Rights activists and People’s Organisations, who expressed shock at registering cases against several prominent persons under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act - 1967 (UAPA) by Tadwai police in Mulugu district, have decided to fight back. It was decided to build a public movement in this regard demanding to withdraw cases registered under UAPA and repeal the Act.
Under the banner of Forum Against Repression- Telangana, led by its convenor Prof. G. Haragopal, a round table conference was held here on June 17 in which representatives from several organisations participated and expressed their opinions. All the speakers have pointed out how the UAPA Act is being misused by the government and how cases are being registered against activists in the name of ‘Confession Statements’ by those arrested.
“Cases are being registered against one after other. It is becoming highly difficult to face these cases. We are being forced to attend court twice a week and imagine the plight of the family, financially and emotionally, who are making life on small earnings,” said Bhavani, an activist of Amarula Bandhu Mitrula Sangham. She said that six of their activists are facing cases.
