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HRF seeks revocation of ban on Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 orgs
By Yunus Y Lasania| Published: 24th April 2021 6:41 pm IST
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has strongly condemned the declaring of 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association (Virasam), by the Telangana government as “unlawful associations” for a period of one year. The HRF hoped that the Telangana government will revoke the notification under which it outlawed those bodies.
The banned organisations, with effect from March 30, include the Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), Virasam, Telangana Praja Front, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners, Tudum Debba and Chaitanya Mahila Sangam. “HRF is of the opinion that this is a brazen attempt by the State to criminalise political belief and throttle dissent. It runs afoul of democratic principles,” said the HRF in a strongly worded statement on Saturday.
Telangana govt bans Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 other orgs
By Yunus Y Lasania| Published: 23rd April 2021 7:48 pm IST Varavara Rao
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday banned 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association, known as Virasam, claiming that these are frontal bodies of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), and are engaged in “tactics” that “wage war against the state”. The order was passed by chief secretary Somesh Kumar, with effect from March 30 this year.
According to the government order, the 16 banned organisations that have been declared “unlawful” are the : Telangana Praja Front, Telangana Asanghatitha Karmika Samkhya, Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika, Democratic Students Organisation, Telangana Vidyarthi Sangham, Adivasi Students Union, Committee for Release of Political Prisoners, Telangana Raithanga Samithi, Tudum Debba, Praja Kala Mandali, Telangana Democratic Front, Forum Against Hindu Fascism Off