Newsreel 2009-2010
Newsreel: December 2010
Dec 28: Is Kalpana asking too much?: UAPA marches on in West Bengal – Nisha Biswas
Dec 28: Can these 25 crores end Naxalism? – Himanshu Kumar
Dec 24: Final Statement of Binayak Sen at conclusion of trial
Dec 24: A Report on the Cultural Program in Kolkata against Operation Green Hunt – Anindya
Dec 23: Wikileaks discloses Indian government condoned ‘rampant use of torture’ in Jammu and Kashmir, North East – PUDR statement
Dec 22: Delhi – Women’s Groups gift CBI more sheets for the next cover-ups regarding Shopian incidents
Dec 21: The Sham of Democracy – Shashwat Sinha
Dec 21: Asansol, West Bengal – Report on protest against lathi-charge by police and CISF upon the contract labourers Of ECL
Dec 14: Arrest of Noor Mohammed Bhatt, another instance of State’s intolerance – PUDR Press Statement
Dec 13: Kolkata – Demonstration against sponge iron units, Dec 16
Dec 09: Special plan for Naxal-hit districts : A mask to provide infrastructure facilities to the occupying para-military forces – Stan Swamy
Dec 08: Maharashtra – Statement condemning the arrest of Justice Kolse-Patil and others in Jaitapur
Dec 07: Towards Peace, Justice and Democracy…NAPM’s 8th Biennial Convention – the journey Continues
Dec 01: Kashmir – Probe into unmarked, mass graves and enforced disappearances will deter the perpetrators – Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
Dec 01: Kolkata – Mass Convention on Forest Rights, Dec 4
Newsreel: November 2010
Nov 29: The People friendly Police? – Gladson Dungdung
Nov 28: MZPSG Newsletter No. 2 Nov 2010
Nov 28: Pune – Lokayat programs on Bhopal (Dec 2) and AFSPA (Dec 5)
Nov 24: Delhi – Reports from National Action against Land Acquisition, November 22-26
Nov 22: Kolkata – Jadavpur University faculty and students protest against police lathicharge inside university campus
Nov 22: Mumbai – Seminar on UAPA : An unlawful weapon in the hands of the state, Nov 27 – CPDR
Nov 20: From Field to Fork: Obama’s agri recipe for India – Rahul Goswami
Nov 18: In The Undeclared War Zone Of South Orissa – Debaranjan Sarangi
Nov 17: PUDR statement regarding the APSIB raid on Hem Pandey’s house
Nov 16: Uttar Pradesh – A report on the Sahibabad Allied Nippon incident – Bigul Mazdoor Dasta
Nov 15: Misguided or Deliberate Policy: Armed Rebellion and Political Conflict – Neingulo Krome
Nov 15: Sansad Gherao, Delhi Chalo – National Action against Land Acquisition, Nov 22-26
Nov 15: Bhubaneshwar – Nisan Cultural Resistance : War on People in Corporate Resistence, Nov 21
Nov 14: Orissa – Stop Vedanta sponsored State Repression and Deception in Niyamgiri – Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti
Nov 14: In conversation with Chitra Sahasrabudhey – Amit Basole
Nov 13: Hyderabad – Report of the Jury on the Public Hearing on Land Issues
Nov 11: Fact Sheet on Operation Green Hunt – Campaign against War on People
Nov 11: Why Adivasis’ Soldier is Silent? – Gladson Dungdung
Nov 10: Lalgarh – Sixth letter From Peoples’ Committee Against Police Atrocities
Nov 10: Questions that millions of common Indians ask Mr. Obama – NAPM Statement
Nov 09: Dispossess them first and then hunt them down as criminals – Stan Swamy
Nov 09: Dishonesty of Arundhati or Media? – Mahtab Alam
Nov 05: India Bans US Professor from Kashmir, threatens Indian writer with sedition charges – Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society
Nov 04: The Operation NGO Hunt in Jharkhand – Gladson Dungdung
Nov 03: Tamil Nadu – Negligence causes death of worker at Nokia Telecom SEZ, Sriperumbadur
Nov 02: Mumbai – Protest Against Adarsh & Other Land Scams, Nov 3
Nov 01: Arundhati Roy responds to attack on her house; Press statement from PUDR
Nov 01: The Green Struggles of the Bhils of Alirajpur
Newsreel: October 2010
Oct 31: Revisiting Singur – Nisha Biswas
Oct 26: Delhi Convention on Kashmir – Report and Resolution
Oct 26: IPT on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab, and Operation Green Hunt – Resource documents
