Under the Rule of Law and principles of natural justice, People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands accountability from state agencies for the unlawful incarceration and subsequent death of Saibaba through relegation to inhuman prison conditions and callous and active neglect. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher […]
The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) salutes Dr. G N Saibaba who was a fighter for the poor, the marginalized and the downtrodden. A person with disability, Saibaba had certain pre-existing health conditions. He was implicated in false cases by the State. The long incarceration in the anda cell of the Nagpur jail in […]
Prof Saibaba recalled his nine years of solitary prison life in the ‘anda cell’ of Nagpur jail in a first ever interview with journalists after his release from prison. A report by Harsh Thakor Former professor of English at Delhi University’s Ram Lal Anand College, Dr G.N. Saibaba, a political prisoner who was acquitted […]
Some of the human rights activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case have been sent to solitary confinement in Taloja Central Jail, Maharashtra. Solitary confinement, better known as ‘Anda Cell’, is generally presumed as punishment. How an undertrial can be given such punishment without judicial instructions? A press release by GASS (Odisha) demanding a stop […]
Gautam Navlakha, nearly 70, is one of the oldest of the Bhima Koregaon arrestees. Sahba Husain, Gautam Navlakha’s partner, in an open letter, expresses her concern over his recent shift to the Anda Cell in Taloja jail, and discontinuation of phone calls to family members and lawyers, severely affecting his already fragile health and legal […]