Uphold your Right to hold public Tribunal
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We, the undersigned fellow citizens, are shocked to learn that Mr. Kirity Roy, a human rights defender, President of MASUM and State Director of the Project 'National Project on Preventing torture in India' in West Bengal, was falsely implicated and harassed by police for being the Secretary to a public tribunal, held under the auspicious of 'People's Tribunal on Torture'. The Kolkata Police, Detective Department lodged criminal case vide Taltolla Police Case no. 134 dated 9.6.2008 under sections 170/229/120B of Indian Penal Code.
Following the legacy of Russell-Sartre Tribunal and other numerous public tribunals held in India and across the globe, in quest of truth behind the occurrences of human rights violations of the people, is an act of exercising basic tenets of Universal Declaration of human rights as well as UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders supported with national laws including fundamental rights guaranteed under Art.19/21 of the onstitution and also Art 51(c). It is also a fundamental duty of every citizen in India, to be inquisitive about public administration for spreading humanism as enshrined in Constitution of India under Art 51-A (h).
We urge upon you to put an end to any act of harassment, including at the judicial level, against Mr. Kirity Roy and other members of MASUM.
Following the legacy of Russell-Sartre Tribunal and other numerous public tribunals held in India and across the globe, in quest of truth behind the occurrences of human rights violations of the people, is an act of exercising basic tenets of Universal Declaration of human rights as well as UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders supported with national laws including fundamental rights guaranteed under Art.19/21 of the onstitution and also Art 51(c). It is also a fundamental duty of every citizen in India, to be inquisitive about public administration for spreading humanism as enshrined in Constitution of India under Art 51-A (h).
We urge upon you to put an end to any act of harassment, including at the judicial level, against Mr. Kirity Roy and other members of MASUM.
205 Signatures
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Gautam Sen
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- I condemn the police attrocities
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- Service
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- India
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Uday Bhattacharya
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- I subscribe to the slogan
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- Service
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- India
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Arun Kumar
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- I would urge the state dignitaries to intervene to stop the harassment and to uphold the human rights of Kirity
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- Teacher
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- India
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- CESP, SSS, JNU
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Abhijit Datta
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- Down! Down! Autocratic Budha Regime, Police Raj!
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- Lawyer, HR activist
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- India
- Organisation
- Masum
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Carol Geeta
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- I condemn the atrocities on the Human rights Defenders and uphold the right to hold the Peoples Tribunal
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- Indian
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- Peoples Watch, Rajasthan Unit
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Anup Kumar Das
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- India
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- JNU
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Alveena
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- It is our Human right to hold Public tribunal
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- Social Activist
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- Indian
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- SASVIKA SANGATAN
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Leslie Liao
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- Switzerland
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- International Bridges to Justice
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apoorvanand
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- teaching
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- india
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Dunu Roy
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- India
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- Hazards Centre
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Ashok Agrwaal
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- India
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SOUMITRA MONDAL
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- In our society the State (Whichever it's colour) is the chief instrument of oppression
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- India
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Bipulananda Das
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- Please dont stop the progessive if You are not there.
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- Engineer
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- Trinidad
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- Samsung
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Ruma Ray
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- Everyone has the right to hold a tribunal. Stop attack on MASUM
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- Service
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- India
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Mithera Paul
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- Lawyer
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- India
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Ajay
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- i endrose this petition
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- В
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- India
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- People's Watch- Kerala
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R.MANOHAR
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- Respect the fundamental rights of Kirty and others.
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- Activist
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- India
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- SICHREM
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Dana Dasch
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- USA
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- Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
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D S Gill Chair IHRO
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- Law and Human Rights Practice
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- India
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- International Human Rights organisation
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Susmita Chakraborty
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- Uphold Our Rights to hold Public Tribunal
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- India
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- BESU, Howrah
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SUBHARTHI MANDAL.
