Keya Acharya
BANGALORE, Jun 3 2008 (IPS) – The People s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a 32-year-old Indian human- rights group, has decried India s judiciary for refusing bail to jungle doctor and human rights activist Binayak Sen. Sen is widely-respected for his 30 years of healthcare work among tribals in the central Indian State of Chhattisgarh, and has criticised the State for the mass-eviction of thousands of tribal villagers.
Sen, who received the 2008 Global Health Council s Jonathan Mann award for his work in health and human rights, was jailed one year ago on charges of hatching a conspiracy and abetting terrorism. Sen denies the government s allegations, and was refused bail in a high-profile case that has reached the Supreme Court.
Human rights activist…