Civil rights activist Binayak Sen, the arrest of a group of 22 Nobel laureates have been convicted, was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment by a court for sedition in Chhattisgarh and its links with the Maoists. His family calls him a jerk this sad day for Indian democracy, while others reacted with disbelief and activists vowed to appeal.
As a senator, 59, in a kurta pajamas and looking to see dressed frail, found Raipur district and sessions judge BP Varma Court found him guilty of sedition and criminal conspiracy under 124, 120 B, or of the penal code of India.
The court also between one and five years in different areas of the Chhattisgarh Special Security Act and a public part in illegal activities (prevention) detention. The sentences run concurrently.
The court however acquitted Sen war against the state, which was devastated by § 121 (A) of the IPC. Sen was also the fees referred to in § § 20 and 21 of unlawful activities (prevention) acquitted.
The court sentenced two other - Narayan Sanyal has 80 years, and businessman of 30 years in Calcutta Guha Peña base - appoint the Maoists and sentenced to life imprisonment. You are already in judicial custody and were present in court.
A doctor by profession, was a Senator on bail but was arrested shortly after the conviction. He was arrested in 2007 for alleged links to Bilaspur Sanyal, but was released May 2009, at the request of the Supreme Court.
In 2008, when he was in prison, U.S. Global Health Council awarded for his work on global health and human rights. In the same year a group of 22 Nobel laureates Sen condemned to prison.
Women Illin Sen said in the courthouse: "I totally agree with the decision of the Court, there is no evidence against him come to the Supreme Court ..."
"He worked for the poor of the country for 30 years, if that person is convicted of sedition and conspiracy - When the gangsters and crooks are free - I think it is a scandalous situation.
"I'm sad. I'm sad because my daughters, my husband and I are struggling to another legal battle. No How long it takes. I'm still sad for the state of Indian democracy," said Illin.
The family was visibly shaken.
"I lost my voice, let me" disturbed, Dr. Dipankar Sen's brother, weeping, told reporters in court.
"This is a case of the government and the police presented by Chhattisgarh. We will appeal," said Kavita Srivastava, General Secretary of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which Sen is the vice president.
Human rights activists had packed the court Friday before the verdict.
The police has sounded a warning in a courtyard around the facilities.
"I'm shocked. Had not expected, because there was no evidence against him. It is a sad day for our democracy," Minister PUCL Mahipal Singh told IANS in New Delhi.
"We have to decide the summary of the set, take some time for us, the course of action," he said.
Reactions of anger from abroad. The case against fraudulent Sen said that the Maoists in Nepal in Kathmandu legislature Hari Roka.
"Dr. Sen is an activist for the rights and should not be drawn into these allegations," said Roka, Maoist MP and Jawaharlal Nehru, a student researcher at the university.
"It is unfair and wrong. The Indian authorities should reconsider the sentence," he said. Roka, the parliament of Nepal from the Maoist party was named, said the President of India, had the powers of first refusal, it must free the doctor who ordered the widespread respect in India and abroad.
Another deputy Maoist leader and former External Affairs, Chandra Prakash Gajurel, said the decision should be appealed to higher courts.
Since his arrival in Chhattisgarh in 1981, Sen had a lot of their time to health care, the tribes have spent in poor tribal areas.
The case against Binayak Sen has continued even as the guerrillas of the Communist Party of India-Maoists intensified attacks on security forces in Chhattisgarh, killing dozens. The Bharatiya Janata Party state government has to act firmly against civil rights activists were accused.
As a senator, 59, in a kurta pajamas and looking to see dressed frail, found Raipur district and sessions judge BP Varma Court found him guilty of sedition and criminal conspiracy under 124, 120 B, or of the penal code of India.
The court also between one and five years in different areas of the Chhattisgarh Special Security Act and a public part in illegal activities (prevention) detention. The sentences run concurrently.
The court however acquitted Sen war against the state, which was devastated by § 121 (A) of the IPC. Sen was also the fees referred to in § § 20 and 21 of unlawful activities (prevention) acquitted.
The court sentenced two other - Narayan Sanyal has 80 years, and businessman of 30 years in Calcutta Guha Peña base - appoint the Maoists and sentenced to life imprisonment. You are already in judicial custody and were present in court.
A doctor by profession, was a Senator on bail but was arrested shortly after the conviction. He was arrested in 2007 for alleged links to Bilaspur Sanyal, but was released May 2009, at the request of the Supreme Court.
In 2008, when he was in prison, U.S. Global Health Council awarded for his work on global health and human rights. In the same year a group of 22 Nobel laureates Sen condemned to prison.
Women Illin Sen said in the courthouse: "I totally agree with the decision of the Court, there is no evidence against him come to the Supreme Court ..."
"He worked for the poor of the country for 30 years, if that person is convicted of sedition and conspiracy - When the gangsters and crooks are free - I think it is a scandalous situation.
"I'm sad. I'm sad because my daughters, my husband and I are struggling to another legal battle. No How long it takes. I'm still sad for the state of Indian democracy," said Illin.
The family was visibly shaken.
"I lost my voice, let me" disturbed, Dr. Dipankar Sen's brother, weeping, told reporters in court.
"This is a case of the government and the police presented by Chhattisgarh. We will appeal," said Kavita Srivastava, General Secretary of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which Sen is the vice president.
Human rights activists had packed the court Friday before the verdict.
The police has sounded a warning in a courtyard around the facilities.
"I'm shocked. Had not expected, because there was no evidence against him. It is a sad day for our democracy," Minister PUCL Mahipal Singh told IANS in New Delhi.
"We have to decide the summary of the set, take some time for us, the course of action," he said.
Reactions of anger from abroad. The case against fraudulent Sen said that the Maoists in Nepal in Kathmandu legislature Hari Roka.
"Dr. Sen is an activist for the rights and should not be drawn into these allegations," said Roka, Maoist MP and Jawaharlal Nehru, a student researcher at the university.
"It is unfair and wrong. The Indian authorities should reconsider the sentence," he said. Roka, the parliament of Nepal from the Maoist party was named, said the President of India, had the powers of first refusal, it must free the doctor who ordered the widespread respect in India and abroad.
Another deputy Maoist leader and former External Affairs, Chandra Prakash Gajurel, said the decision should be appealed to higher courts.
Since his arrival in Chhattisgarh in 1981, Sen had a lot of their time to health care, the tribes have spent in poor tribal areas.
The case against Binayak Sen has continued even as the guerrillas of the Communist Party of India-Maoists intensified attacks on security forces in Chhattisgarh, killing dozens. The Bharatiya Janata Party state government has to act firmly against civil rights activists were accused.
