[Reader-list] Petition against arrest of Ajay TG

[Asit asitreds]

i endorse it plse keep me posted and inform of further action plan i want to
paricipate
regards
asit
indepentant film maker and resaercher

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please circulate Widely
>
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>
> PETITION FOR RELEASE OF AJAY TG, INDEPENDENT FILM MAKER
>
> http://www.binayaksen.net/2008/05/petition-for-release-of-ajay-tg-independent-film-maker/
>
> We the undersigned strongly condemn the arrest of Ajay TG, independent
> film maker, and social activist by the Chattisgarh police in Bhilai on 4
> May 2008 and call for his immediate release.
>
> Though no specific charges have been made known so far, the fact that he
> is detained under the Chattisgarh State Public Security Act – a law
> meant for containing 'terrorists'-  it is obvious that the allegations
> are likely to be drastic.
>
> We have strong grounds to believe that Ajay is being victimised for his
> human rights work as an active member of the PUCL, against which the
> Chattisgarh government is carrying out a systematic campaign of
> vilification and victimisation. He is the second member of the PUCL to
> be arrested so far, the first being Dr Binayak Sen, well known
> humanitarian and General Secretary of PUCL's Chattisgarh unit on 14 May
> 2007.
>
> Apart from being a human rights activist Ajay TG is a well-known
> researcher and independent filmmaker. He has done research assistance
> work for Professor Jonathan Parry, a world-renowned social
> anthropologist at London School of Economics and Political Science and
> also participated in numerous studies conducted by universities in the
> United States.
>
> As a filmmaker Ajay TG has worked on numerous projects as director,
> cameraman, editor and is also an accomplished graphic artist. Some of
> his films that have been screened at festivals abroad include 'Living
> Memory', screened at 'A season of South Asian Documentaries and Films',
> Cambridge, UK;  'Safar' screened at Sheffield International Film
> Festival, Sheffield, UK and 'The Last Shelter' screened at Royal
> Anthropological institute Film Festival, London, UK.
>
> Since September 2005 Ajay has been voluntarily running Drksakshi
> (www.drksakshi.org <http://www.drksakshi.org>), an organisation designed
> to provide a dignified educational environment for young girls in an
> urban slum in Bhilai. He is currently also State Convener for Campaign
> Against Child Labour and Treasurer of the All India Youth Federation,
> Chhattisgarh.
>
> NAME                    OCCUPATION
> Anand Patwardhan                Film Maker
> K.P.Sasi                    Film Maker
> Satya Sivaraman                Journalist
> Sarat Chandran                Film Maker
> P.Baburaj                    Film Maker
> Anivar Aravind                  Software Hacker, Freelancer
> Sunil Shanbag                                       Theatre Director
> Nandini Ramnath                 Journalist
> Amrit Gangar                                        Film critic
> Meghnath                    Filmmaker
> Paromita Vohra                Filmmaker
> Vanaja C                    Journalist
> Shankar Borua                Filmmaker
> Balmurli Natrajan                        Anthropologist
> Simantini Dhuru                Filmmaker
> Shohini Ghosh                Filmmaker
> Sudeep K S                    Filmmaker
> Shriprakash                    Filmmaker
> Saba Dewan                   Film maker
> Rahul Roy                              Filmmaker
> Ajitpal Singh                     Filmmaker
> Sapna Shahani                 TV Producer
> Giulia Battaglia                                      Researcher, MIDS,
> Chennai
> Amar Kanwar                    Filmmaker
> Sanjiv Shah                                            Filmmaker
> Lynne Henry                    Media practitioner/dance educator
> Sanjay Shah                    Filmmaker
> Aditya Seth                    Filmmaker
> TN Uma Devi                    Filmmaker
> Nirmala Nair                    Filmmaker
> Utpal Borpujari                 Journalist,
> Lawrence Liang                Alternative Law Forum
> Anjali Monteiro,     Professor, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies,
> TISS, Mumbai
> K.P. Jayasankar,     Chair, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, TISS,
> Mumbai
> Shikha Jhingan                 Filmmaker
> Mrinnal Talukkdar                 Filmmaker
>
>
>
>
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