INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
activists arrested today over allegations of Maoist links, was lauded by her supporters for her "ability to smile under trying
Nine activists were raided in six cities in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence in January, in which Dalit activists had clashed
with upper-caste Marathas.Ms Bharadwaj was arrested from her home in Faridabad and taken to Surajkhand police station
Her laptop and several documents were seized."A team of 10 people came in the morning
They checked our mobile phones and laptops and took all our passwords," Sudha Bharadwaj's daughter Maaysha said.The arrests have been
described by many as "absolutely chilling" and a "virtual declaration of emergency".This is "absolutely chilling", said historian and author
"The Supreme Court must intervene to stop this persecution and harassment of independent voices
Sudha Bharadwaj is as far from violence and illegality as Amit Shah is close to those things."CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat demanded the
release of the activists and said, "This is a brazen attack on democratic rights
Chhattisgarh High Court, Ms Bharadwaj was nominated by the High Court to be a member of the Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority
She is a visiting professor at National Law University in Delhi.
