People's Union for Civil Liberties SEMINAR On Attack by the State on Life and Personal liberty of its people in Democratic India: Examining the Law on Sedition, other Draconian Laws and Human Rights Violations of Citizens under Ordinary Laws 7th -8th May, 2011 (Saturday and Sunday) From 10.30 am onwards Gandhi Peace Foundation, 223 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Delhi PRESS INVITE AND NOTE SPEAKERS (see detailed programme) Justice AB Shah, Ex Chief Justice Delhi High Court Justice Rajinder Sachar, Ex-Chief Justice Delhi High Court Shri Anhdhyarjuna, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Dr. Prabhakar Sinha, President PUCL Dr Binayak Sen, VP PUCL. Pushkar Raj, Gen Sec PUCL Ravi Kiran Jain, VP PUCL. V. Suresh, PUCL, Tamil Nadu Paramjeet, PUDR Kavita Srivastava, PUCL Prof Ujjwal Singh, Delhi University Siddhartha Narrain, ALF, Bangalore Sudha Bharadwaj and Himanshu Kumar, PUCL, Chhattisgarh Babloo, Manipur Sujato Bhadro, APDR, W. Bengal and many others.
6. 30 pm cultural expressions Dastaane Sedition Banaam Hakim Sen- Mehmoud Farroqui and Danish Hussein Le' Mashale' A Soliloquy On the Life of Irom Sharmila ten year fast. The People's Union for Civil Liberties is organising an all India seminar on the 7th and 8th of May, 2011 in Delhi on the "Attack by the State on the Life and Personal liberty of its people in Democratic India: Examining the Law on Sedition, other Draconian Laws and Human Rights Violations of Citizens under Ordinary Laws." The objective of the Consultation is to · Discuss the alarming proportions of suppression of the people's freedom of speech and expression and frequent attacks on the dignity of common citizens · Understand the historical basis of the sedition law and other draconian laws within the framework of the Indian Constitution and International law and share experiences of the victims of these laws · Outlining a charter of citizens’ demands from the government against deteriorating situation of rights and liberties of individual People's Union for Civil Liberties along with several democratic and human rights organisations is alarmed at the increasing assault by the State on the freedom of speech and expression of the people and the frequent attacks on the dignity of ordinary citizens. Every day democratic dissent, the right to protest, stage rallies and dharnas, is under threat. Assertion of ones rights which is central to democracy is criminalised through a number of ordinary laws. Government's are increasingly becoming so intolerant that there is an arbitrary use of sections called offences against the Indian State. As is well known, the law on sedition, Sec 124 (A) of the IPC, is one of the most vaguely defined and abused draconian sections of the Indian Penal Code. The manner in which it is being applied presently by the police in various states of the country clearly shows that it has become the latest tool to silence dissent and any interrogation of the government's policies and actions. The victims are a wide ranging lot. They include those who speak up against repression in Kashmir and states of the North East or those who speak up and counsel the government for restraint in dealing with the militant Maoist movement or even some non violent social movements. Fellow Human Rights workers, members of Democratic and Civil Liberties organizations, legal experts will be participating in this two day meeting. We would like you to send a reporter and cameraman/ photographer for the meeting. Prabhakar Sinha (President); Pushkar Raj(General Secretary) Phone: Pushkar Raj: 9810656100, Kavita Srivastava: 9351562965,[email protected] Tentative Schedule 7th May (Saturday) Day I 9.30 a.m.onwards - Registration and Tea 10.00 - 11.30 a.m.: Inaugural Session · Welcome Pushkar Raj, General Secretary, PUCL · Introducing the subject: Prabhakar Sinha, President , PUCL · Inaugural Address: Justice AB Shah, Ex-Chief Justice Delhi High Court. · Special Address Dr. Binayak Sen, Vice President PUCL · Guest Speaker: Shri Anhdhyarjuna, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India · Concluding observations: Pushkar Raj, General Secretary, PUCL 11.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.: Tea 11.45 am to 1.10p.m.: Examining Sedition and Allied Offences against the State Chairperson: Justice Rajindar Sachar, former PUCL President Speakers: · "Disaaffection and the law" the chilling effect of Sedition Laws in India- Siddhartha Narrain, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. · Sedition Law: Tailor Made for abuse: Politics and Practice of the Anti Sedition Laws in India. V. Suresh, National Secretary and President Tamil Nadu PUCL. · Paramjeet PUDR Representative. · Open Discussion. · Remarks by the Chair 1.00 p.m. to 2: 00 p.m.: Lunch 2.10 p.m. onwards: Draconian laws and their application in the country, Sharing Experiences from the States Chairperson: Ravi Kiran Jain 2.10 pm to 3.45 pm Tea 3.45 pm Chairperson: Sanjay Parikh, 4.00 to 5.45 pm Speakers: Prof Ujjwal Singh, Delhi University (15 mins) Sudha Bharadwaj, PUCL, Chhattisgarh (15 mins) Vrinda Grover, Kashmir( 15 mins) Sujato Bhadro, APDR, W. Bengal (15 mins) Nishant Akhilesh, Shashi Bhushan Pathak, Jharkhand, PUCL( 15 mins Babloo, Manipur (15 mins) and others Open Discussion Abdul Shakeel, Delhi- Gujarat Kranthi from APCLC Jaya Vindhyala, PUCL, AP Shahnawaz and Rajeev, UP, Mahtab APCR, Manisha, Jamia Teachers Solidarity group Sh. Pancholi/Jagpal Nehra / Shivkant, Delhi PUCL Farooq Paker APCR/Kavita Srivastava, PUCL and others Open Discussion Remarks by the Chair Sh. Sanjay Parikh, 6pm : Tea 6. 30 pm onwards CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Dastaan- e-Sedition Banaam Hakim Sen By Mahmood Farroqui and Danish Hussein Le Mashale: A Soliloquy on the life of Irom Sharmila By Ojas 8th May (Sunday) Day II 9. 30 a.m. Onwards State of life, personal liberty and dignity of the common man under the Ordinary law of the country Chairperson: Dr. Binayak Sen, Vice President PUCL Speakers: · Ravi Kiran Jain · Usha Ramanthan Responses from participants 5 to 7 minutes each 11.00 a.m : Tea 11:20 - 2. 00 p.m. The Way forward: suggestions for preparing a charter of demands LUNCH -- Pushkar Raj General Secretary, PUCL PUCL National Office: 270-A, Ground Floor, Patpar Ganj, Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi-110091 Ph. 011-22750014, 09810656100 www.pucl.org Close ad © 2011 Microsoft Terms PrivacyAbout our adsAdvertise -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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