Husain said she has resent the parcel containing the spectacles. “Through Gautam, I was informed that if I send the parcel again, it will be received this time. So, I sent it again on Thursday. I hope it is received and given to him. Without spectacles for the last two weeks, he has been under strain and his blood pressure shot up,” she said.
On Tuesday, while hearing a petition by two other accused in the case Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor of cultural organisation Kabir Kala Manch against their “illegal” arrest by the NIA, the Bombay High Court had made observations on the incident. “We need to conduct workshops for jailors. How are such small items denied? These are all human considerations,” the division bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice M S Karnik had said.
Organisers of Elgar Parishad say accused are denied basic human rights
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December 10, 2020 22:04 IST
On Human Rights Day, retired judges say intellectuals have been implicated for speaking against the government
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On July 28, Professor Hany Babu was arrested from Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
On Human Rights Day, retired judges say intellectuals have been implicated for speaking against the government
It is close to three years that intellectuals, activists and lawyers were arrested in the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Retired judges, who organised the Elghar Parishad event, say, “All those accused in the case are not connected with it but they have been implicated because they have spoken against the government. They are denied basic human rights.”