Repeal Sedition Law : urged Dr. Binayak Sen

Dr Binayak Sen addressing

Indian constitution says people are sovereign, Govt. has given an undertake in court not to use force against people but in Dhinkia, how a elected Sarapanch has been suspended by the State Govt. and peoples are being tortured to vacate their land for the sake of the proposed South Korean POSCO mega steel plant said eminent human rights defender Dr Binayak Sen in a memorial lecture on yesterday in Bhubaneswar,Orissa.

Forty Five year of displacement data says only one-third of people are being compensated in India even the oustee of Hirakud Dam in Odisha has not been fully compensated yet.

The Govt. of India says the country is developing day by day, the economic is booming but more than 40 percentage of people are suffering chronic nutrition shortage, in Orissa the figure is more than sixty said Dr Sen. According to WHO if Body Max Index[BMI] is below 18.5, there is famine like situation. The percapita consumption of grain reduced from 800 grams to 700 grams in the last five year. Twenty percent of people enjoying eighty three percent of global income and bottom twenty percent is getting only one percent. The disparity of India is more than the world figure. The Arjun Sengupta committee says more than 80 percentage of people in India living less than Ruppes 20 per day he added.

On 25^th December 2010, I had been charged by the trial court in guilty of sedition, the Supreme Court granted me bail saying no evidence of sedition.

In 1922, Mahatma Gandhi had been punished for 6 years of imprisonment by the British Govt. The same United Kingdom has overthrown the law but in India still the draconian law exists.

In the name of Salwa Judam, tribal people are being taken from their villages and spearhead to kill their community people when they protest against such move like me either they are being  encountered by the police or send to custody by leveling Maoist.

Dr Sen with Mr Manoj Jena

An all India campaign to repeal sedition laws will start soon, PUCL and other leading human rights organizations in the country will lead this campaign with one million signatures placing before the winter session of parliament.

In an exclusive discussion with Mr Manoj Jena of Peoples Watch, Dr Sen astonished about the serious violation of human rights in the Orissa particularly increasing the attacks on human rights defenders. Mr Jena requested him to take a key role of the National campaign against Torture initiated by Peoples Watch.