"This is about the 'trial' so-called.
Meanwhile, in prison, the political
prisoner again suffers a regime that is
palpably different-and much 'more
undemocratic-than that the non-political
undertrials suffer. Prisons are supposed
to be governed by manuals of rules; (1/4)
Meanwhile, in prison, the political
prisoner again suffers a regime that is
palpably different-and much 'more
undemocratic-than that the non-political
undertrials suffer. Prisons are supposed
to be governed by manuals of rules; (1/4)
these rules usually differ slightly from state to state but all of them belong to a subterranean world that has not heard of things like justice and fundamental rights. The hallmark of the manuals is a total arbitrariness: rules of discipline, procedures for inquiry and (2/4)
award of punishment are all arbitrary. And thus, without any need to
define new prison rules for political
prisoners, they can be and are being
treated as a different category of prisoners
to whom even the minimum rights available to ordinary undertrials are not
available." (3/4)
define new prison rules for political
prisoners, they can be and are being
treated as a different category of prisoners
to whom even the minimum rights available to ordinary undertrials are not
available." (3/4)
- K Balagopal, We Shall Have Our Own Mandelas: Birth of the 'Political Prisoner' in India, EPW, 1988
#ReleaseHanyBabu #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners (4/4)
#ReleaseHanyBabu #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners (4/4)
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