by KAVITA SRIVASTAVA
HUM SAB BINAYAK SEN!! WE’RE ALL BINAYAK SEN
Dear friends,
The last four days has seen spontaneous public outrage in city after city since Dr. Binayak Sen was convicted, sentenced for life and sent back into the jail. In more than 20 Major cities of the country protests have either happened or will happen this week. (see chart below). And we are very happy that just before finalising this letter we received news of the decision of staging a protest in Raipur on the 31st of December. We may have missed out some of the protests. Till now we have received the following information This is because information may have not reached us as not everybody has our contacts. So please forgive us incase that has happened and send us the information as we will be updating this frequently.
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[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s] daughter Amrit is an ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] lawyer; I have written to her and sent material in the past, not received a response but that does not mean she did not do anything. When I wrote I did not invoke the family connection but rather tried to emphasize the common interests of ACLU and PUCL. I can try this again, but if someone actually knows her personally that might be more effective.
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(Thanks to Mukul Dube)