[Reader-list] [GreenYouth] Free Binayak Sen Film Festival

[Afthab Ellath]

There was another arrest of a doctor (Mohammed Hanif) in Australia three
months later to that of Dr Binayak Sen's. After the initial witch hunt,
Indian mainstream media and Intellectuals became the guards of human rights
immediately after they made sure that Australian human rights activists
will  bring  him out of prison... But Dr Sen will be always in the memory
hole, if not hunted by them...


On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Free Binayak Sen Film Festival
> http://binayaksen.net/film-festival/
>
> 14 May 2008 will mark one year of imprisonment for Dr Binayak Sen, the
> well-known public health and civil rights activist, arrested on false
> charges of 'assisting' the Maoist insurgency in Chattisgarh.
>
> In a nation where increasingly the medical profession is becoming
> synonymous with unbridled commercial greed Dr Sen dedicated his entire
> professional life to the free service of people in the remotest
> villages.
>
> In a country, which has health indicators worse than that of
> sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Sen passionately worked for setting up low cost
> models of healthcare accessible to the poor.
>
> And in a land where the problems of public health are deeply
> intertwined with the gross violations of the Indian Constitution by
> state agencies themselves Dr Sen fought for ensuring democratic rights
> of ordinary people.
>
> Dr Sen's detention as a 'threat to national security' stands therefore
> as a challenge to every Indian who aspires for a humane, democratic
> and civilized India.
>
> To mark the first anniversary of the arrest of Dr Sen, on 14 May 2008
> and to call for his immediate release the Free Binayak Sen Film
> Festival is being organised by concerned citizens and groups around
> the country. The package of 10 documentaries, presented in this
> Festival, highlight the issues of human rights and public health and
> deal with themes ranging from nutrition, greed of drug companies,
> environmental pollution and state atrocities.
>
> They are meant to make all those who watch them wake up and more
> importantly resist the Silent Emergency that is creeping upon us in
> front of our very eyes.
>
> Given along with this letter is a list of the 10 films along with a
> brief synopsis. All groups interested in receiving the package of
> films for organizing the Free Binayak Sen Film Festival in their areas
> of work are requested to send the name of their organization, postal
> address and tentative date of screening to - Wilfred Dcosta, INSAF,
> New Delhi, insaf at vsnl.com, Ph:011-26517814/ 65663958 . The package is
> meant to be screened mostly in the month of May, particularly around
> 14 May, the first anniversary of Dr Sen's arrest.
>
> For further information contact:
>
>        * K.P.Sasi, Bangalore kpsasi36 at gmail.com Ph: 09945282056
>        * Sarat Chandran, Eranakulam sarat at thirdeyefilms.com Ph:
> 09446426433
>        * Satya Sivaraman , New Delhi satyasagar at gmail.com ph:
> 09818514952
>        * Anivar Aravind, Bangalore anivar at movingrepublic.org Ph:
> 080-23435606
>        * V.Srinivasan, Chennai srini59 at gmail.com Ph: 09840081114
>
> For Details of the package checkout  http://binayaksen.net/film-festival/
>
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Regards

Afthab Ellath