06-04-2009, 05:08 PM
<b>Rights activist Binayak Sen released on bail</b>
IANS
New Delhi: Civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen on Tuesday walked out of a Raipur jail, two years after he was booked under stringent security laws for his alleged links with Maoists.
âI am a human rights worker and continue to stay so,â said Sen, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday.
âI donât why I was put in jail but it is very good to be out of it. I am on bail and my case is still being hear,â Sen told reporters after his release.
Sen feared a threat to his life from the Chhattisgarh government but didnât elaborate on his allegation. âI think I have a danger from the Chhattisgarh government though nobody has said anything to me,â he said.
âI have no separate message for the Maoists. We are against all kinds of violence. Peace must prevail and peace must replace war. I condemn all sorts of violence by anyone.â
IANS reports the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Sen, who was in a jail for over two years under unproven charges of links with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh government has booked<b> Sen, the vice-president of Peopleâs Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)</b> under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, for his alleged links with Maoists.
IANS reports Sen won the prestigious Jonathan Mann award in the year 2008 for his work in health and human rights. He has been working in Chhattisgarh for more than a decade, making health accessible to the poorest.
He has been suffering from a heart ailment and has also sought permission to be treated at his alma mater, the Christian Medical College, Vellore. His supporters have campaigned relentlessly for over two years and range from Nobel laureates to civil rights activists to filmmakers and writers.
IANS
New Delhi: Civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen on Tuesday walked out of a Raipur jail, two years after he was booked under stringent security laws for his alleged links with Maoists.
âI am a human rights worker and continue to stay so,â said Sen, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday.
âI donât why I was put in jail but it is very good to be out of it. I am on bail and my case is still being hear,â Sen told reporters after his release.
Sen feared a threat to his life from the Chhattisgarh government but didnât elaborate on his allegation. âI think I have a danger from the Chhattisgarh government though nobody has said anything to me,â he said.
âI have no separate message for the Maoists. We are against all kinds of violence. Peace must prevail and peace must replace war. I condemn all sorts of violence by anyone.â
IANS reports the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Sen, who was in a jail for over two years under unproven charges of links with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh government has booked<b> Sen, the vice-president of Peopleâs Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)</b> under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, for his alleged links with Maoists.
IANS reports Sen won the prestigious Jonathan Mann award in the year 2008 for his work in health and human rights. He has been working in Chhattisgarh for more than a decade, making health accessible to the poorest.
He has been suffering from a heart ailment and has also sought permission to be treated at his alma mater, the Christian Medical College, Vellore. His supporters have campaigned relentlessly for over two years and range from Nobel laureates to civil rights activists to filmmakers and writers.