Press Conference Invite
Wednesday, 21.10.2020
12.00 noon
via ZOOM
Political Parties & Eminent persons will
jointly address this press conference :
• to
condemn the illegal arrests of 16 activists implicated in the
Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case
• to demand
the release of all the arrested prisoners
• and
against the brazen misuse of the UAPA against dissentors. 
Dear Madam / Sir,
There was nationwide outrage over the recent
arrest in Ranchi by the NIA of 83 year old Father Stan Swamy, on
8th October, 2020, in the Bhima Koregaon case. Despite him being
a patient of Parkinson’s disease and suffering other health
problems, he is now in jail. Similarly writer and poet Sh.
Varavara Rao, 80 years has been languishing in Jail for more
than two years. Despite being seriously ill and having suffered
COVID and subsequent hospitalisation, even bail is being denied
to him. Apart from these two, there are five others currently
incarcerated in this case who are senior citizens being held
without any role in the criminal conspiracy of the Bhima
Koregaon violence that happened on 1st January, 2018.
A total of 16 people have been arrested under the
UAPA in this case, which include the recently arrested 3
cultural activists of the Kabir Kala Manch (KKM), Ramesh
Gaichor, Sagar Ghogre and Jyoti Jagtap, as well as thinker,
writers and academics Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Shoma
Sen, Hany Baby, lawyers, Sudha Bharadwaj, Surendra Gadling,
Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, who are all also trade
unionists, and activists Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Rona
Wilson, who are all being held in prison in this completely
fabricated and motivated case.
This Press conference has been organized by PUCL
to condemn the role of investigating agencies in carrying out
these illegal arrests, to highlight the humanitarian crisis and
misuse of UAPA to criminalise dissent and to demand the release
of all 16 activists arrested in this case.
It will be addressed by the following members of
political parties and civil society representatives :
1. Mr.
Hemant Soren, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
2. Mr.
Sitaram Yechury, Ex-MP, General Secretary, CPI(M).
3. Mr. D.
Raja, MP (Rajya Sabha), General Secretary, CPI.
4. Ms.
Supriya Sule, MP (Lok Sabha), NCP.
5. Ms.
Kanimozhi, MP (Lok Sabha), DMK.
7. Prof.
Jean Dreze, Eminent economist.
8. Fr. Dr.
Marianus Kujur, Director, XISS, Ranchi.
9. Ms.
Dayamani Barla, well known tribal rights activist.
10. Mr.
Mihir Desai, Senior Advocate, Bombay HC and Vice President,
PUCL.
11. Ms.
Rupali Jadhav, Kabir Kala Manch.
The ZOOM link to the call which will start sharp
at 1200 pm (noon) on Wednesday, 21st October, 2020 is:The ZOOM link to the call which will start sharp
at 1200 pm (noon) on Wednesday, 21st October, 2020 is:
Meeting ID: 844 1326 1787
Passcode: 247523
We request you to send a reporter to cover the
Press Conference.
Regards,
Dr. V. Suresh, General Secretary, (9444231497)
For more details please contact:
Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary, 9351562965
Mihir Desai, Vice President, 9821138056
V Suresh, General Secretary, 9444231497
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