Monday, March 11, 2013

Re: [IAC#RG] Sandhiv Pragya Singh Thakur

pros and  cons:

  1. Has the court/state done something that can be proved wrong, or is this just about an interpretation some see as harsh?
  2. While I agree that her being out on bail seems unlikely to be a problem if she is really sick, if she isn't sick but injured as some allege, and if she jumps bail, who is responsible? She will not lack support to vanish if she wants to. I couldn't care less, but if we are taking up her case on humanitarian grounds, it becomes an important question why the number of completely innocent and unrelated people languishing in jails is not human for us. The question needs answered - why her and why not others?
  3. Also why not bring pressure for all the potentially innocent who are languishing in jail to get bail? Why is her life more precious than others?
That the right wing has abandoned her seems to not be enough reason for us to take on the job. There are many who were never supported by anyone.

The system is not perfect. Sometimes it is flat out wrong, but if our advocacy must go beyond process and demand exceptions for individual cases, we are weakening the system further and the question is important what is so special about her that you will make an exception for her instead of fighting problems in the system that have made her one of thousands.

Vidyut

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