Harsh Mander: Stan Swamy has stood with the oppressed. The state considers him an enemy
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It is adversaries as powerful as these that Swamy and the young Adivasis, who he stands in unflinching solidarity with, are fighting.’ writes Harsh Mander in indianexpress.com
Mohammad Aamir Khan: Like Natasha Narwal, I know the pain of losing a parent when in jail – and why the rules must change?
‘Every prisoner, even the one convicted for the most heinous offence, has a human right to communicate with their families.’ writes Mohammad Aamir Khan in scroll.in
Harsh Mander: What does state’s treatment of pre-trial political prisoners tell us?
The experience of the BK-16 accused reveals the ease with which it is possible for the executive to smear reputations, and imprison indefinitely without bail or trial, people who dissent and organise struggles against state policies. .’ writes Harsh Mander in indianexpress.com
Harsh Mander: Nearly seven months after Delhi violence, a continuing attempt to target dissenting voices
am convinced that the government, even by criminalising our peaceful protests, will not succeed in crushing dissent. It will never silence our voices, nor weaken our resolve, to build India into a country which is kind, equal and just.’ writes Harsh Mander in indianexpress.com
“I want to expose the mentality of the Indian state where the police deliberately targets Muslims to wrongly accuse them of terrorism.” Framed for terror crimes and later honourably acquitted as innocent by the courts, Abdul Wahid Shaikh has made it his mission to fight for justice for anyone who is wrongly accused. On his YouTube channel, Acquit Undertrial, he shares the stories of those incarcerated without evidence or trial and wrongly accused of terror crimes because they are Muslim.
A beloved teacher, Hany Babu has inspired students and spoken up for those who are excluded. Jailed without any evidence under UAPA, he has tested positive for Covid19 and has a severe eye infection inside prison. Hany Babu needs the nation to speak up for him now. We cannot allow the state to destroy him. #ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners #ReleaseHanyBabu #WeStandWithHanyBabu #WeStandWithJustice #ReleaseBK16 #BK16
Natasha Narwal, a JNU scholar and co-founder of the feminist collective ‘Pinjra Tod’, is one of the many of anti-CAA activists arrested under the draconian UAPA. She is falsely accused of inciting violence. Her father, Mahavir Narwal, a scientist and teacher, died on 9th May 2021 due to Covid-19. The court delayed the hearing of Natasha’s plea for bail to meet her father in hospital. After her father’s death, Natasha was granted three weeks bail to perform his last rites as her brother was in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.
Mohammad Aamir Khan is a Terror Innocent – an innocent man falsely accused of terrorism, then jailed and tortured for 14 years in the prime of his youth. This is also the story of one man’s transcendent response to trauma. Mohammad Aamir Khan, a member of the Karwan e Mohabbat and author of the memoir, “Framed As A Terrorist: My 14 Year Struggle To Prove My Innocence”, narrates his story about being kidnapped, tortured, incarcerated in solitary confinement and accused in 18 bomb blast cases. It took 14 years for his lawyers and him to win his freedom. Khan talks about the loss of his parents and his post-traumatic stress, but he also speaks of hope and revival. Of refusing to be defeated and of returning to life with a larger purpose and greater vision.
