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{{ | {{Short description|Indian human rights activist and journalist}} | ||
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} | {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name | | name = Gautam Navlakha | ||
| image | | image = Gautam Navlakha.jpg | ||
| caption | | caption = Navlakha in 2017 | ||
| nationality | | nationality = Indian | ||
| occupation | | occupation = Editorial consultant of economic and political weekly | ||
| organization | | organization = People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi | ||
| known_for | | known_for = Proponent of Civil rights movement & democratic rights | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Gautam Navlakha''' ({{IPA-hi|ɡɔːt̪ m nʋlkʰaː}}) is an Indian human rights activist and journalist.<ref name="UIC">{{cite web |title=Jane Addams Hull-House Museum |url=http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_upcomingevents/_2011/_indiandemocracy/mar21.html |publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]] | | '''Gautam Navlakha''' ({{IPA-hi|ɡɔːt̪ m nʋlkʰaː}}) is an Indian human rights activist and journalist.<ref name="UIC">{{cite web |title=Jane Addams Hull-House Museum |url=http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_upcomingevents/_2011/_indiandemocracy/mar21.html |publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]] |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> He is engaged in [[Left-wing politics|left-wing activism]] and is a critic of [[Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir|army and state atrocities in Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-04-16|title=Why is India targeting writers during the coronavirus pandemic? {{!}} Priyamvada Gopal and Salil Tripathi|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/16/india-targeting-dissidents-coronavirus-pandemic|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-05|website=the Guardian|language=en|quote=As a lethal virus scorches its way across continents, the leftwing Indian rights campaigner Gautam Navlakha has been reminding us of the words of Leonard Cohen, urging people to speak up for the right things [...] Navlakha is a longstanding critic of state and army atrocities in the disputed region of Kashmir, which has faced a disgraceful lockdown since August last year and continues to experience unconstitutional — and, in corona-ridden times, dangerous — limits on internet access.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pune Court Rejects Gautam Navlakha's Anticipatory Bail Plea|url=https://thewire.in/law/gautam-navlakha|access-date=2020-08-05|website=thewire.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Judge recuses from hearing on Navlakha’s plea|url=https://www.asianage.com/amp/india/all-india/041019/judge-recuses-from-hearing-on-navlakhas-plea.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-05|website=www.asianage.com|quote=For the third time in sequence, left-wing activist Gautam Navlakha’s — alleged to have links with outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) — plea seeking the quashing of FIR against him in Bhima Koregaon case could not be taken up for hearing as Justice S. Ravindra Bhat recused himself from hearing the matter.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-10-03|title=Bhima-Koregaon case: Maharashtra government challenges activist Gautam Navlakha's release from house arrest in SC|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/bhima-koregaon-case-maharashtra-government-challenges-activist-gautam-navlakhas-release-from-house-arrest-in-sc-2145432.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Zee News|language=en|quote=The Maharashtra government on moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order for releasing Left-wing activist Gautam Navlakha, held in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case, from house arrest. [...] Navlakha is one of the five Left-wing activists who was arrested by the Pune police in August-end in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima case.}}</ref> He is a member of [[People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hijackers of the Electoral Process : Maoists or the Indian Establishment? |url=http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2014/nd230414.html |magazine=[[Monthly Review|Monthly Review Foundation]] |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> He is also an [[consulting editor|editorial consultant]] of the ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conferences/ Workshops/ Panel Discussions since 2005 (International Framework and Efforts to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism (12 March 2012) |url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/sis/cipod/conferences_workshops_panel_discussions_files/widget1_markup.html |publisher=[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] |access-date=15 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140515091845/http://www.jnu.ac.in/sis/cipod/conferences_workshops_panel_discussions_files/widget1_markup.html |archive-date=15 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=My Book is Red : The word is Revolution. Maoists give a leg up to tribal languages. |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?265325 |first=Debarshi |last=Dasgupta |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> He resides in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gautam Navlakha image |url=http://www.indiatodayimages.com/indiatodayimages/buyimage-gautam-navlakha-4011733.html |publisher=India Today Group |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> | ||
