Monday, December 10, 2012

India - Hyderabad - Convention Against Draconian Laws




DECEMBER 10-11, 2012 Tuljha Bhawan, Barkatpura, HYDERABAD


Repeal all Draconian Laws including AFSPA and UAPA!

All arrested on political grounds should be recognized as Political Prisoners!

Release all Political Prisoners unconditionally!

Remove all Armed Forces!




Programme Schedule



DAY 1

Songs of Resistance—Praja Kala Mandali


Inaugural Session 10 AM-1.30 PM


Presidium: Prof. SAR Geelani, Prof. Amit Bhattacharyya, Bojja Tharakam


Inauguration of the Convention: Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (Retd.), Supreme Court


Key note address

Prof. Amit Bhattacharyya, Secretary General CRPP


Solidarity Message—Justice Rajinder Sachar

Prof. Haragopal—Hyderabad Central University

Bojja Tharakam—Senior Advocate, President CRPP, Andhra Chapter

Ajit Bhuyan—Editor Asomiya Pratidin

Jayanta Das—Former Attorney General Orissa and president, Orissa Bar Association

Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy—Gen. Secretary, CPI

Chukka Ramaiah—MLC, Andhra Pradesh

K Srinivas—Editor, Andhra Jyothi

Ramchandra Moorthy—Editor, Hans India

Potturi Venkateshwara Rao—Senior Journalist

Lateef Mohd Khan—President, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee, Hyderabad, Secretary, CRPP

Meena Kandasamy—Writer, Poet

KN Pandit—Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan,

Prof. Rehana Sultana—Maulana Abdul Kalam University, Hyderabad

Prof. Koya—NCHRO and Vice President CRPP

Prof. Saraswathi—Civil Libertarian and Secretary CRPP

Thushar Sarathy—Manushyavakasha Kootayima Kerala

Prof. Jagmohan—AFDR, Punjab and Vice President CRPP

Shahid Badr--UP

Vara Vara Rao—Revolutionary Poet

N. Venuh—Sec Gen Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights

Gadar—Revolutionary Balladeer

Bhoomaiah—President Telangana Praja Front

Kalyan Rao—Revolutionary Writer’s Association Andhra Pradesh

Kashmir Bar Association


Lunch 1.30 pm to 2.30pm


Second Session

Songs of Resistance—Praja Kala Mandali

Presidium: Prof. Jagmohan, Amit Bhattacharyya/SAR Geelani, Prof. Koya


Draconian laws—The Penal Indian State

Perspective from different regions and communities


Prof. Sujato Bhadra—Civil Libertarian and Vice President CRPP

Adv. PA Sebastian—CPDR Mumbai and Vice President CRPP

Prof. Seshaiah—APCLC

Prof. Sheikh Showkat Hussain—Dept. of Law, Kashmir University

Prof. Saraswathy—Secretary CRPP

Prof. Ramesh Sharan—Dept of Economics, Ranchi University


Tea Break 5-5.30 PM


Session Continues 5.30-7.30

Songs of Resistance


Bojja Tharakam—Senior Advocate and President CRPP Andhra Chapter

Jatinder Singh—Dept. Of Political Science Patiala

Prasanta Jena—Senior Advocate, Odisha and CRPP Odisha Chapter

Jagdish Meshram—Advocate Nagpur

Susan Abraham—Human Rights Lawyer and CPDR

Mohd Shoaib—Senior Advocate UP



Day Two

Session 1

Songs of Resistance


Draconian Laws and Political Prisoners

10 AM-11.45

Presidium: Rehana Sultana, Jatinder Singh, Adv. Ravindra


Prof. Jagmohan (Sikh News)/Adv. Navkiran

Vara Vara Rao—Revolutionary Poet

Meena Kandasamy—Poet, writer

Ravi Kiran Jain—Senior Advocate UP

Dr. Anees-- UP

Aparna Marandi—Social activist and wife of Jiten Marandi

Prashant Paikray—Anti-Posco movement and CRPP Odisha Chapter

Bilal Siddiqui--Kashmir

Padma—Political Prisoner

Lenin Kumar—Editor, Nishan, Odisha


11.45 Tea Break




12.00—1.30

--Session Continues-

Songs of Resistance

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Arif Mohd—NCHRO Hyderabad

Activists from Kudamkulam

MASS--Assam

Munishwar—Campaign for Peace and Democracy, Manipur (CPDM)

Kanwarpal Singh

Pankaj Tyagi—People’s Union for Civil Rights (PUCR) Haryana


Lunch—1.30 pm—2.30


Session 2 2.30pm—4.30

Presidium Continues

Songs of Resistance


Draconian Laws and Political Prisoners

Life for Life—an instrument of Political Vendetta

Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar—Nalsar Hyderabad

Bojja Tharakam— Senior Advocate and President CRPP Andhra Chapter

Prof. Jagmohan-- AFDR, Punjab and Vice President CRPP

Kalyan Rao—Revolutionary Writer’s Association

Ganti Prasadam— Amarula Bandu Mithralu Sangam (ABMS)


4.30pm-5.00pm

Tea Break


5.00 pm

Resolutions


COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

Contact: 9810081228, 9810149990, thearrested1@gmail.com

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