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India: Dr Binayak Sen and the Government

Friday, May 16th, 2008 @ 19:19 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Health, Human Rights, Law

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भारतः डॉ विनायक सेन और सरकार...

Break All Chains on the case of Dr Binayak Sen, who is a public health specialist and currently jailed in India on charges of being associated with the Naxalite movement.

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Anivar Aravind

Dear Neha,

I request you to go through Free Binayak Sen Campaign Blog.

http://www.binayaksen.net

Anivar

# 2008-05-17 at 4:17 am

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