India: Arbitrary and Unlawful detention of human rights defenders Prof. Haragopal, N. Venugopal Rao, Prof. Katyayini Vidmahe and otherteachers in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- May 13, 2019
- Event Description
According to sources, onApril 13, 2019, the Democratic Teachers Federation was planning to have an indoor meeting in solidarity with jailed veteran poet and activist Mr. Vara Vara Rao. When the said meeting was taking place, personnel of Telangana police barged into the NGO Bhavan, Hyderabad. As the police barged in, the Telangana NGO Bhavan buildingwas locked and upto two hundred teachers attending the meeting along with the speakers were detained. In a bid to stop teachers and common public from coming to the venue, the police even blocked the road connecting to the meeting hall.Themeeting was disrupted due to this action by the police .While some of those detained have been taken to Narayanguda Police station, another set of people have been taken to the Ramgopalpet Police Stationand yet another to Nampally police station. It is indeed noticeable that this arbitrary detention comes just days after Ms. Hemalatha, partner of Vara Vara Rao, penned an open letter to Mr. K. Chandra Shekhar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana, calling upon him to express his opinion on the allegedly false cases foisted on Mr. Vara Vara Rao by the Union Govt. and Maharashtra Govt in the "Bhima Koregaon' matter.
- Impact of Event
- 4
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Intimidation and Threats
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- HRD
- Academic
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.593683
Longitude: 78.962883
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 13 May 2019, Prof. Haragopal, N. Venugopal Rao, Prof. Katyayini Vidmahe and otherteachers in Hyderabad, Telangana, academics and HRDs, had their meeting interrupted by police. Some of the academics and teachers were also arbitrarily detained during the police visit.