Tomorrow it would be you and me...

Am I safe in India?

Dr. Binayak Sen's incarceration is has trigged out a lot of public outcry. A doctor who works for the cause of tribals and poor people has been pushed down and locked up. His charge is that he works for the cause of the poor, his charge is that he and his wife dared to work with people whom the State thought they could just overlook, his charge was that he raised his voice against the injustice happening in Chatisgarh, against Salwa Jugum [Salwa Judum (translates as "Peace March") is a anti- Naxalite movement in Chhatisgarh, India, which started in 2005 as a "civilian movement amongst the tribals of the region", and later evolved into a militia as a counter-insurgency strategy in the ,to bring the area dominated by Naxalites (Indian Maoists rebels), back under government control.]

The police arrested him with the charge that he passes letter to naxalites but they have not been able to prove a single charge against him. He has been denied bail all the time. I am waiting what the Supreme Court now gives him.

This doctor is arrested and kept in prison, tomorrow it will be you and me. Tomorrow you and me can be arrested for being human rights activits. Tomorrow I can be arrested by charging me. I work with prisoners and this can activism of mine could be altogether made to stop by simply incarcerating me using a draconian law.

I kept telling my collegue Sana yesterday, "Atleast people know Dr.Binayak Sen.. Who would know Ms. Reena Mary George if she is arrested someday?" We need to voice out our opposition towards the arrest of Dr. Sen because today it is him -- a human rights activits, tomorrow it would be you and me....