Gautam Navlakha | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Editorial consultant of economic and political weekly |
Organization(s) | People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi |
Known for | Democratic Human rights, civil rights activism and a proponent of democratic rights |
Gautam Navlakha (Hindi pronunciation: [ɡɔːt̪ m nʋlkʰaː]) is an Indian human rights activist, journalist, and prisoner.[1] He has written on left-wing extremism and is a critic of army and state atrocities in Kashmir.[2][3][4][5] He is a member of People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi.[6] He is also an editorial consultant of the Economic and Political Weekly.[7][8] He resides in New Delhi.[9]
As a lethal virus scorches its way across continents, the leftwing Indian rights campaigner Gautam Navlakha has been reminding us of the words of Leonard Cohen, urging people to speak up for the right things [...] Navlakha is a longstanding critic of state and army atrocities in the disputed region of Kashmir, which has faced a disgraceful lockdown since August last year and continues to experience unconstitutional — and, in corona-ridden times, dangerous — limits on internet access.
For the third time in sequence, left-wing activist Gautam Navlakha's — alleged to have links with outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) — plea seeking the quashing of FIR against him in Bhima Koregaon case could not be taken up for hearing as Justice S. Ravindra Bhat recused himself from hearing the matter.
The Maharashtra government on moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order for releasing Left-wing activist Gautam Navlakha, held in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case, from house arrest. [...] Navlakha is one of the five Left-wing activists who was arrested by the Pune police in August-end in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima case.