India: community-based HRD detained for nearly two weeks for participating a protest
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Dec 19, 2019
- Event Description
Mr. Pawan Rao Ambedkar Pawan is a known Ambedkarite activist in Uttar Pradesh.He is a lecturer based in Rai Bareily in Uttar Pradesh. He has been actively working against rising social and economic equality and caste discrimination in society.
According to the sources on December 19, 2019Mr. Pawan Rao Ambedkar was arrested by Uttar Pradesh during the protestsagainst Citizenship Amendment Act at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow. The said protests were termed illegal due to imposition of Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure in the city.A case against Mr. Pawan Rao Ambedkar Pawanwas filed in Hazratganj police station in Lucknow with Case no 600/2019 under sections 147, 148, 149, 152, 307, 323, 504, 506, 332, 353, 188, 435, 436, 120 B, 427 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), sections 3 and 4 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. Section 7 of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (CLA). He has been chargedfor rioting, unlawful assembly, attempt to murder, wrongful constraints, criminal intimidation, criminal assault on public servant etc.Mr. Pawan RaoAmbedkar had claimed that he had been falsely implicated in the matter and that he had nothing to do with the alleged protests, the State had argued that he was involved in harmingproperty and assaulting police personnel, for which he was arrested from the spot. Mr. Pawan RaoAmbedkar’sbail application was rejected on December 23, 2019 by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate,Lucknow. He was granted bail onJanuary 4,2020 by Additional District and Sessions Court no1, Lucknow.The court called into question Lucknow police’s contention that the people brought before it were directly involved in inciting violence. Hehas to wait for two-day as the formalities for hisrelease could not be completed after the bail orders.He had to spend close to 15 days in jail.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 26.858831501008623
Longitude: 80.93504976618605
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 19 December 2019, Pawan Rao Ambedkar, social rights activist, was detained for joining a mass protest by the police in Lucknow, India.