Doctor to Defend - the Binayak Sen Story - Hardcover

A Doctor to Defend : The Binayak Sen Story

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents ForewordIlina Sen Letter from 22 Nobel Laureates Acknowledgements Prologue 1 A reluctant hero 2 The heady days 3 Roots 4 Reaching out through Rupantar 5 Taking the legacy forward 6 Family ties 7 The turning point Salwa Judum 8 The trial past and present 9 The campaign for freedom 10 Journey?s end Epilogue    A chilling story of justice denied?Binayak Sen graduated from one of India?s elite institutions the Christian Medical College Vellore and chose to practice amongst the Tribals of Chattisgarh Years of dedicated work led him to believe that sustainable health care cannot be achieved in the absence of human rights and when the controversial Salwa Judum the vigilante force perceived by some as state- backed terror was created by the government to counter the Naxal Movement Binayak was amongst the first to voice his concern Binayaks outspokenness led to his arrest on May 14 2007 on the alleged charges of being a fake doctor and supporting the Naxalite Movement He was denied bail on the grounds that he was a threat to state security and was even subject to a spell of solitary confinement a treatment reserved for dangerous criminalsIronically while in jail he was bestowed the prestigious 2008 Jonathan Mann Award by the Global Health Council an annual award conferred on a practitioner of health and human rights When he was denied permission to travel to Washington to receive the award no less than 22 Nobel Laureates wrote to the Indian President and Prime Minister expressing grave concern that Binayak Sen was being incarcerated solely for peacefully exercising his fundamental rightsThere was widespread public and international protest against his arrest and more than two years after his arrest Binayak Sen was released on bail on May 25 2009On December 24 2010 Binayak Sen was held guilty of sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment by the District Sessions Court in Raipur 244 pp. Artikel-Nr. 91075

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