CEBRASPO
joins the campaign led by various democratic and progressive
organizations worldwide in defense of life and for the liberation of
progressive intellectuals and defenders of the rights of the people,
the revolutionary poet Varavara Rao and Professor GN Saibaba,
political prisoners of the old Indian State.
As
a result of the economic offensive of the Indian ruling classes,
pressed by the more global crisis of imperialism, to further exploit
the workers, in an impossible attempt to reverse it, governments
become more and more reactionary and fascist. Therefore, it is
necessary to crush the democratic voices that denounce the increase
in inequality and the worsening of the living conditions of the broad
masses. To do this, they override the most basic democratic rights
and pass draconian laws to silence the people. Prejudices are growing
against historically oppressed sectors such as the Dalits, Muslim
minorities, Adivasis and women. They murder ideologically opposed
opponents (rationalists) and apply mass incarceration to
intellectuals, artists and other defenders of democratic and
progressive people's rights.
Two
of these imprisoned intellectuals are in extremely poor health, with
a risk of death. The COVID-19 epidemic has spread intensely in
prisons whose occupation is far beyond that recommended, without
adequate medical assistance. Many international organizations, such
as the WHO itself, recognizing the difficulty of controlling COVID-19
in prisons, have recommended the release and modification of
sentences for prisoners at risk in the pandemic, as is the case of
these fighters.
The
consecrated poet Varavara Rao, who is 81 years old and has been in
prison for 2 years, is with COVID-19, which added to previous very
precarious health conditions. He is an activist for the autonomy of
the state of Telangana. GN Saibaba, a professor at the University of
Delhi is paralyzed. They, together with 12 more social rights
activists, writers, poets were put in prison on false charges of
"urban terrorism". And since then, his companions and
family members have denounced the lack of adequate medical care and
the worsening of their health status.
We demand that these two
defenders of the people's rights, elderly people with extremely weak
health, be released immediately from prisons.
We
call on all Democrats to demand the immediate freedom of VARAVARA RAO
and GN SAIBABA!
In
defense of the life of VARAVARA RAO and GN SAIBABA!
Freedom
for all political prisoners in India!
All
prisoners over 60 must be released.
BRAZILIAN
CENTER FOR SOLIDARITY TO THE PEOPLE - BRAZIL
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