Mangalore, December 10: Members of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Students Federation of India (SFI) along with other social activists and thinkers held a handcuff protest against the arrest of journalist Naveen Soorinje in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, Muneer Katipalla, President, DYFI, said that although the day is being celebrated as the World Human Rights Day across the globe, people of Karnataka have been subjected to human rights violations by the BJP led state government. The government is being led and controlled by RSS backed forces and whoever opposes its functioning is being wrongly punished, he said.
Stating that Mr. Soorinje has always been an upright journalist exposing the wrongdoings of the government, Mr. Katipalla said that he has been put behind bars for opposing the saffron government.
“We stand with Naveen and until he is released, our struggle will continue. We are even prepared to go to jail to uphold human rights”, he said.
The protestors shouted slogans on the occasion wearing handcuffs to symbolize their preparedness to go to jail in view of protecting human rights.
PB D'Sa, President, PUCL, Mangalore, Suresh Bhat Bakrabail, activist, Sara Aboobakker, writer, were present among others.
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