CounterCurrents: FIR Registered By women Of Nendra village, Bijapur, Against Security Forces For Gang Rape And Loot, The Suicide Of A Hero

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Binu Mathew
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The Suicide Of A Hero 
By M C Raj

http://www.countercurrents.org/raj240116.htm

In his suicide, Rohith has brought alive the dormant upsurge among the Adijans and their supporters that waited for such a ‘chance’ to come out. This is one of the greatest achievements of this hero that his death brought alive the latent strength of the student community. Their protests have made him become the son of Mother India in his death from being an ‘antinational’ when he was alive. If Adijan leadership goes into a snooze from here, as it usually does, it will not be able to sustain the tempo of being the sons of Mother India. It should continuously keep the rulers on their toe without waiting for the murder or suicide of another Rohith


Before I Speak Of The Stars… 
By Ravi Sinha

http://www.countercurrents.org/sinha240116.htm

Let me speak first of Rohith Chakravarthi Vemula. I never met him. I wish I had, although that would have made me hardly any worthier of speaking about him. Had I met him, I would have come to know that I shared with him a passion for science, nature and stars. I would like to think that he would have found in me, despite my being from another generation, a comrade-in-arms and a fellow campaigner for a better world. Perhaps I would have also recognized a few of the scars left over from a childhood spent in poverty. But, there, the similarities would have ended


FIR Registered By women Of Nendra village, Bijapur, 
Against Security Forces For Gang Rape And Loot
By Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)

http://www.countercurrents.org/wss240116.htm

After four trying days of chasing and pressuring authorities, the determination and resolve of the women of Bellam- Lendra (Nendra) village, Block Usur, Thana Basaguda, has finally paid off. An FIR has been registered against police and security forces by the Bijapur thana for sexual violence including gang rape, dacoity, and for plundering and looting the village. In the meanwhil, a mob threatens rape survivors tells them to return to village and not lodge an FIR against forces


Injustice To Keywan Karimi Should Be Revoked
By Concerned Film Makers

http://www.countercurrents.org/karimi240116.htm

Two months ago Iranian Kurdish Colleague Keywan Karimi got sentenced with 6 years of prison and 223 lashes for ‘propagating against the Regime’ and ‘insulting religious sanctities’ because of his movie ‘Writing on the City’. Already in 2013 Karimi was imprisoned in solitary confinement for two weeks, then released under house arrest surveillance and bail, preventing him thus from leaving the country. 669 film makers from around the world appeal Mr. Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary, to cancel this inhumane punishment