Oct 22: Let Delhi not go the Mumbai way: Oppose intolerance and hatred of disruptors – PUDR statement
Oct 21: Ensuring Right to Education in the Red Corridor – Gladson Dungdung
Oct 18: Orissa – Posco Project : Responses to the new reports by the MoEF Committee
Oct 17: Delhi – National Seminar on Development — Maladies and Remedies, Oct 18-19
Oct 17: Chattisgarh – Was it really an encounter on 15th October in Jamul ? – Statements from PUDR, CMM
Oct 17: Stop Perpetuating ‘Forced Labor’ – A Demand to Government of India and State Governments – Rozgar Evum Suchna ke Adhikar ka Abhiyan
Oct 15: Punjab – A trail of blood follows the peasant struggles – N. K. Jeet
Oct 14: Delhi – Stop UID Campaign Public Meeting Oct 16
Oct 13: Punjab – Press Statements against illegal detention of democratic rights activists
Oct 11: Kolkata – CESC contract workers on strike
Oct 09: Kolkata – People’s Convention for Lalgarh – Oct 12
Oct 08: SINP Kolkata: Bureaucrats lecture on nuclear power in Haripur, activists arrested
Oct 07: Sexual Assault of 20 year old Adivasi Woman in Gajapathi district of Orissa: Press Release from WSS
Oct 05: IUF Report on Tea Worker deaths details extensive rights violations at Tata-controlled estate in Assam
Oct 03: Kolkata public meeting on ‘The Second Green Revolution’, Oct 05
Oct 02: PUDR Statement on Ayodhya Judgement
Oct 02: In conversation with Sunil Sahasrabudhey – Amit Basole
Oct 01: National Action Week – Unlock the Gates of Food Godowns : Sep 22-28 – Update on the West Bengal Action
Newsreel: September 2010
Sep 30: Ludhiana – Workers of power loom factories on strike – Victory for workers
Sep 30: Welcome to super city Delhi – Sumati Panikkar
Sep 28: The Jury Verdict of IPT, Ranchi
Sep 27: Andal Aerotropolis: A Discussion Session on Sep 28 – SEZ Birodhi Prachar Mancha
Sep 23: Satyarupa Jana: A prize catch under UAPA – Nisha Biswas
Sep 22: The Bengal Experiment : Model or Farce? – Bitan Bhowmik
Sep 17: Ranchi – Independent People’s Tribunal On Operation Green Hunt, Sep 25-26
Sep 16: Delhi City-wide co-ordinated demonstration around CWG: urban displacement, labor and price rise – Press Release
Sep 15: Delhi – National Consultation on the Proposed Bills on Land Acquisition and Resettlement & Rehabilitation Bill, Sep 23
Sep 14: When will the Indian State Ever Learn? Condemn Killings in Kashmir – PUDR
Sep 12: The Trickledown Revolution – Arundhati Roy
Sep 12: Kolkata – Mass Convention demanding an end to pollution caused by sponge iron units, Sep 14
Sep 10: West Bengal – A Debate on the support to Mamata Banerjee – Sumanta Banerjee, Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Sep 07: List of armed CPI(M) cadre (harmad) camps in the Jangalmahal region of West Bengal
Sep 07: Sanhati, PUDR statements on hostage-taking by CPI(Maoist) and subsequent killing of Lukas Tete
Sep 06: Assam: Hypocrisy in the Peace Process – Hiren Gohain
Sep 05: Kolkata: Convention in Protest of State Terror Against Democratic Movements
Sep 01: Delhi – Violation of labour laws at the Commonwealth Games Construction sites – PUDR Statement
Newsreel: August 2010
Aug 30: Lalgarh – Letter from Nari Ijjat Bnachao Committee to Kabir Suman
Aug 27: Aneek Special Issue on “Social Revolution and Armed Struggle”
Aug 25: Kolkata – Screening of exclusive footage of Salwa Judum, Aug 26
Aug 22: Faking An Ecounter: Killing the Peace Process – CDRO Fact finding report on the Killing of Azad and H. C Pandey
Aug 21: More than Just an Arrest – Nagarik Mancha; Protest Meeting on Aug 22, Kolkata
Aug 20: People’s Movements oppose the possible re-introduction of the land acquisition and resettlement-rehabilitation bill
Aug 20: Delhi Declaration of All India Left Coordination
Aug 18: PUDR statement on the arrest of Naba Dutta
Aug 17: Kolkata – Eminent human rights defender, Naba Dutta, arrested under false charges
Aug 16: Response of various left formations to the Lalgarh rally by Mamata Banerjee and CPI(M) mini congress in Vijaywada
