Yug Chaudhary, lawyer of activist Sudha Bharadwaj who has been in custody since her arrest in the Bhima Koregaon case in 2018, on Sunday said the purported evidence against her lacked “sanctity” and was “too poor” to be admissible.
At a webinar, writers, activists and academics demanded that Bharadwaj be released from jail and urged the intelligentsia to follow her example and break their silence as the country’s institutions were no longer reliable.
Writer Nayantara Sahgal, who had returned her Sahitya Academy award in 2015 in protest against the killing of rationalists, released a book, Sudha Bharadwaj Speaks: A Life in Law and Activism, at the event.
Activists release book on Sudha Bharadwaj
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It chronicles early life, work of lawyer jailed in 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case
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It chronicles early life, work of lawyer jailed in 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case
Human rights activists released a book on Sudha Bharadwaj, the trade unionist and lawyer incarcerated in the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case, on Sunday, the last day of a five-day session, Repeal UAPA, organised by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).
The 316-page book,
A Life in Law and Activism: Sudha Bharadwaj Speaks, was unveiled during a webinar titled, ‘Why is the State afraid of Sudha Bharadwaj?’. Published by PUCL, the book chronicles Ms. Bharadwaj’s early life and work as an advocate and activist and is based on interviews by lawyers Darshana Mitra and Santanu Chakraborty.
Sudha Bharadwaj on Why She Joined the Trade Union Movement and Became a Lawyer We have to bring the Constitution to life. Thatâs where the lawyers and peoplesâ organisations have to work together.
Sudha Bharadwaj.
The following is an excerpt from Sudha Bharadwaj Speaks: A Life in Law and Activism published by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Bharadwaj, a lawyer, trade unionist and rights activist, was arrested in 2018 in the Elgar Parishad case. The book is based on a long interview of Bharadwaj conducted before her arrest by two young lawyers, Santanu Chakraborty and Darshana Mitra.
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