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Activists to fast demanding release of Binayak Sen

Hundreds of human rights activists will begin a ten-day fast from June 16 demanding the immediate release of public health expert and activist Dr. Binayak Sen, a critic of the Chhattisgarh government's Salwa Judum policy who has been in jail for more than an year under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005.9:03 PM on June 02