Over 500 concerned citizens, democratic rights’ activists across movements, women’s groups, students and academics condemned the misuse of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against scholars and activists, raising constitutional issues and asking for the government’s accountability.

We the undersigned women’s organisations and concerned individuals strongly condemn the continuous and repeated harassment of a number of women activists and intellectuals, by the Enforcement Directorate(ED), under the guise of an inquiry, in Delhi. This is a clear abuse of its extraordinary and draconian powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). As in the case of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), there are increasing instances of the misuse of PMLA, especially against persons who are vocal critics of the government and its policies, and those who raise issues of the poor and oppressed sections of society. The ED is being used as an intimidation tool for political vendetta, where the process is the punishment for the detention of dissenters.

In the course of the last few months, several women scholars and activists have been summoned repeatedly, made to wait long hours, often interrogated without any woman officer present throughout, asked to furnish documents over and over again, in an ED investigation. In a clear case of evergreening the inquiry, the process has become endless. It is quickly turning into a fishing expedition, with all kinds of irrelevant documents and personal information being demanded, such as those about other family members, having no relevance to the inquiry whatsoever.

All of these women, whom we cannot name because of threat of further harassment, who are being questioned have worked tirelessly on substantive issues of national importance that matter to a vast majority of our people – food security, accountable and transparent governance, peace and harmony, informed citizenship, farmers rights, women’s issues and so on. They have been at the forefront of holding the state accountable to the needs of these sections with great commitment and perseverance, under different regimes, be it the Congress led UPA, or the AAP government, or the BJP led NDA.

We have no doubt that the ED has targeted these particular women to stifle their voices and stop the crucial work they do – for example, to highlight the distress of our people on account of faulty economic policies, as is the case with the farmers’ agrarian crisis. Or their engagement at the grassroots level to raise awareness about constitutional processes of governance and accountability; the work with the Right to Information Act to safeguard democracy and constitutionally guaranteed justice. Some have used the powerful instrument of social audit and public hearings to ensure the delivery of entitlements like rations, pensions, etc. to the most vulnerable and marginalized sections of society. They have done important research on poverty, inequality, land rights, access to common property, etc in reputed journals and publications. Drawing national and global attention to these issues makes the powers that be extremely uncomfortable, resulting in this vindictive action.

The use of PMLA is particularly sinister as it gives unbridled powers to the ED. It was enacted in response to India’s global commitments, including the Vienna Convention, to combat the serious crime of large scale money laundering, particularly from trade in narcotics, arms smuggling and organised crime. It is shocking that the legislation is being misused in such a manner, against opposition leaders, activists and intellectuals, a clear mockery and dilution of its original objective.

Under the Act, the state is relieved of all responsibility for observing the principles of natural justice, fair trial, due process, protocols for women, and human rights. The investigation agencies effectively exercise police powers and should be obligated to follow the CrPC, but PMLA has an overriding effect in case of any inconsistency with any other Law, including CRPC, etc.

The ED does not have to record an FIR before starting investigations, or inform those under investigation of the specific charges against them at the time of summons or during the investigation. ED has unbridled power of summons, raids and arrests. The power to summon are so wide that any officer of the rank of Assistant Director or above can call any person, accused or not, for discovery, inspection, recording statements and produce documents, etc. Though it is a judicial proceeding with much wider powers than a Civil Court, the accused or witness does not get the protection of a Civil Court, like the right to a lawyer, of knowing the charges, the right to remain silent, etc.

Statements made in the course of an investigation can be used against them in judicial proceedings, an extraordinary power that even the police doesn’t have. The Act violates Article 20 of the Constitution, which guarantees the right against self-incrimination as a fundamental right; and ED can compel the production of records and giving of sworn statements, since silence is punishable. It presumes guilt of the accused unless proved otherwise, placing burden on those under investigation; bail is extremely difficult since innocence has to be proved for bail.