==Activism== | ==Activism== | ||
Gautam Navlakha has worked as a secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR),<ref>{{cite journal |title=Massachusetts Institute of Technology : India – The War Within – A Conversation with Gautam Navlakha |url=http://sanhati.com/articles/3332/ |publisher=Sanhati |date=22 March 2011 | | Gautam Navlakha has worked as a secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR),<ref>{{cite journal |title=Massachusetts Institute of Technology : India – The War Within – A Conversation with Gautam Navlakha |url=http://sanhati.com/articles/3332/ |publisher=Sanhati |date=22 March 2011 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> and has also been a convener of the [[International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Mallika Kaur Sarkaria |title=On trial: human rights in Kashmir |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-237943395 |publisher=Kennedy School Review |date=22 March 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> He has also worked in [[Kashmir]], and in the recent times, his focus of work has been the areas of [[Chhattisgarh]] which are in the [[Maoism in India|Maoists']] influence.<ref name="UIC"/> | ||
He had supported [[Prashant Bhushan]]'s views that a [[referendum]] should take place on the subject of demilitarisation in Kashmir, saying that "a referendum is a peaceful and democratic way of resolving the issues where it is difficult to find a solution."<ref name="KR–659">{{cite news |title=Militarization in JK is threat to Indian democracy: Navlakha |url=http://kashmirreader.com/militarization-in-jk-is-threat-to-indian-democracy-navlakha-659 |first=Afzal |last=Sofi |newspaper=Kashmir Reader |location=Srinagar |date=13 January 2014 | | He had supported [[Prashant Bhushan]]'s views that a [[referendum]] should take place on the subject of demilitarisation in Kashmir, saying that "a referendum is a peaceful and democratic way of resolving the issues where it is difficult to find a solution."<ref name="KR–659">{{cite news |title=Militarization in JK is threat to Indian democracy: Navlakha |url=http://kashmirreader.com/militarization-in-jk-is-threat-to-indian-democracy-navlakha-659 |first=Afzal |last=Sofi |newspaper=Kashmir Reader |location=Srinagar |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=15 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517132246/http://kashmirreader.com/militarization-in-jk-is-threat-to-indian-democracy-navlakha-659 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
His writings has appeared in ''Economic and Political Weekly'' and ''Sanhati.com.''<ref name="UIC"/> | His writings has appeared in ''Economic and Political Weekly'' and ''Sanhati.com.''<ref name="UIC"/> | ||
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===Detention at Srinagar Airport=== | ===Detention at Srinagar Airport=== | ||
{{Quote box|width=10em|align=right|quote="Corruption is a main policy adopted by India to consolidate its occupation in Kashmir. India is buying the people here and give them monetary benefits so as to get their support for maintaining its occupation."|salign=right|source=Navlakha<ref name="KR–659"/>}} | {{Quote box|width=10em|align=right|quote="Corruption is a main policy adopted by India to consolidate its occupation in Kashmir. India is buying the people here and give them monetary benefits so as to get their support for maintaining its occupation."|salign=right|source=Navlakha<ref name="KR–659"/>}} | ||
In May 2011, Gautam Navlakha was refused entry at the [[Srinagar Airport]] and was made to return to Delhi as the [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] believed that "his presence could disturb peace and order in the [[Kashmir Valley|Valley]]."<ref name="NDTV–109158">{{cite news |title=J&K: No entry in Kashmir for activist |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/j-k-no-entry-in-kashmir-for-activist-109158 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=30 May 2011 | | In May 2011, Gautam Navlakha was refused entry at the [[Srinagar Airport]] and was made to return to Delhi as the [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] believed that "his presence could disturb peace and order in the [[Kashmir Valley|Valley]]."<ref name="NDTV–109158">{{cite news |title=J&K: No entry in Kashmir for activist |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/j-k-no-entry-in-kashmir-for-activist-109158 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> When asked to produce an order in writing, the police gave him an order signed by the [[district Magistrate]] which read that he was "prohibited from entering Kashmir under [[Section 144#India|Section 144 of the CRPC]]."