Arrest of Sunil Mandiwal an attempt to suppress dissent

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On 4th April 2010, the Delhi Police and the Special Intelligence Branch of Andhra Pradesh, arrested and detained Dr Sunil Mandiwal, an assistant professor of Hindi at Delhi University. Dr Mandiwal is a popular social and cultural activist besides being a committed teacher. The polices excuse for picking up Dr Mandiwal and detaining him till late at night was that they wanted to interrogate him in connection with the Kobad Ghandy case. Dr Mandiwal has been informed by the police that he will continue to be interrogated indefinitely from the morning of 5th April. This arrest is in continuation with ongoing and sustained attempts by the state since the charge-sheet against Kobad Ghandy was filed, to criminalise and stigmatise intellectuals and activists. This arrest raises very profound and disturbing questions about the state of democracy in the country. We appear to be fast returning to an unstated Emergency and its reign of terror.

The University community strongly condemns such attempts to harass, victimise and criminalise members of its community. It strongly condemns the impunity with which the state is violating civil and democratic rights. We demand that the police stop abusing its powers and victimising members of the university community forthwith. We also demand that the Indian state immediately cease its vilification and persecution of its citizens and refrain from creating an Emergency-like situation.

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  • Anirban Kar
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
  • Amrapali
    • Affiliation
    • New Socialist Initiative, Asst.Prof. K M College
  • Ish Mishra
    • Affiliation
    • Hindu College, Delhi University
  • Pratyush Chandra
    • Affiliation
    • Radical Notes
  • Dr Saroj Giri
    • Affiliation
    • Academic
  • Sadiq Naqvi
    • Affiliation
    • KM College
  • Poorvi
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • n s chauhan journalist
    • Affiliation
    • right of expression
  • Pinaki Chaudhuri
    • Affiliation
    • Sanhati
  • Rohit Jain
    • Affiliation
    • Service
  • Rakesh Ranjan
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • Nitoo Das
    • Affiliation
    • University of Delhi
  • Rahul Varman
    • Affiliation
    • IIT Kanpur
  • Shuddhabrata Sengupta
    • Affiliation
    • Artist/Writer
  • himanshu pandya
    • Affiliation
    • jan sanskriti manch
  • Mitoo Das
    • Affiliation
    • Sarai- CSDS
  • Jesse Knutson
    • Affiliation
    • U.C. Berkeley
  • narender bedide
    • Affiliation
    • india
  • Nandini Chandra
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • Manali Chakrabarti
    • Affiliation
    • IDSK India
  • Soumya Datta
    • Affiliation
    • SLCE, University of Delhi
  • swatantra
    • Affiliation
    • swatantra
  • Joya John
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • Abha Shukla
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • Shahana Bhattacharya
    • Affiliation
    • College Faculty, Delhi University
  • Avinash K. Jha
    • Affiliation
    • SRCC, University of Delhi
  • Nirmalangshu Mukherji
    • Affiliation
    • Delhi University
  • Amartya Kanjilal
    • Affiliation
    • hell
  • Lalatendu Acharya
    • Affiliation
    • India
  • Priyanka Srivastava
    • Affiliation
    • University of Cincinnati
  • Azfar Hussain
    • Affiliation
    • Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA
  • Abhijeet Phartiyal
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    • Correspondence
  • Deepankar Basu
    • Affiliation
    • University of Massachusetts
  • prabhat ranjan
    • Affiliation
    • delhi university
  • Nikhil Jain
    • Affiliation
    • Department of Pol-Science, Dyalsingh College, DU
  • Poonam Srivastava
    • Affiliation
    • University of Minnesota
  • niharika
    • Affiliation
    • delhi university
  • Nilanjana Biswas
    • Affiliation
    • Independent researcher and writer
  • Tara Prakash Tripathi
    • Affiliation
    • University of Central Florida
  • Oishik Sircar
    • Affiliation
    • Lawyer/ Researcher
  • Shalini Gera
    • Affiliation
    • Friends of South Asia
  • Ravinder Goel
    • Affiliation
    • Satyawati College (Eve.) & Delhi University Reservation Execution Committee
  • sapna chamadia
    • Affiliation
    • Rajdhani College
  • Viraj Kafle
    • Affiliation
    • Dyal Singh College, Delhi University
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    • ABSGCTA
  • Subhrodip Sengupta
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    • Editorial Board, EbongOnyo Bhabona
  • Salil Biswas
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    • Retired
  • Balaji Narasimhan
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    • -NA-
  • Gopal Balakrishnan
    • Affiliation
    • University of California, Santa Cruz