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A Human Rights Film Festival
from Citizen Matters, Bangalore
Suchitra Film Society in collaboration with Manasa and Vimochana organises a human rights film festival from November 2 to 5. The screening will be held at Suchitra Film Society, Banashankari II Stage at 6.45 p.m. on all days.
The festival has been dedicated to the memory of the social activist, K. Balagopal who passed away recently.
Some of the films to be screened include “Soldiers in Sarong”, by Lokendra Arambam, “Tales from the margin” by Kavita Joshi, “Sharmila – the iron lady” by CNN- IBN, a 30-minute story on Irom Sharmila, “Redefining peace”, by K.P Sasi and “Jashn-e-azadi” (How we celebrate freedom) by Sanjay Kak. “True lies in Manipur” CNN- IBN 30 minutes story on the fake encounter in July 23, 2009 and the aftermath of the expose, and “Development flows from the barrel of the Gun” will also be screened.
REMEMBERING BALAGOPAL: PUHR, CHENNAI -30th Oct, 5:30 pm
Venue: Book Point, Anna Saalai, Chennai
Date & Time: 30th October, 5.30 pm Read the rest of this entry »
APDR Memorial Meeting in Rememberance of Dr. K. Balagopal
Date and Time: 20 October 2009 at 4 PM
Venue: Students Halll, College Square Kolkata 12
Condolence meeting for K Balagopal, New Delhi, 14 Oct, 5-7pm
Organised by PUDR and Other’s
Venue: Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Date: 14 October 2009
CONDOLENCE MEETING, Coimbatore, Oct, 15, 5 pm
Bereaved at the untimely demise of one of our finest Civil Liberties Activists and Advocates
Dr. K Balagopal
Human Rights activists and other Democratic organizations at Coimbatore invite all for a Condolence meeting to be held at Coimbatore
on 15.10.2009 (Thursday) at 5p.m.
At ANNAMALAI HOTEL,
Near Shanthi Theatre. Read the rest of this entry »
Memory of K. Balagopal- Bangalore, Fri 16th October (5 pm)
There will be a meeting in memory of human rights activist and lawyer, K. Balagopal. Balagopal, who was an inspiration to many in the civil liberties and human rights movement in India, died of a cardiac arrest on October 8th.
Balagopal was the founder member of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) and later of Human Rights Forum. ,He was also an advocate who fought several cases to obtain justice for the poor without charge. Read the rest of this entry »
Memorial meeting for K. Balagopal (New Delhi, 12 October 2009)
Dear friends,
A memorial meeting for K. Balagopal, whose untimely and sudden death will leave a deep void in the peoples’ movement, will be held at Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, 12 October, 2.30 pm. Please do attend.
Venue: Conference Hall, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Time: 2.30 pm
Date: 12th October (Monday)
Regards,
Manisha Sethi, Adeel Mehdi, Sanghamitra Misra, Tanweer Fazal, Ahmed Sohaib, Anwar Alam and others for Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association
Contact: 9811625577, 9910236948, 9968822925