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	Few activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon violence case go on 'hunger strike' at Yerawada jail Advocate Surendra Gadling, writer-editor Sudhir Dhawale, and activists Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson participated in the strike. published on : 14th September 2018
	Bhima-Koregaon violence: Rights activists to remain under house arrest till September 12, says SC ASG Mehta told the bench that keeping the activists under house arrest would hamper the ongoing investigation. The bench posted the matter for further hearing on September 12. published on : 6th September 2018
	Arrests are illegal, letters are fake, say lawyers of detained rights activists Lawyers and representatives of the five activists arrested on charges of plotting the Bhima Koregaon violence have slammed the government and the Maharashtra Police for fabricating evidence published on : 2nd September 2018
	'Centre dumping activists in jail to divert attention from original perpetrators of Bhima Koregaon violence' Advocate Susan Abraham, the wife of Vernon Gonsalves who is under house arrest for suspected Maoist links, said this was to deviate attention of the people from the Nalasopara arms haul case. published on : 1st September 2018
	Policemen asked us to keep door of bedroom open and sleep: Activist Gautam Navlakha's female partner Sabha Husain described the scene at their residence in Delhi's Nehru Enclave, where Navlakha has been put under house arrest. published on : 30th August 2018
	Activists' arrest: Maharashtra Police claim to have unearthed larger conspiracy against security forces Pune Police said that they would continue their investigation even though the apex court had ordered the five activists to be placed in house arrest. published on : 30th August 2018
	Government should cease politically motivated arrests and harassment of activists: HRW and Amnesty The Maharashtra police had on Tuesday arrested Left-wing activists Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha, and raided the homes of several others. published on : 30th August 2018
	Activists' arrest: Letter purportedly seized talks about links with Kashmiri separatists The undated letter in Hindi, written by some Comrade Sudha to some Comrade Prakash, also talks about giving financial help to the comrades working in the interiors. published on : 30th August 2018
	Delhi HC not to proceed with hearing plea against arrest of activist Gautam Navlakha for now Maharashtra Police wanted to take the activist to a Pune court in connection with a case relating to the Bhima-Koregaon violence of December last year. published on : 30th August 2018
	Rights activists' arrests: Arundhati Roy, Jignesh Mevani, others demand action against Maharashtra police They have also demanded that police return the laptops and mobiles seized during the "illegal arrest" of the activists. published on : 30th August 2018
	Government trying to strike terror by raiding homes of activists: Jharkhand civil society Prominent people who signed the letter included economist Jean Dreze, Afzal Anees and Kavita Srivastava. published on : 30th August 2018
	Rights activists' arrest: Father Stan Swami terms crackdown as unofficial emergency Swami was among the nine activists whose houses were searched by the Pune police on Tuesday in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. published on : 30th August 2018
	Crack-down on activists is attempt to shift focus away from Sanatan Sanstha: Prakash Ambedkar Ambedkar also alleged that police have made contradictory claims about the violence at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January. published on : 29th August 2018
	Arrest of rights activists shows government jittery: Prabhat Patnaik Two Left-wing intellectuals said today the arrest of five prominent civil rights activists in police raids across several states showed that the BJP government was nervous about losing support. published on : 29th August 2018
	Rights activist Gautam Navlakha slams his arrest as 'political ploy' to target dissent The near-simultaneous raids against the five as well as four others were carried out as part of a probe into the violence between Dalits and the upper caste Peshwas at Koregaon-Bhima village near Pune published on : 29th August 2018
	Government trying to 'silence' masses: Prakash Ambedkar on arrest of activists He said those raising voices against the government were NGOs and non-political organisations, but had their roots in the masses. published on : 29th August 2018
	Bhima Koregaon case: Those speaking against human rights violation being targeted by present regime, says Sudha Bharadwaj Bharadwaj has been confined at her residence in Faridabad, under the guard of police officers, and allowed to meet only her lawyer. published on : 29th August 2018
	Varavara Rao among five Left-wing activists held in major swoop Those arrested included Pendyala Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Vernon Gonsalves in Mumbai and Arun Ferreira in Thane. published on : 29th August 2018
	Bhima-Koregaon violence: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi lashes out at Centre over activists' arrest The Maharashtra Police today raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them as part of a probe into the violence in Bhima-Koregaon village. published on : 29th August 2018
	Bhima-Koregaon violence: Arrested activists were involved in funding Elgaar Parishad, says Police The speeches at the conclave, held on December 31 last year to mark the 200th anniversary of the Koregaon-Bhima battle, had fuelled the violence a day later, they said. published on : 28th August 2018