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Supreme Court should address "unfairness" in Akhil's incarceration: Delhi-based org

Supreme Court should address "unfairness" in Akhil's incarceration: Delhi-based org

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NEW DELHI: National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) expressing "deep anguish" at the continued incarceration of Akhil Gogoi after his plea for bail was recently turned down by the Gauhati High Court, urged the Supreme Court of India's intervention in the matter.

"We look forward to the Supreme Court addressing the unfairness in the Order of the Guwahati High Court while denying bail to Akhil Gogoi and a fair trial in the matter," the body, which is an alliance of progressive people's organizations and movements in India said in a statement.

NAPM stated that it is of the "considered view that the inflated and misplaced allegations against Akhil Gogoi are clearly an attempt by the State to sabotage the genuine voices from the grassroots mass movements."

"The past two weeks have been particularly poignant, as one the one hand, it marked over 400 days of Akhil in jail, while on the other, his bail application, which came up for hearing after protracted delay was declined by the Honb’le Guwahati High Court," the NAPM wrote in a statement.

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Condemning the BJP Govt’s political move to keep Akhil Gogoi in incarceration over 400 + days, the NAPM "warned" that mass movements can’t be muzzled by draconian laws and incarcerations based on fabricated cases.

Stating that the cases against Akhil Gogoi are "politically motivated", it added that it "highly unfortunate that the judiciary has fallen short of addressing this profound injustice."

"All communities and organizations of Assam protested strongly and democratically against the communal and grossly unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019. This was a mass movement where KMSS along with numerous groups, including AASU, NESO and many others also participated in, which is within the inalienable rights of all citizens," it further added.

It further claimed that the NIA is being used by the current regime to bulldoze and actually ‘terrorize’ mass peaceful movements and their leadership. 

"We stand in solidarity with Akhil Gogoi as well as all political prisoners who have been incarcerated in the anti-CAA, NRC, NPR protests across the country.," it stated.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: Jan 23, 2021