[Reader-list] free art, free chandramohan

[Zasha Colah]

Thank you for this. I'm in London, but my friends are attending.




On 13/05/07, inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
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> -- PROTEST; 6 PM 14TH OF MAY, LALIT KALA ACADEMY, MANDI HOUSE NEW DELHI
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> Artists from New Delhi, Bangalore, Cochin, Mumbai, Vishakapatnam,
> Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kolkata and Santiniketan will come together on May 14
> at 6 pm to register their protest against the highhanded action taken by the
> police under the instigation of a local politician against Chandramohan, a
> student from the Arts Faculty of Baroda University. 23-year-old
> Chandramohan, a final year MVA student, has been in police custody since May
> 9 when outside elements forced their way into the premises of the Faculty of
> Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda, without permission from the Faculty or
> University and prevailed upon the police to arrest him. Charging him under
> non-bailable Sections, they also imposed immediate closure of the
> examination work that was underway.
> As a mark of protest, artists from the different cities will congregate to
> raise their collective voice against this violation of freedom of expression
> and autonomy of educational institutions. They will extend solidarity to the
> staff and students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, who have not only stood
> steadfast with the incarcerated student Chandramohan, but have over many
> decades painstakingly built an academic institution of great repute and
> distinction. The Art History Department of M S University of Baroda is
> recognized all over the world as a center of excellence.
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> http://indersalim.livejournal.com
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