Aug 16: The cold-blooded murder in Jharkhand – Gladson Dungdung
Aug 15: Report of Aug 13 New York Protest against Operation Green Hunt
Aug 15: This is your Army Mr Chidambaram ! – Reyaz-ul-Haq
Aug 10: Orissa – Anti-Vedanta Dongria Kondh leader Lado Sikaka abducted – Surya Shankar Das
Aug 10: People’s Movements Warn Corporations and Issue Ultimatum to Quit Their Land, Rivers and Forests – NAPM
Aug 07: For Whom Are The Forests Turning Red ? – M Suchitra
Aug 07: Barwani, Madhya Pradesh – Adivasis jam police stations protesting wrongful arrests
Aug 04: Open Letter to Swami Agnivesh from Srikant, Central Committee member of CPI(Maoist)
Aug 04: Resolution of the All India Convention against UAPA – Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations
Aug 03: The sad story of dispossession and criminalisation of the Adivasis of Central India – Stan Swamy
Aug 03: Delhi University – Interactive Discussion on The Search for Peace and State Violence
Aug 01: Punjab – Democratic mobilization resists police onslaught on activists – Narinder Kumar Jeet
Newsreel: July 2010
Jul 31: Endless Cry in the Red Corridor – Gladson Dungdung
Jul 30: Delhi – Public Meeting to protest against the killing of Azad and Hem Pandey, Aug 03 – Concerned Citizens and Forum Against War
Jul 27: Andhra – Interim Report of fact-finding on the police firing at Sompeta
Jul 26: Interview of Himanshu Kumar – Why we should support Tribal Resistance
Jul 26: West Bengal – MASUM Fact-finding report on atrocities committed by Joint Forces and Police in Sonamukhi
Jul 25: Azad’s assassination: An insight into the Indian state’s response to peoples’ resistance – Gautam Navlakha
Jul 24: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh – Seminar on Working Class Movement in India in the Twenty-first Century, Jul 26-28
Jul 23: Delhi – PUDR Convention against UAPA
Jul 22: West Bengal – Massive protest by women against rapes committed by security personnel in Sonamukhi
Jul 19: Delhi – A discussion on Role of Journalists in Undeclared Emergency, Jul 20 – organized by Journalists For People
Jul 18: Getting to know the Second Green ‘Revolutionary’ Ruler-Corporates! by Forum Against Monopolistic Aggression
Jul 18: Threat to democratic rights in West Bengal – APDR statement
Jul 17: Andhra – NAPM condemns the brutal killings and lathicharge on Srikakulam villagers
Jul 17: Statements on the killing of Azad, spokesperson of CPI(Maoist), in an alleged fake encounter– PUDR, PUCL, Intellectuals, Campaign for Peace and Justice
Jul 12: West Bengal – Police atrocities on the women of Sonamukhi near Jhargram
Jul 11: Kolkata – Pamphlet protesting the charging of Debalina Chakrabarty with UAPA – Matangini Mahila Samiti
Jul 11: Kolkata – Deputation by FAMA to Agriculture Minister regarding the proposed 2nd Green Revolution
Jul 02: Statement on arrest of Dr. Nisha Biswas and other civil rights activists in Lalgarh
Newsreel: June 2010
Jun 29: Terrorizing the Democratic Space: A Report on Ranchi Rally Against OGH – Gladson Dungdung
Jun 27: APDR memorandum submitted to District Magistrate of West Midnapore
Jun 25: Letters from P. Chidambaram and CPI(Maoist) to Swami Agnivesh regarding the possibility of dialogue
Jun 24: Gujarat – 14 trade union activists arrested in the name of Maoist activity – Kavita Srivastava
Jun 24: Ranchi – Rally against Green Hunt, Jun 25
Jun 23: Stop the witch-hunt – Statement by Civil Society groups and concerned citizens
Jun 23: Delhi – In defence of democracy: remembering the Emergency, Jun 25-26
Jun 22: Delhi – Rally for Justice in Bhopal, 24 Jun
Jun 21: Lalgarh Mancha – Appeal for unconditional release of activists arrested in Junglemahal
Jun 21: PUDR Statement condemning recent spate of repression in Lalgarh
Jun 19: Bringing out the kill – Siddhartha Mitra
Jun 19: I Have Seen Her Crying – Gladson Dungdung
Jun 17: Lalgarh – Statement against arrest of activists – Sanhati
