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Varavara Rao gets Bail, Farmers' Protest Strengthened and more
22 Feb 2021
In today'sDaily Round-Up' we will talk about the 82-year-old poet-activist Varavara Rao getting bail due to his ill health.
Amey Tirodkar
Bhima Koregaon: Activists and Politicians Demands Special Probe after Revelation
11 Feb 2021
When Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh chaired a meeting to check whether they could reopen the case, the NIA took over it the very next day, on January 25, 2020.
Nihalsing B Rathod
Lawyers Withstood Pressures and Defended Activists in the Bhima Koregaon Case
03 Jan 2021
Lawyers who defended activists in the Bhima Koregaon case risked being branded anti-national, but they believed that they were innocent and it was necessary to uphold the rule of law and…
PTI
Bail Plea: HC Extends Varavara Rao’s Stay at Nanavati Hospital Till Jan 7
21 Dec 2020
The ailing 81-year-old poet-activist’s family has sought his bail on medical grounds.
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‘Almost on Deathbed’: Bombay HC Orders Jailed Poet Varavara Rao to be Moved to Nanavati Hospital
18 Nov 2020
Telugu poet Varavara Rao will be shifted from Taloja jail to Nanavati hospital for 15 days for a thorough check-up.
PTI
Bombay HC Orders Varavara Rao’s Check-Up by Private Hospital Doctors
12 Nov 2020
The 81-year-old ailing poet-activist’s lawyer Indira Jaising said his health was "fast deteriorating", and there was a legitimate apprehension that he might die in prison.
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Plea Seeks Ailing Poet Varavara Rao’s Transfer to Nanavati Hospital to be Heard Today
12 Nov 2020
The plea also alleges a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) to which India is…
The Leaflet
SC Asks Bombay HC to Expedite Hearing Varavara Rao’s Bail Application
30 Oct 2020
The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Bombay High Court to expedite the hearing of the bail application filed by noted poet Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds.
Varsha Torgalkar
Maharashtra: Families of Prison Inmates with Co-morbidities and Age Issues Worried, Only Those Without Serious Offences Released
16 Sep 2020
Activists have been demanding the release of prisoners on health grounds. So far, six inmates have died of COVID-19 in prisons across state and 1,772 prisoners have tested positive out of total 11,…
Shoili Kanungo
What We Can Learn from Varavara Rao's Prison Diary
22 Aug 2020
When all relations are defined by oppression and subjugation, and human relationships vanish, the oppressor fears the future.