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<div class="gmail_quote"> From: Gopal Dabade <a href="mailto:drdabade@gmail.com">drdabade@gmail.com</a><br></div>
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<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri">Dr Binayak Sen a practicing medical doctor has been in the Indian jail for 19 months now. <span> </span></font></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part-i-laws-dont-affect-his-bail-rights-yet-binayak-sen-in-jail-for-19-months/410061/0" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part-i-laws-dont-affect-his-bail-rights-yet-binayak-sen-in-jail-for-19-months/410061/0</font></a></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 2.25pt 13.5pt 0pt 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">PART I: Laws don't affect his bail rights yet Binayak Sen in jail for 19 months</span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 2.25pt 13.5pt 0pt 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/vinaysitapati/" target="_blank">Vinay Sitapati</a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999"> Posted: Jan 13, 2009 at 1439 hrs IST</span></p>
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<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">New Delhi:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> While debating the new anti-terror laws passed in Parliament last month, Home Minister P Chidambaram acknowledged the need for a "fair balance" between respecting human rights and tough laws to deal with terror. That counter-terror measures can hurt individual rights is no idle concern. The 19-month incarceration of Binayak Sen shows why. </span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Dr Binayak Sen, a graduate of CMC Vellore and a practising doctor, was arrested on May 14, 2007 in Bilaspur under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act as well as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code. </span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">He is accused of conspiring with, and being a conduit between Naxalites. Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan admits that Sen is not a "Naxal terrorist hiding in the forests" but accuses him of giving "logistical support" to the Naxals — charges that Sen vigorously denies. His trial began on April 30 last year and 38 prosecution witnesses have so far been examined. </span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The sheer length of Sen's incarceration without bail is significant. To compare: Sanjeev Nanda, prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, was given bail just four months after being arrested. Another eventual convict, Vikas Yadav — accused of shooting model Jessica Lall in full public view — not only got anticipatory bail, but after a brief four months in jail, was free on bail. Yet Sen, accused with evidence that is fast unravelling, has spent the last 19 months in jail. </span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 2.25pt 13.5pt 0pt 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part-ii-witnesses-jail-records-dont-back-state-govts-charge-against-binayak-sen/410517/0" target="_blank">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part-ii-witnesses-jail-records-dont-back-state-govts-charge-against-binayak-sen/410517/0</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 2.25pt 13.5pt 0pt 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Calibri">PART II: Witnesses, jail records don't back state govt's charge against Binayak Sen</font></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 2.25pt 13.5pt 0pt 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/vinaysitapati/" target="_blank">Vinay Sitapati</a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999"> Posted: Jan 14, 2009 at 1439 hrs IST</span></p>
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<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part3-binayak-sen-case-raises-questions-on-antinaxal-measures/410934/0" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/part3-binayak-sen-case-raises-questions-on-antinaxal-measures/410934/0</font></a><font face="Calibri"> </font></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri">Part3: Binayak Sen case raises questions on anti-Naxal measures</font></p>
<p class="gmail_quote" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/vinaysitapati/" target="_blank">Vinay Sitapati</a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: #999999; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> Posted: Jan 15, 2009 at 1439 hrs IST</span></p>
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