<ref name="IT–140266">{{cite news |title=Out of sight |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/civil-liberties-activist-gautam-navlakha-denied-entry-in-jammu-and-kashmir/1/140266.html |first=Kaveree |last=Bamzai |work=[[India Today]] |date=4 June 2011 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> [[Farooq Abdullah]] commented, "what does that writer want – to burn Kashmir? Let them burn some other place in India." Following the incident, the ''International Tribunal for Human rights in Kashmir'', the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]] (PDP), [[Khurram Parvez]]<ref name="NDTV–109158"/> and the [[Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=We are trying to redefine resistance : Telling the story of Kashmir |url=http://isreview.org/issue/80/we-are-trying-redefine-resistance |journal=International Socialist Review |publisher=Center for Economic Research and Social Change |location=Chicago, Illinois |issue= 80 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> criticised the government's decision. Navlakha responded by terming his detention a "[[paranoia]] unbecoming of the state authorities."<ref name="NDTV–109158"/> | ||
Navlakha was denied entry to Kashmir after [[2010 Kashmir unrest|the protests in Kashmir during 2010]], but in December 2011, he was in [[Srinagar]] to join the activists of the ''International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Jammu and Kashmir'' and ''Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons,'' who had composed a report titled ''"Alleged Perpetrators – Stories of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir"'' from [[Police in India|police]] records, [[judicial]], [[quasi-judicial]] and government records accusing 3 [[brigadier]]s, 9 [[colonel]]s, 3 [[lieutenant colonel]]s, 78 majors and 25 [[Captain (armed forces)|captains]] of the [[Indian Army]], and 37 senior officials of [[Indian Paramilitary]] of murder, [[kidnapping]], [[enforced disappearance]] and [[torture]]. He also addressed a press conference at Srinagar, revealing that the report has been passed on to the [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] and the [[Prime Minister of India]], so that those responsible for the crimes be punished.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Army, police officials involved in human rights abuse in Kashmir |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/top-army-police-officials-involved-in-human-rights-abuse-in-kashmir/article4171847.ece |first=Ahmed |last=Ali Fayyaz |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=Srinagar |date=7 December 2012 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
===Litigation=== | ===Litigation=== | ||
Navalakha is an accused in the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhima-koregaon-violence-case-five-activists-will-remain-under-house-arrest-till-september-17-says-supreme-court-5352176/|title=Bhima Koregaon violence case: Five activists will remain under house arrest till September 17, says SC|date=2018-09-12|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref> On 8 April 2020, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of Navlakha and [[Anand Teltumbde]] in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]]. They were instructed to surrender to the [[National Investigation Agency]] on 14 April.<ref>{{cite web| | Navalakha is an accused in the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhima-koregaon-violence-case-five-activists-will-remain-under-house-arrest-till-september-17-says-supreme-court-5352176/|title=Bhima Koregaon violence case: Five activists will remain under house arrest till September 17, says SC|date=2018-09-12|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref> On 8 April 2020, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of Navlakha and [[Anand Teltumbde]] in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]]. They were instructed to surrender to the [[National Investigation Agency]] on 14 April.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-03-15|title=Elgar Parishad case: HC denies pre-arrest bail to Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/elgar-parishad-bomay-hc-gautam-navlakha-anand-teltumbde-6267718/|date=14 February 2020|website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elgar-parishad-case-anand-teltumbde-gautam-navlakha-surrender-to-nia/article31338048.ece|title=Elgar Parishad case {{!}} Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha surrender to NIA|date=2020-04-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-16|last2=Saigal|first2=Sonam|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> National Investigation Agency in the chargesheet stated that Navlakha met with [[Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai]] several times to "unite the intellectuals against government forces to defeat them both physically and otherwise.".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhardwaj|first=Ananya|date=2020-10-14|title=Navlakha sought mercy for ISI spy Fai convicted in US, NIA charge sheet says|url=https://theprint.in/india/navlakha-sought-mercy-for-kashmiri-convicted-in-us-for-isi-link-nia-charge-sheet-says/523148/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||