju (all are progressive social activists) were taken into police custody in Ferozepur on 11.10.2010. The police did not inform anyone, about the case or FIR under which they has been arrested or where they have been kept during detention.
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Faking An Encounter: Killing the Peace Process
Report of the All India Fact Finding Team on the Killing of Azad and H. C Pandey
CDRO put together a team of concerned citizens consisting of Prof. Emeritus Amit Bahaduri, J.N.U., Delhi, Senior Counsel of Supreme Court Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Kavita Srivatsava, Human Rights worker from Rajasthan, Gautam Navlakha writer & from PUDR, Delhi, Kranthi Chaitanya, Advocate and General Secretary of APCLC, D. Suresh Kumar, Advocate, APCLC, Ch. Sudhakar Rao, President of OPDR, D. Venkateswarlu, OPDR.
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September 28, 2010
We are extremely pleased to inform you that we had organized a very successful Independence People's Tribunal on Operation Green Hunt in Ranchi on 25th and 26th of September, 2010 under the banner of the Jharkhand Alternative Development Forum with the support of Operation Green Hunt Virodhi Nagrik Manch, Jharkhand Indigenous People's Forum, Jharkhand Initiatives Desk, Jharkhand Jungle Bachao Andolan, Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee and many other groups.
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Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh, Narayanpatana
A few words
The agitation launched by the tribes, farmers and daily wagers of Narayanpatna has caught the imagination of exploited people of Odisha and India as well. The consciousness of the exploited people of Narayanpatna has been developed, culminating in the agitation, which today is an organic entity dynamic in its spirit. The land dispute, which remained unsettled for generations together, could be solved due to concerted efforts of thousands of people led by the 'Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh', who, in the long run, have been able to take their lands back from the landlords, what was rightfully theirs.
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