Articles by: Free Azad Campaign

Over Sixty Organizations Release Poster Demanding  Freedom For Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’

Over Sixty Organizations Release Poster Demanding Freedom For Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’

Over sixty organizations have released a poster demanding the release of Dalit activist and Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ who is incarcerated in Saharanpur jail. Azad is in prison since June 2017, put away as a threat to ‘national security’ for championing the cause of India’s Dalits – a community repeatedly subjected to racist violence, rape, inhumane untouchability practices,[Read More…]

Chandrashekhar Azad Raavan Begins Hunger Strike In Saharanpur Jail

Chandrashekhar Azad Raavan Begins Hunger Strike In Saharanpur Jail

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad Raavan has launched hunger strike from Saharanpur district jail, where he is currently lodged. He launched his hunger strike in the aftermath of the nation-wide protests by Dalits on April 2nd against the dilution of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) ACT. Bhim Army defence committee convener Sanjeev Mathur said that Azad had begun[Read More…]

by 07/04/2018 2 comments Annihilate Caste
Fight For Release Of Chandrashekhar Azad: Protests From 14 April 2018 Onwards

Fight For Release Of Chandrashekhar Azad: Protests From 14 April 2018 Onwards

14 April 2018 will mark the 127th birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, one of India’s greatest social reformers and architect of the country’s Constitution. The day will also mark ten months in prison for Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, one of Dr Ambedkar’s finest followers in contemporary India. Azad is the leader of Bhim Army – an organisation dedicated to spreading education among[Read More…]

by 03/04/2018 4 comments Human Rights
Call For Release Of Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ – India’s Malcom X!

Call For Release Of Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ – India’s Malcom X!

We the following writers, film makers, artists, students, academics and social movements express our deep concern over the continued, unjust imprisonment of Dalit activist and Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ by the Uttar Pradesh government. Azad is in prison since June 2017, put away as a threat to ‘national security’ for championing the cause of India’s Dalits – a[Read More…]