Jun 17: Delhi – Convention against slum evictions for C’wealth Games, Jun 19
Jun 16: Why India’s AFSPA should be scrapped ? – Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights
Jun 13: Kolkata – Protest against one year of joint forces in Lalgarh, Jun 18
Jun 10: CRPF violating PESA Act in Jharkhandi villages – Stan Swamy
Jun 09: Responses to Judgement on Bhopal Gas Leak of 1984; Kolkata protest on Jun 15
Jun 08: Maharashtra – Fact Finding Report on Police firing at Dhulia
Jun 07: Distorted reporting of Arundhati Roy’s Mumbai Speech – Protest letter to PTI
Jun 06: The Indian Government Should Surrender To The Maoists: An Immodest Proposal – Jesse Ross Knutson
Jun 04: State violence in Kalinganagar – Those who appeal to the judiciary are not spared either
Jun 04 : Kolkata – Bidroher Gaan, Jun 11 – A Cultural Programme against Green Hunt
Jun 03 : Delhi – Protest demonstration against arrest of activists in Gujarat, Jun 4
Jun 02 : Orissa Situation Worsening – Surya Shankar Dash
Newsreel: May 2010
May 31: Mumbai – Report of May 25 Stop Posco demonstration
May 30: Institute Inquiry into Gyaneshwari Express Sabotage – PUDR Press Statement
May 29: Open Letter to the President of India – Peace Now in Tribal Areas – B. D. Sharma
May 29: News Management on the North-east – Hiren Gohain
May 27: Amitav Ghosh and the Dan David Prize – A Letter from Concerned South Asians
May 25: PUDR-AFDR Statement on State Repression in Punjab
May 24: Lalgarh – Third PCAPA letter to APDR, Lalgarh Mancha and the Intellectuals, Apr 29
May 24: Chhattisgarh – Attack on bus in Dantewada : Responses from different organisations
May 23: Lalgarh – Second PCAPA letter to APDR and Lalgarh Mancha and Intellectuals, Apr 21
May 22: A member of the civil society responds to Chidambaram – A. K. Agarwal
May 22: Mumbai – Struggle of the urban poor against slum demolitions
May 21: Protest against MHA’s attempt to silence dissent – an Open Letter to Chidambaram
May 21: Kolkata – National Meeting on “Displacement and Democratic Space”, May 22
May 20: Why climate change activists must support the people no matter what – Anandi Sharan
May 19: Orissa – story of the injured in the anti-POSCO villages – Partho Sarathi Ray
May 18: Dodgy development: DfID in India (Part 4) – Impact in Orissa – Richard Whittell
May 17: Jharkhand – Illegal detention of Human Rights Activists, Writer and Photographer
May 15: Orissa – Stop Police Attacks On Peaceful Protesters – Appeal By Concerned Citizens
May 15: Jharkhand – Another bloodbath is on the way – Gladson Dungdung
May 15: Mumbai – Slum hutments demolished
May 14: Orissa : POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti – Urgent Appeal to join Resistance Week (May 15 – May 21)
May 14: PUDR – Stop State Violence on People’s Movements in Orissa
May 13: Halt the Offensive Against People and End Militarisation of the Forests – Joint Statement of Forest People’s Movements
May 13: The non-names of the non-entities – Siddhartha Mitra
May 11: Uttar Pradesh : Forest Rights Act subverted in Sonebhadra district – Independent Citizens’ Fact Finding Team’s Media Release
May 10: Kolkata : Protest against MHA’s Press Note warning intellectuals – Statement by Forum of Artistes, Cultural Activists and Intellectuals
May 09: Evolving Nepal : In Kathmandu – Kaveri Rajaraman; Reports by Jed Brandt
May 09: Lalgarh : PCAPA report to State Human Rights Commission, Dec 2009
May 08: CDRO opposes draconian UAPA
May 07: Statements against Government’s attempts to suppress dissent – Sanhati, Gladson Dungdung
May 06: Kolkata – Convention against Indo-US Agricultural Knowledge Initiative May 8
May 05: A Background Note to new Civil Society initiative for talks between the Centre and the ULFA – Hiren Gohain
May 04: Searching for Jake Sully in India’s heartland – Harsha Walia
May 01: Can There Be Any Hope? – EPW
Newsreel: April 2010
Apr 30: Am I a Maoist ? – Gladson Dungdung
Apr 29: Harassment and persecution of activists in North Bengal – a NFFPFW Press Release
