A man with a lifelong commitment to the issues of
community health and human rights,

Winner of the 2008
Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights

And
Chattisgarh government (India) keeps him under detention
with false charges of 'assisting' the maoist insurgency
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In a country, which has health indicators worse than that of sub-Saharan Africa,
Dr. Sen passionately worked for setting up low cost models of health-care accessible to the poor

And in a land where the problems of public health are deeply intertwined with the gross violations of the Indian Constitution by state agencies themselves
Dr. Sen fought for ensuring democratic rights of ordinary people

13 May 2008 will mark the first anniversary of the arrest of Dr. Sen.

Organizations across the globe will be holding events on the evening of May 13, 2008
to protest against Dr. Binayak Sen's unjust imprisonment and the crisis that our nation's democracy is facing.

Join us, the Philadelphia chapter of Association For India's Development (AID), on

May 13 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm
at the 40th and Locust street field

for a candle light vigil
to express your solicitude on the Silent Emergency that is creeping upon us in front of our very eyes.

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visit http://www.freebinayaksen.org/ for more information
or contact us at AID.Philadelphia@gmail.com

Also, please refer to the attached appeal for further details.