No way to verify seized documents, source, Sudha Bharadwaj’s Lawyer tells HC

PTI | Feb 28, 2019:

MUMBAI: Human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj’s lawyer questioned the veracity of the ‘letters’ that were claimed to have been seized and produced as evidence by the Pune police in the Bhima Koregaon case. Read more

Bishop Michael Curry’s statement on Hathras.

Compassionately strong statement from Bishop Michael Curry, the First African American Presiding Bishop of the over 500 year old Episcopal Church. Pointing to the connections between Dalits and the African American communities in the USA, Bishop Curry calls for concerted action towards justice for all as he condemns the atrocities against women, and Dalits in India.

“I realize the powerful parallels between Dalit struggle (and African Americans') for equal dignity and equal rights, and justice under the law, their work to create a humane and just society.”

“Much of the Dalit struggle is similar to our work here as African Americans and people of color in the United States ... God did not make us to be under anybody’s boot. We are created equal.”

April 8th, 2020

UPDATE: Despite an application in the Supreme Court of India for the postponement of the arrest of human rights activists Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha, on grounds that incarceration during the Coronavirus crisis is a virtual death sentence, especially given their age and state of health, the Supreme Court of India refuses the request and demands “surrender” by April 14.

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For more info. go to: Bhima Koregaon: SC Grants One More Week To Navlakha & Teltumbde To Surrender

April 8th, 2020