Tag: Teesta Setalvad

Labour Rights, The Dalit, The Feminist

Answering some questions about Teesta Setalvad and Gulberg Case – Rukmini Sen

When was this Gulberg trust set up and why? Survivors of the 2002 carnage at Gulberg society for obvious reasons could not think of living there any longer. They were trying to sell their flats/bungalows at Gulberg but all they were being offered were prices far below the market rates. In this context, in 2007 Sabrang  Trust mooted the idea of trying to raise funds to … Continue reading Answering some questions about Teesta Setalvad and Gulberg Case – Rukmini Sen

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Freedom of Expression, Labour Rights, The Feminist

Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad – Demonstration in Mumbai

A large number of activists gathered outside Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai on Sunday (15-2-2015) evening for a public demonstration of solidarity with Teesta Setalvad & Javed Anand who are being hounded by Gujarat police with false cases. Famous film maker Anand Patwardhan, renowned writer-activist Dr. Ram Puniyani, AIDWA Maharashtra Secretary Sonya Gill, CITU leader Dr.Vivek Monteiro, Dolphy D’souza, Subodh More, Vandana Shah, Sumedh Jadhav … Continue reading Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad – Demonstration in Mumbai

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Freedom of Expression, The Feminist

WGHR condemns the action of the Gujarat High Court and its utterances on human rights defender Teesta Setalvad

13 February 2015 The Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), a coalition of Indian civil society organisations and independent experts, takes strong exception to the turning down of the Anticipatory bail applications of Teesta Setalvad, secretary of Citizen’s for Justice and Peace, Javed Anand and two others by the Gujarat High Court on 12 February 2015 in a case of … Continue reading WGHR condemns the action of the Gujarat High Court and its utterances on human rights defender Teesta Setalvad

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The Feminist

CPI(M) condemns the Gujarat Police move to arrest Teesta Setalvad

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the Gujarat Police move to arrest Teesta Setalvad and her husband, Javed Anand in Mumbai. The arrest of Teesta Setalvad has been stayed for 24 hours at the intervention of the Supreme Court. The Gujarat Police have targeted Teesta Setalvad because of her … Continue reading CPI(M) condemns the Gujarat Police move to arrest Teesta Setalvad

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The Dalit, The Farmer, The Feminist, The Tribal, The Worker

पी. साईनाथ से एक खास मुलाकात

तीस्ता सेतलवाड : नमस्कार, कम्युनॅलिज़म कॉम्बैट की एक खास मुलाकात में आज हम मुलाकात करेंगे वरिष्ठ पत्रकार पी. साईनाथ से। पी. साईनाथ जी ३१ जुलाई तक द हिन्दू न्यूजपेपर के रूल अफेयर्स एडिटर थे। उनकी किताब एवरीबॉडी लव्स अ गुड ड्राउट को एक खास काम माना जाता हैं। आज हम उनसे मुलाकात करेंगे कॉर्पोटाईजेशन ऑफ़ मीडिया के बारे में और और कई अन्य सवाल। आज … Continue reading पी. साईनाथ से एक खास मुलाकात

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Opinion

What can I say? – Javed Anand

To those fuelling Islamophobia, here’s a tweet from Dyab Abou Jahjah from Belgium: ‘I am not Charlie, I am Ahmed the dead cop. Charlie ridiculed my faith and I died defending his right to do so.’ To the mourning parents, siblings, children, spouses, lovers, family and friends of those who were gunned down in the horrific massacre in Paris, what can I say? Except that … Continue reading What can I say? – Javed Anand

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