Dr Binayak Sen - curtain closure for human right activist?

Dr Binayak Sen:

On December 24, 2010 it is a black day for the civil rights activists in India. The Raipur (Chhattisgarh) court has given life sentence for Dr Binayak Sen. He is a doctor who won many awards for his service to rural poor in Chhattisgarh’s naxal-infested hinterlands.

Charge against him:  He was a courier for imprisoned naxal leaders and was sympathetic to their cause. Is that all? When the Raipur trial court was pronouncing its verdict, the Assam government decided not to oppose the bail of ULFA’s top leaders, including Arvind Rajkhowa and others who openly carried out armed struggle for independence of Assam from India. Wanting peace, Assam Govt was ready to look the other way even when there were cases under the draconian of TADA.

And what charge would the law enforcing agencies slap against those who allowed the prices of food articles and vegetables to go sky high to snatch the last penny from the pockets of the common men?

• If Binayak Sen had robed India of Rs 17600000000000 in a telecom scam, he’d be free today….
• Anderson of Carbide gets a plane; A Raja gets a Cabinet berth; Kalmadi gets CWG; but Binayak Sen gets life for an unsigned letter!.. Amazing laws in India…. S India a real democratic?
• It is a verdict against humanity. People like Dr. Sen should be honoured and not jailed. The world has seen eminent men persecuted since the time of Socrates. It is shameful that the practice continues in the 21^st century.
• India is a country where you can kill people and get acquitted for want of evidence. But if you help the needy against the wishes of the government – run by corporates – you can be imprisoned for life. Dr Sen’s big mistake is that he tried to work for the marginalized sections of people.
• All Dr. Sen did was to oppose the actions of “Salwa Judum” a civilian armed group raised by the government to fight Maoists, when it violated the human rights of tribals.