We oppose the draconian provisions of PMLA that skew power equations and weaponise agencies to violate personal liberty, procedures of law and the constitutional mandate.

 We unequivocally condemn the misuse of PMLA against these researchers and activists in order to crush their voices and work.

 We demand that this persecution and witch hunt must stop immediately.

We also demand that proper procedures be put in place for the summoning, questioning and evidence gathering from women so that they are not harassed and victimised.

 We further demand that given the immense powers under the Act, the ED should exercise great responsibility and discernment in the persons and cases where they choose to use PMLA, and certainly not use it to intimidate opponents, activists and intellectuals.

Name	Affiliation/Profession	City
Mohan Rao	Former professor at  JNU	Bangalore
Ayesha Kidwai	Professor, JNU	New Delhi
Jasveen Jairath	Social activist	Hyderabad
P. Rohini Rajasekaran	Writer/Artist	Bangalore
Shraddha Chigateri	Researcher	Singapore
Nisha Biswas	Feminists in Resistance	Kolkata
Aditi Mehta	IAS Retd	Udaipur, Rajasthan
Aravinda Potluri	Computer engineer	Hyderabad
Kinnera Murthy	Retired	Hyderabad
Indu Chandrasekhar	Publisher	Delhi
Pyoli	Lawyer	New Delhi
Nivedita Menon	JNU	New Delhi
Anuradha Banerji	SAHELI women’s resource centre	New Delhi
Sanghamitra Malik	Apna Watan	Hyderabad
Vidya Dinker	INSAF	Mangalore
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay	Journalist and Writer	Delhi NCR
Subhash Gatade	New Socialist Initiative	Delhi
Nandita Narain	Associate Professor, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University	Delhi
Maya Krishna Rao	Theatre artist	Goa
Padmaja Shaw	Rtd Prof, Osmania University	Hyderabad
Annie Hasan	Researcher	Hyderabad
Zoya Hasan	Professor Emerita, JNU	Delhi
Anand Kumar	Convener, Loktantrik Rashtranirman Abhiyan	Goa
Aysha	Activist, Right to Food Campaign	Delhi
Poonam Kaushik	Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan Delhi	Delhi
A.Suneetha	Independent Researcher	Hyderabad
Ramesh Dixit	Academician, President,  Samvidhan Bachao Desh Bachao Abhiyan Uttar Pradesh.	Lucknow
Vijaya Venkataraman	Professor, University of Delhi	Delhi
Arundhati Dhuru	National convener NAPM	Lucknow
Sachi Hegde	PUCL Karnataka	Bangalore
Tarini	THI	Kohima
Sarah Mathews	Sankalp Women’s Support Alliance	Hyderabad
AS Vasantha	WSS	Delhi
Rajiv Dogra	Retired Private job	Dharamshala
Khadijah faruqui	Human rights consultant	New Delhi
Savithri Singh	Retired from  Delhi University	Delhi
Jashodhara Dasgupta	Independent Researcher	Nainital
Balveer Arora	Professor Retired	New Delhi
B. Anuradha	Writer and Activist	Hyderabad
Chaman Lal	Retd.Professor JNU	New Delhi
Runu	Independent activist	Gaziabad
K. Padma	Advocate	Visakhapatnam
Anita Narayanasamy	Social Service	Hyderabad
Mritiunjoy Mohanty	Professor, IIM Calcutta	Kolkata
Dr.Mohan Rao	Former professor, JNU.	Bangalore
Shabnam Hashmi	Anhad , social activist	Delhi
Shalu Nigam	Advocate	Delhi NCR
Saheli Women’s Resource Centre	Women’s crisis intervention centre	New Delhi