Apr 27: Narayanpatna, Orissa: Chronological reporting– Custodial Death of Gangula Tadingi, A PUCL Report
Apr 25: Kolkata – Street Meeting on Chernobyl Day Apr 26
Apr 25: Development for Dummies – Javed Iqbal
Apr 24: Don’t choke off dissenting voices – Opposing plans to prosecute Arundhati Roy
Apr 21: Independent People’s Tribunal Reveal the Underbelly of Indian Development – Deepankar Basu
Apr 21: Delhi : Public Meeting against Green Hunt, Apr 24
Apr 20: CDRO condemns disinformation campaign against civil rights team
Apr 20: The Biggest Reservation of All – Anandi Sharan Meili
Apr 17: Kolkata : Prominent human rights activist Kirity Roy arrested – MASUM Statement; Discussion Meeting on Apr 19
Apr 15: “Adivasis forced into violence” – Arundhati Roy on CNN-IBN
Apr 15: Chidambaram’s Crocodile Tears – Gladson Dungdung
Apr 14: Bastar : Business as usual – Siddhartha Mitra
Apr 12: Statements against attack on freedom of expression – Sanhati; JNU Teachers
Apr 12: Narmada Indefinite Action Begins
Apr 11: People’s Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt April 09-11, New Delhi – Press Release (Day 1,2,3), Interim Recommendations
Apr 09: Kolkata : Prominent human rights activist Kirity Roy arrested – MASUM, ACHR Statements
Apr 07: Chattisgarh : Death of CRPF jawans – PUDR Statement; A Response by Sumanta Banerjee
Apr 05: Cleansing The Maoists? – Gladson Dungdung
Apr 05: State violence in Kalinganagar, Orissa: Developing News
Apr 03: Kolkata : Development Discontent – A Film Festival
Newsreel: March 2010
Mar 31: Oppose Green Hunt – Krishak Committee
Mar 28: Arundhati Roy on GritTv – Becoming Internal Security Threats
Mar 28: West Bengal : Kenddungri – Against Green Hunt, a leaflet from the villages
Mar 26: Orissa – Tata sponsored ‘Green Hunt’ in Kalinga Nagar
Mar 24: Kolkata – Laid off Workers wage lone battle – Nilanjan Dutta
Mar 24: Coca-Cola Liable for Rs 216 crore for Damages – Government Committee
Mar 16: Chattisgarh : Arrest of Ekta Parishad activist
Mar 07: The murder of Lalmohan Tudu and two others by CRPF – statements by Concerned Citizens, PUDR and Sanhati
Feb 12: In conversation with Ganapathy – Jan Myrdal and Gautam Navlakha
Apr 13: Kolkata : Campaign against OGH, UAPA, Apr 14 – Arundhati Roy, Gautam Navlakha
Mar 25: Kolkata – Meeting on anti-POSCO movement, Mar 26
Mar 24: Kolkata – Lecture by Felix Padel on bauxite mining in tribal lands, Mar 27 , organised by Radical Humanists
Mar 22: Is it Operation Maoist Hunt ? – Gladson Dungdung
Mar 22: Foreign universities bill to sell education – Anil Sadgopal
Mar 16: Forgotten Country: The Cut-Off Area Of Malkangiri – Javed Iqbal
Mar 16: Orissa – Throttling of Freedom of Thought and Expression
Mar 13: Operation Green Hunt: its stated and unstated targets – Kumar Sanjay Singh
Mar 07: Kolkata Public Meeting by Himanshu Kumar on Mar 9 – organized by Ekhan Bisangbad
Mar 06: Abduction of a social activist in Kolkata
Mar 06: Iron in the Soul: Looking forward at Rio Tinto’s diamond mining lease in India
Mar 05: Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal – Moushumi Basu
Newsreel: February 2010
Feb 28: Press statement against vilification of civil liberties groups
Feb 28: January Bulletin of Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations
Feb 26: Judicial probe of Tudu’s death, the NSCN model of ceasefire, and the assault on Gandhian movements – Sumanta Banerjee
Feb 25: Gujarat – Protests against proposed cement plant – 5000 farmers detained
Feb 24: Government should respond to Maoist offer – Concerned Citizens’ Press Release
Feb 20: All India Protest against Operation Green Hunt, Feb 22 – organised by CDRO; Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore events
Feb 20: PUDR Press Release on 17 February killings in Jamui, Bihar
Feb 16: Campaign Condemns Environment Ministry’s “Review” of the Forest Rights Act
Feb 15: Himachal Pradesh – Contractors attack activists protesting against proposed Hul Hydro Power Project
