VIGIL FOR THE RELEASE OF DR. BINAYAK SEN
Demanding the release of the good doctor, prisoner of conscience

Thursday, May 14, 2009 (6:30pm) @ Harvard Square

About Dr. Binayak Sen

Jonathan Mann award winner and civil liberties activist, doctor of the poor, Dr. Binayak Sen has been jailed by Govt. of India under fabricated charge of being a supporter of Maoist insurgents. He has been jailed for the last 2 years under false cases under a draconian terror law. His jailing is a part of a larger attack on civil liberties of the population and the rights of indigenous people of Chhattisgarh, who the government has indiscriminately killed and displaced, using both state forces and vigilante militias. Right now Dr. Binayak Sen's life is under a mortal threat as the jail is denying medical attention for his heart condition. Come join us in the protest demanding the release of Dr. Binayak Sen, and stand in solidarity with the oppressed people of Chhattisgarh.

An assault on liberties anywhere is an assault on liberties everywhere.

Learn More About this Issue:

Free Binayak Sen Campaign : Resist the Silent Emergency [Website]
Free Binayak Sen Blog [Website]
Other India [Website]
Help Save Dr. Binayak [Website]
Jonathan Mann Award Citation & 22 Nobel Laureates Letter [Website]

Sponsoring Organizations of this Vigil:

Association For India's Development (AID), MIT & Boston chapters [Website]
Alliance For Secular and Democratic South Asia [Website]
Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal [Website]
CMC Alumni in Boston
Concerned Citizens
Harvard Alaap
International Action Center, Boston [Website]
MIT Amnesty International [Website]
Mass Global Action [Website]
MataHari: Eye of the Day [Website]
SAPA (South Asians for Progressive Action)
Sanhati [Website]
Workshop Salas

Contact Us:

AID Boston : Somnath Mukherji [Email:somnath @ aidboston.org ] [Phone: 732-423-6662]