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- fight for the corrupted system
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- student
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- India
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- SOUL OF EYE SOCIETY
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eajat mitra
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- this needs to stop
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- psychologist
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- india
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- swanchetan
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rajat mitra
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- this needs to stop
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- psychologist
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- india
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- swanchetan
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Philip Setunga
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- How come "The largest democracy in the world" would not allow freedom of expression?
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- Hong Kong
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Chandranath Dani
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- India
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- Peoples Watch
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Gourishyam Panda
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- It's a negative sign in the democracy, WB Govt should not have to be so Atocratic Stop,Stop,Stop immidiately this practice.
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- Advocate
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- India
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- RARE,Sonepur
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Bruce Van Voorhis
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- International tribunals have a long and respected history. Is the Indian government saying that it condones torture by its harassment of Mr. Roy?
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- United States
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Pouruchisti Wadia
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- India
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Ch.Narendra
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- West Bengal police have no justification for their victimisation acts agaisnt human rights defenders
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- journalist
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- India
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- Forum for Human Rights
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Subash Mohapatra
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- India
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- Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy
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Nick Cheesman
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- The police charges in this case are not only against Mr Kirity Roy and colleagues but against the entire notion of the right of people to organise and speak freely. People's tribunals are an internationally established practice and the police accusation that the persons concerned were somehow impersonating government officials goes beyond the point of being frivilous to the point of being an absurdity. Unfortunately, the case, and the manner in which the media were brought to record the harassment of a legitimate human rights organisation, is yet another example of India not as the world's biggest democracy but its biggest hypocrisy.
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- Researcher
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- Australia
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- Australian National University
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Pushkar Raj
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- Teaching
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- India
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Savad Rahman
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- Journalist
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- India
- Organisation
- Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ )
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Jeyaraman
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- Sr. Computer Associate
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- India
- Organisation
- People's Watch
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Anand Kumar
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- IT Sector
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- India
- Organisation
- People's Watch
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Edison
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- Senior Accountant
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- India
- Organisation
- People's Watch
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Sabitabrata Ghosh
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- Social Worker
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- India
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Saji Thomas
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- Stop harassment of human rigthts defenders
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- Thailand
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- Forum Asia
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Sunita Reel
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- Holding Public Tribunal is not a crime but there are crimes So such tribunals are being held by the Human Rights defenders.
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- Human Rights Activist
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- India
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- All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch
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SUBHASIS DUTTA
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- ADVOCATE
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- INDIA
- Organisation
- MASUM
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SUBHRANGSU BHADURI
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- Let hold our hands togather against the the malfunction of law and order
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- Human Rights Activist
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- India
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- MASUM
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SUKALPA SEAL
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- Police harassment for organinising a People's Tribunal is another shameful act of Kolkata Police. Thanks to Kolkata Police and West Bengal Government for achieving another disgraceful achievement. Shame Shame.
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- Advocate
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- India
- Organisation
- MASUM
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SADHAN ROY CHOWDHURY
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- It is a fundamental duty of every citizen to uphold the spirit of enquiry and such a duty is a constitutional duty under Article 51 A (h) of the Constitution of India. No body should be blamed in a like manner when somebody is discharging his duties under the Constitution.
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- Advocate
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- India
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- MASUM
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Sonali Das
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- Human Rights Activists
- Country
- India
- Organisation
- MASUM
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B K Mishra
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- Police have bestowed with gun and lathi to protect not perpetrate. It is most serious matter that police is acting barbariously.
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- Govt. Job
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- India
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- Ministry
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Banashree
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- It is really Shocking.
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- Assistant Manger, ICICI Bank Ltd
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- India
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Sasanka Dev
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- В
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- В
- Country
- India
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- В
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Prof.S.Seshaiah
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- TEACHING
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- iNDIA
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- ANDHRA PRADESH CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE(APCLC)
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Supriti Roy
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- Hi, Government of India -- stop harrasssment to the human rights defenders.
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- Teacher
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- India
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ASHIS DAS
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- It is nothing but an attack on democracy.
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- Social Activist
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- India
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- EARTH CARE
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