India: Women civil rights activists arrested
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Oct 26, 2017
- Final Date
- Oct 26, 2017
- Event Description
Over 35 women civil rights activists from various organisations such as Chaitanya Mahila Sangam (CMS), Progressive Organisation for Women, Mahila Chetna and AIDWA, were arrested by the police, here on Wednesday. The activists were arrested after they staged a dharna at the Gandhi statue near GVMC office and clashed with groups of another set of protesting Adivasis. The members of CMS have been protesting for last two months after their names and photographs were printed in posters and flexies, branding them a Maoists sympathisers. CMS president Lalitha and general secretary Annapurna said three posters were released so far in the name of "Vidyarthini Chaitanya Sangham', "Adivasi Vidyarthini Chaitanya Sangham' and "Adivasi Vidyarthi Sangham'. There was mild tension when members of women organisations pulled down and burnt the flexies and banners depicting them as Maoist sympathisers that were set-up at the venue by the adivasis. The arrested activists were released later in the evening.
- Impact of Event
- 35
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Right to political participation
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 17.68681589999999
Longitude: 83.2184815
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 October 2017. over 35 women civil rights activists from various organizations were arrested by the police in Visakhapatnam, India. The arrested activists were released later in the evening