PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63291
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ith D octor .
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BinavakSen .
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Release The People's Doctor .
Binayak Sen, a paediatrician and public health doctor and human rights activist, was arrsted on May 14, .
2007 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.Sen was detained under provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Secu-.
rity Act, 2006 (CSPSA), and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967), which was amended in 2004 to .
include key aspects of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act (POTA), 2002. Sen remains in police custody .
till date. .
A number of organsiations and individuals across the world have protested against the arbritrary arrest of Dr Sen He is renowned for extending health care to the poorest of the poor, a dwindling tradition among health professionals in India. For the past 30 years, he has been promoting community rural health care centres in the country. He helped to set up the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's Shaheed Hospital, a pioneering health programme for the region. The hospital is owned and operated by a workers' organisation for the benefit of all, regardless of caste or other distinctions. Sen and his organisation has been on the forefront of chroni-cling fake encounters, rapes, burning of villages, displacement of Adivasis and loss of their livelihoods. He has always stood against senseless killings and advocated for peaceful methods .
Dr Sen's arrest is clearly an attempt to intimidate human rights activists and democratic voices that have been speaking out against rights violations. JNUSU extends solidarity to the mission of Dr. Sen and appeals to the student community to strengthen the struggle for his release. .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63291
.
ith D octor .
.
BinavakSen .
.
Release The People's Doctor .
Binayak Sen, a paediatrician and public health doctor and human rights activist, was arrsted on May 14, .
2007 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.Sen was detained under provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Secu-.
rity Act, 2006 (CSPSA), and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967), which was amended in 2004 to .
include key aspects of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act (POTA), 2002. Sen remains in police custody .
till date. .
A number of organsiations and individuals across the world have protested against the arbritrary arrest of Dr Sen He is renowned for extending health care to the poorest of the poor, a dwindling tradition among health professionals in India. For the past 30 years, he has been promoting community rural health care centres in the country. He helped to set up the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's Shaheed Hospital, a pioneering health programme for the region. The hospital is owned and operated by a workers' organisation for the benefit of all, regardless of caste or other distinctions. Sen and his organisation has been on the forefront of chroni-cling fake encounters, rapes, burning of villages, displacement of Adivasis and loss of their livelihoods. He has always stood against senseless killings and advocated for peaceful methods .
Dr Sen's arrest is clearly an attempt to intimidate human rights activists and democratic voices that have been speaking out against rights violations. JNUSU extends solidarity to the mission of Dr. Sen and appeals to the student community to strengthen the struggle for his release. .
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