We are writing to make known to the international medical community the shocking imprisonment of Binayak Sen on May 14, 2007, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A well known paediatrician and public-health specialist, Sen's is a rare example of the cost of involvement in civil rights activism by physicians. He is being charged by the local police with illicit communication with Maoists in custody. (Correspondence)
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/arrest-paediatrician-and-human-rights-activist-binayak-sen
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anand-zachariah
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sara-bhattacharji
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-personnel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/human-rights
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/personalities
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
