India: five community-based defenders charged for peaceful protest
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Jan 29, 2021
- Event Description
On January 29, 2021, the villagers of Nagepur held a rally and dharna in Nagepur, Varanasi under the banner of "Lok Samiti Sanstha". Copies of new agricultural law and effigy of central government were burnt in protest and the participants demanded withdrawal of all three agricultural laws and to remove fake cases against farmers. The protest ended peacefully. After the protest, there were several newspaper and social media reports regarding this protest in the village adopted by the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. Around 9:00 pm, Mr. Nandlal was informed by an unofficial call that a FIR is being registered on him. On January 29, 2021, at 11:34 pm an FIR was registered by Mr. Parveen Kumar Mishra, Sub-Inspector, Mirzamurad police station, Varanasi, under IPC Sections 188- (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant); IPC 504- (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace.); IPC 270- (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease danger-ous to life); and, IPC 269 – (negli ent act likely to spread infection of disease danger-ous to life.) On February 02, 2021, Mr. Mishra and another policeman reached Nagepur with a notice which asked the above named HRDs to assist in the investigation and to appear at the summons of the court if the need arises. The names of five people are listed in the FIR but Ms. Anita's name was not in the notice. Rather, the new name is Ms. Chandramukhi, another WHRD in Nagepur, Varanasi. It is beyond comprehension, why one of the names listed in the FIR was removed from the notice and a new name is inserted in notice.
- Impact of Event
- 5
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Woman
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
Information shared by a FORUM-ASIA member
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 25.33357108877025
Longitude: 82.99847389653809
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 29 January 2021, five community-based defenders were charged by the police staging a for peaceful protest in Varanasi, India.