India's 5 Revolutionary Activists

Binayak Sen:
Sen is an activist, pediatrician and public health specialist. He is also the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). He has received many accolades including the Jonathan Mann Award, the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, and the Gandhi International Peace Award.

Sen originally started working as a pediatrician extending health care to the underprivileged in the rural-tribal areas of the Chhattisgarh. He has also strongly criticized the government on human rights violations during the anti-Naxalite operations, while supporting non-violent political engagement. He was detained in 2007 for allegedly supporting the outlawed Naxalites which would violate the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. He was then convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2010 for sedition and helping Naxalites set up a network to fight the State. However he was granted bail in 2011 by the Supreme Court which gave no reason for the order. As per media reports no evidence of sedition had been produced against the accused by the Chhattisgarh Government.

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