Document #1354074

AI – Amnesty International

Further Information on Urgent Action: 165/11 [ASA 20/035/2011]

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/035/2011/en/1c263c33-5aa5-4c4f-968e-c84229def382/asa200352011en.pdf

ecoi.net summary:
Chhattisgarh state: Human rights defenders and environmental rights campaigners, Ramesh Agrawal and Dr Harihar Patel, have been denied release on bail by high court; they have been jailed for a month after their arrest on false charges of “circulating defamatory material”, “disrupting public order” and “causing alarm and panic among the public” on 28 May 2011
Country:
India
Source:
AI – Amnesty International
Original link:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/035/2011/en/1c263c33-5aa5-4c4f-968e-c84229def382/asa200352011en.pdf
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
28 June 2011
Document ID:
1354074 (former ID 162853)

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