Release all political prisoners, says Prof Saibabas wife

July 29, 2020 19:43

Professsor G N Saibaba with wife Vasantha Kumari.

Following the bail application of Prof GN Saibaba being rejected again on July 28 by the Mumbai high court bench at Nagpur, his wife, Vasantha Kumari, has issued a press note to 'condemn the impunity towards political prisoners'.

In it, she states, 'The court's decision to reject Dr Saibaba's bail in this condition is an extremely apathetic decision. On his phone call, he told us that if he does get COVID-19 they will not help him at all. No one in the barrack will come close to him and he cannot survive on his own, without the helping hand of inmates. He said that they will leave him to die in that scenario.

'The politicians and ardent supporters of the ruling dispensation like Swami Aseemanand, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur etc were not only granted bail but Sadhvi Pragya was granted bail specifically on health grounds, though she was found perfectly fit for election campaigns and later function as a full time parliamentarian. Comparatively herein is a case of an already 90 percent disabled, wheelchair bound person, whose condition has so worsened in the solitary confinement that a dozen ailments has circumscribed his being, and still in the threat of COVID 19 Pandemic.

'Under these severe health conditions and based on the merits of the case of Prof G N Saibaba, I request to everyone national and internationally to raise your voice for the release of GN Saibaba to appeal to the central and Maharashtra governments.

'I request to all kindly help him to secure his life as per the Nelson Mandela Prison Rights and Disability Rights.

'Release all political prisoners.'

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