Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Open Letter

UAPA against India’s Constitution, a prisoner writes from Tihar

about the country's most criticized draconian law including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The former leader of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India Danish who had been on the run for the last 19 years was arrested under grave charges in December 2020. Danish wrote several books on caste, society, and religion. This letter, accessed from the jailed leader's family talks about draconian laws and their abuses.

All branches of govt collapsed in UP: Former bureaucrats in open letter

In an open letter, the bureaucrats highlighted Uttar Pradesh’s use of criminal charges to crush dissent including the anti-CAA movements, extrajudicial killings in the state, misuse of anti-conversion laws against Muslims and other minority communities, legitimisation of vigilantes and shortcomings in COVID-19 management.

Former civil servants ask Modi govt to listen farmers

A group of former civil servants belonging to All India and Central Services, in an open letter, extended their support to the protests by the farmers and said the three farm sector laws "represent an assault upon the federal character of the Constitution."

25 international organizations write letter to Indian govt calling for release of student leaders

Twenty Five international organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and International Commission of Jurists wrote an open letter to India's Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding the immediate release of jailed rights activists and protesting students.

Academics including Noam Chomsky, Ayesha Jalal write UN on press freedom in Kashmir

The academics, journalists, and editors working in different parts of the world wrote an open letter to seek United Nations' immediate intervention on the issue of the continued persecution of Kashmiri journalists by the Indian government.

African intellectuals’ open letter to leaders over pandemic

Renowned writer and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, and other African leaders have called on heads of governments across the continent to depend less on help from Europe, America, and Asia in finding solutions to its problems including the spread of coronavirus.