Gautam Navlakha’s letter on release from custody
I wish to thank the Supreme Court for upholding the bail granted to me by the Bombay High Court. It proved to be a long wait but well worth it.…
Gautam Navlakha
PUDR welcomes bail to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha
In the Bhima Koregaon case, with relief PUDR welcomes the Supreme Court order upholding regular bail for Gautam Navlakha, a well-known civil rights activist, author and journalist. The Bombay High…
Release Gautam Navlakha Immediately! Release all political prisoners
Today, 14 April 2023 marks four years, seven months and eighteen days since Gautam Navlakha’s arrest on 28 August 2018. A well-known human rights activist, respected journalist and writer of…
Supreme Court’s Concerns Regarding the Health of Gautam Navlakha Are Widely Shared
The concerns expressed by a Supreme Court Bench on November 9 regarding the health of an elderly political prisoner Gautam Navlakha have been widely appreciated in the country. Justice Hrishikesh…
When the Process becomes the Punishment
Tomorrow, 14th April 2022 marks the completion of two years of PUDR activist Gautam Navlakha’s surrender before the NIA. One of sixteen accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case, Gautam…
An open letter from Sahba Husain
Gautam Navlakha, nearly 70, is one of the oldest of the Bhima Koregaon arrestees, who was shifted to the “Anda Circle” (high security) from the barracks on October 12, 2021.…
South Asian media fraternity in Canada raises voice for Gautam Navlakha
The members of Punjabi Press Club of British Columbia (PPCBC) have unanimously condemned the continued incarceration of the journalist and author under inhuman conditions in the Indian jail. Gautam Navlakha…
Rally for the release of Gautam Navlakha held in Canada
On the 37th anniversary of the 1984 Sikh Genocide, South Asian activists gathered in Surrey to raise their voices for a jailed Indian scholar, who was behind documenting the tragedy…
System of solitary confinement, ‘Anda Cell’, inside the jail be stopped
How a human rights activist could be a challenge to the jail authority? On what way could solitary confinement of undertrial prisoner help him/her to avail justice? From various press…
The cost of voicing dissent: UAPA against G.N. Saibaba, Gautam Navlakha, Father Stan Swamy and others
In 2016, a Supreme Court Judge asked the state of Maharashtra, “Do you want to extract a pound of flesh?” The statement was directed against the state for contesting the…
Gautam Navlakha’s Dubious Distinction – Comparison With Hafiz Sayeed
Written by Priyanka Preet, Sandeep Pandey, Kushagra Kumar Gautam Navlakha is a famed author, civil rights activists, human rights activist, journalist, an Editorial Consultant at the Economic and Political Weekly,…
Why Is The Hindustan Times Pimping For An Investigating Agency?
The PIL Watch Group views with serious concern the reporting in the print edition of Hindustan Times (HT) dated 25 July, 2020 (later uploaded on its website) regarding Gautam…
Words from Prison – Human Rights Defender Gautam Navlakha Speaks!
`Under UAPA, the process itself is the punishment !' Gautam Navlakha had stated these words before his arrest. Gautam Navlakha knew very well what his arrest under the draconian law…
A Letter from Gautam Navlakha As He Prepares To Face Arrest
As I prepare to Ieave to surrender before the NIA headquarters in Delhi I am glad that Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Indira Banerjee gave me another week of freedom…
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