Feb 15: On the eviction of slums in Kolkata: A leaflet and documentary film
Feb 13: Vedanta Mining – Amnesty exposes violations; Journalist detained
Feb 10: Dodgy development : DfID in India – Richard Whittell
Feb 09: Citizens protest against war orchestration of Chidambaram and chief ministers in Kolkata: A report
Feb 08: Delhi Convention on Communities, Commons and Corporations; Feb 24-25 – organised by Perspectives
Feb 06: Statement from poets, academics, and activists on Swapan Dasgupta’s death in UAPA custody
Feb 06: Orissa – Fear of attack on Anti-POSCO movement
Feb 02: Descent into darkness – Colin Gonsalves
Newsreel: January 2010
Jan 30 : Howard Zinn – a Sanhati tribute
Jan 25: West Bengal : Downright assault on Human Rights activists – a NAPM statement
Jan 23: Haiti and Bastar: Comparative notes on disappeared peoples – Siddhartha Mitra
Jan 23: Lalgarh – Chhatradhar Mahato responds to Mamata Banerjee
Feb 04: Chandigarh – Public Meeting on State’s War against People
Jan 31: Resistance to Dispossession – Binayak Sen interview by Karan Thapar
Jan 21: South City Projects Ltd.: A montage of anti-people activities in Kolkata
Jan13: Kolkata – Press Statement of the Citizens’ Expert Committee on BT Brinjal
Jan 6: War Against the People and the Historic Lalgarh Movement – Amit Bhattacharyya
Jan 12: In the State of Telangana – Kalpana Kannabiran
Jan 9: West Bengal – Labour leader Sunil Pal killed in Asansol
Jan 8: Chattisgarh – The Jan Sunwai That Never Was – a PUDR Press Statement
Jan 5: The Strange Case Of Sodi Sambo – Siddhartha Mitra
Jan 1: Almond Workers’ Strike in Delhi – 15 Day long strike comes to conclusion
Jan 1: West Bengal – Pollution caused by sponge iron factories – Leaflet by Nagarik Mancha and others
Newsreel: December 2009
Dec 17: Dantewada Padyatra – Women activists not allowed to enter
Dec 15: Rally Against War on People, December 17, New Delhi
Dec 12: All India National Convention against SEZ, land-grabbing, displacements – December 13, New Delhi
Dec 11: Chattisgarh – Activist and lawyer illegally detained
Dec 7: Chattisgarh : Dantewada Padyatra, Satyagraha and Jan Sunwai, December 14 – January 7
Dec 8: Dialogue in Democracy: Challenges for Government-Maoist Talks – Manoranjan Mohanty
Dec 1: Jean Dreze on hunger in India
Newsreel: November 2009
Nov 30: PUDR Statement denouncing the derailment of Tata-Bilaspur train
Nov 26: Democracy and ban cannot go together – Amit Bhattacharyya
Nov 22: Starvation deaths in West Bengal – AHRC, MASUM joint statement
Nov 17: Anatomy of Chidambaram’s Tehelka Interview: “Give me 72 hours!“
Nov 2: Citizens Initiative for Peace and the Maoist Challenge – Nandita Haksar
Newsreel: October 2009
Oct 29: Your Mama! Or The Blitzerization Of Indian TV
Oct 27: Lohandiguda, Bastar: The threat of a desi East India Company?
Oct 21: Burnt in oil: A fact-finding report on State operations in Dantewada in September-October 2009
Oct 21: A message of solidarity from Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Philippines
Recent Statements: Oct 12:
Statement from national platform of adivasi and forest dwellers’ mass organisations (Campaign for Survival and Dignity) on Government offensive, Oct 10: PUDR statement condemning Francis Induwar’s death, Oct 9: Statement of intellectuals on the comments of the Home Minister characterizing all dissent as Maoist [PDF, Bengali] », Oct 6: Arrests begin in Kolkata: Sanhati statement, Oct 6: Statement on the arrest of Chhatradhar Mahato by Radical Socialist, Sept 28: Condemnation of Chhatradhar Mahato’s arrest by organizations and individuals, Sept 28: CPIML – Liberation statement on Operation Green Hunt, Sept 27: Statement on Lalgarh by writers and intellectuals of West Bengal
Oct 9: Perspectives on Operation Green Hunt:
Weapons Of Mass Desperation (Tehelka), An interview with Arundhati Roy (Democracy Now), Discussions between Gautam Navlakha, Swapan Dasgupta, and Sudeep Chakravarti (CNN-IBN)
