Urgent Appeal 2013

DECEMBER 2013

• Urgent Appeal for Action – Tamil Nadu –  Mr.Gouthaman, Film Director and Six others – Illegally detained in a Private Lodge and tortured  by Police

NOVEMBER 2013

• Urgent Appeal for Action – Meghalaya: Judicial Harassment of Agnes Kharshiing for protesting eviction drive 
• Urgent Appeal for Action – Gujarat: Activists arrested for peaceful protest against the Sardar Patel Statue and the associated Project

SEPTEMBER 2013

• Urgent Appeal for Action – West Bengal: Human rights defender physically assaulted by medical staff 
• Urgent Appeal for Action: Odisha: Arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist and human rights defender Sankar Das
• Urgent Appeal for Action – New Delhi – Police Raid on Residence of Delhi University Teacher Dr. G. N. Sai Baba, an Assistant Professor in English at Ram Lal Anand College and Delhi University who has been at the forefront of the democratic movement in the country accusing him of Maoist links
• Urgent Appeal for Action – Odisha: HRD and family members threatened to be killed in “encounter” by Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel – Reg
• Odisha: Journalist attacked by Police while trying to photograph police excess on complainants at a public hearing for grievance redress

AUGUST 2013

• Uttar Pradesh: Arrest of Mr. Kanwal Bharti, Dalit Rights Activist and Writer

JULY 2013

• Letter to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa by Chris Grove Smita Narula, NYU School of Law  regarding “Suspend the POSCO – India project and cease all forcible acquisition of land in Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha”
• Odisha: Brutal attack of Anti – Posco Leaders by the police in Govindpur village
• Tamil Nadu:  Arrest of Mr. Manoj, Whistleblower and Anti-corruption Activist in Coimbatore under the SC/ST Act

JUNE 2013

• Corruption in SC/ST Schemes by FANA Institute, Coimbatore and its owner Navaneetha Shivakumar –Shocking Retaliatory Arrest of the Whistleblower and Anti-corruption Activist – Request for immediate release of Whistleblower and Anti-corruption activist, Manoj
• Maharashtra – An Appeal to get Sheetal Sathe and other members of Kabir Kala Manch released on bail
• Tamil Nadu: the Raid on PUCL Activists house by Sathyamangalam Police for staging protests in a democratic manner-
• Odisha: Brutal attack on Prafulla Samantara, senior activist and National Convener, NAPM and Lingraj Azad, Samajwadi Jan Parishad in Bolangir station
• West Bengal – 13 Women Human Rights Defenders arrested & assaulted by police
• Tamilnadu: 51 PDK activists arrested & assaulted by police

MAY 2013

• Haryana: Eleven Maruti Suzuki Workers and activists arrested on fabricated charges of serious nature
• Madhya Pradesh: The arbitrary arrest of Madhuri Krishnaswamy (Behan)
• Andhra Pradesh: PUCL activist arrested and remanded to judicial custody for Facebook post on T.N. Governor
• Uttar Pradesh: Brutal attack on women human rights defenders in Lalitpur
• Manipur – Arbitrary Arrest of human rights defenders Mr. Mandir and Mr. Hemo
• HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action – Odisha: Arbitrary Arrest of Anti – Posco Leader Abhay Sahu – Reg

APRIL 2013

• Uttar Pradesh: Attempt on life of Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi by unidentified assailants
• West Bengal: Illegal Detention and Torture of HRDs associated with MASUM

MARCH 2013

• Tamilnadu-Ootacamund: Arrest and detention of a human rights defender on false and and fabricated charges allegedly for raising his voice against an eve teasing incident by two policemen
• Orissa – Jagatsinghpur District – POSCO proposed land site – Apprehend violence action on the part of the Orissa police late night today or tomorrow night as carried out earlier last month –  Urgent intervention requested
• Noida, Delhi: Illegal detention of a labor rights activist and two union members

FEBRUARY 2013

• Stay on Execution of Death Sentence on Prisoners Simon, Gnana Prakasam, Madhaiah, and Bilavendran in Belgaum Central Prison
• Mercy Petition for the four wrongly implicated convicts in Veerappan’s case rejected by President-to be hanged soon -Belgaum/Karnataka
• Odisha/Ganjam District-Human Rights Defender Mr.Dandapani Mohanty who also acted as a mediator between the Government and the Maoist Rebels Arrested
• India / Odisha: Lady elected Sarpanch assaulted sexually, physically and psychologically by Samiti Members and harassed by local police

JANUARY 2013

• HRD Alert-India -January 28,2013 Urgent Appeal for Action –Uttar Pradesh/Varanasi: Death Threats and Intimidation to human rights defenders of PVCHR and Women Survivors

Threats to human rights defenders of PVCHR and Women Survivors in Varanasi.

• HRD Alert-India -January 24, 2013 Urgent Appeal for Action –Orissa/Bhubaneswar: Illegal Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr . Pradipta Nayak

The arrest of human rights defender Mr. Pradipta Nayak from Bhubaneswar, Orissa for protesting against exorbitant fees that has been levied by DAP School, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

• HRD Alert – India – January 22, 2013-Urgent Appeal for Action – Madurai, Tamilnadu: -Case of illegal police action against Human Rights Defenders

Attack on human rights defenders S. Sheik Ibrahim,President MANIDHANEYA MAKKAL KATCHI, Mr. Noorum Haq District Secretary MANIDHANEYA MAKKAL KATCHI, Mr.K.Abbas , District Secretary, Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kalagam(TMMK) and Mr.Muhammed Goush former state secretary of MANIDHANEYA MAKKAL KATCHI.

• HRD Alert – India – January 3, 2013-Urgent Appeal for Action – Andrapradesh / Markapuram Town/Pakasam district: RTI activist who took on cops injected with poison, condition critical

Situation of Mr. Srinivasa Rao an RTI activist after being given a poison shot by unknown assailants.