Join the Campaign to free Dr. Binayak Sen.

Dr. Jesudas Athyal, a member of Gurukul faculty on leave, has recently wrote about Dr. Binayak Sen, a Doctor trained in CMC Vellore, who was arrested by the Chhattisgarh government for helping the people who were evicted from their land for diamond mining. His wife Ms. Ilina Sen has recently visited Boston where Dr. Athyal is currently doing some research work. All those who are concerned with human rights must participate in the campign to free Dr. Binayak Sen. Dr. Athyal writes:

Dr. Binayak Sen recently completed one year in jail. His crime was that he stood with the villagers in the Central Indian state of Chhattisgarh in their struggle to regain their lost land. The government tricked villagers into giving away their lands to international companies that are building mines to extract bauxite and diamonds in the region. The displaced people were then forcibly relocated to camps that have no water or sanitation or facility for health care. Dr. Sen, a pediatrician who had helped the villagers build their own hospital where no one would be denied health care, was accused of being a "naxalite" and arrested in May last year. To read the full article visit Dr. Athyal's blog, Diaspora