Ashima Roy Chowdhury	Woman activist with Saheli Women’s Resource Centre	New Delhi
Vineet Bhambhu	MKSS	Rajsamand, Rajasthan
Pushpa S	Social & Political Activist, Swaraj Abhiyan	Bengaluru
Satish Misra	Journalism	Noida
Dvijendra Nath Kalia	Retd. Associate Professor, PGDAV College	Delhi
P Bilimale	Writer	New Delhi
Rakhi Sehgal	Labour researcher & activist	New Delhi
Vivekanand Tripathi	Social Media Activist	Noida
Pamela Philipose	Independent journalist	New Delhi
Panchami Jose	Research scholar	Mumbai
Persis Ginwalla	Individual	Ahmedabad
Chhaya Basu	Social  worker and rainbow home cpc member	New Delhi
V	Vinoo Hora	Delhi
Sachidanand Sinha	Retired	Uttarakhand
R.Manohar	Regional Coordinator, Human Rights Defenders Alert India	Bangalore
Anjali Mehta	Doctor, ophthalmologist	Delhi
Arjun Prasad Singh	Social-Political Activist	Delhi
Rita Manchanda	Independent Consultant and Author	New Delhi
Arshdeep Arshi	Journalist	Chandigarh
Manisha	Student	Mysore
Aparna, IFTU	President, National Committee IFTU	Delhi
Koninika Ray	National Federation of Indian Women	New Delhi
Ruth Manorama	Women’s Voice	Bangalore
Rushda Siddiqui	Delhi State Unit, NFIW	New Delhi
Nandini Rao	Feminist activist	Delhi
Deepak Kumar	Activist	Delhi
Komal Saigal	Individual	New Delhi
Jayati Ghosh	Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, USA
Kiran Banga Chhokar	RCE Network	New Delhi
Runu	Independent activist	Gaziabad
L.nageswara rao	Retired as private employee	Hyderabad
Seema Azad	PUCL	Allahabad
Harbans Mukhia	Former Professor and Rector, JNU	Gurgaon
Radheysham	Iftu	Greater Noida
Ria Yadav	Advocate	Delhi
Kalyani Menon Sen	Independent researcher	Coimbatore
Deepak TALAPATRA	Retired	Delhi
Pradip Datta	Retired Professor	New Delhi
Ritu	Independent Researcher	Delhi
Dr Shikha	Academic	New Delhi
Nandini Sundar	Sociologist	Delhi
Tasneem Suhrawardy	Academics	Delhi
Chayanika Shah	Retired Lecturer, Forum Against Oppression of Women	Mumbai
Karuna DW	Academic	Bangalore
Dr syed ali mujtaba	Professor guru nanak college chennai	Chennai
Rekha Rajan	Retired	Hyderabad
Sajaya K	Women and Transgender organizations JAC	Hyderabad
Sardara Singh  Mahil	Writer and agriculturists	Mahil  Gaila, sbs nagar , punjab
M A SHAKEEL	Advocate	Hyderabad
Soumya Dutta	Researcher-Activist-Author	Delhi
Ramesh Babu V	Journalist and Writer	Hyderabad
Mridula Mukherjee	Professor Retired JNU	Delhi
MUMTAJ ANSARI	GOVERNMENT SERVANT	DELHI
Sujata Patel	Retd. Professor, University of Hyderabad	Pune
Ashla Srinivas	Activist	Hyderabad
Suryakumari	Journalist	Hyderabad
Rama Melkote	Prof.retd. Osmania University	Hyderabad Telangana State
S.Rama	Journalist	Hyderabad
Vineeta Bal	Academic	Pune
A.Hyma	Social worker	Nalgonda
P.kiranmayi	Retired employee	Miryalaguda
Sangeeta Goswami	Human Security Collective / Global NPO Coalition on the FATF	The Hague
Prof Ritu Dewan	Retd Director and Head, Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Mumbai	Mun
Sanjeev	Human rights forum	Hyderabad
Anjaneyulu	Social Justice Activist	Hyderabad
Vani Subramanian	Feminist activist, Saheli Women’s Resource Centre	New Delhi
Nalamasa Krishna advocate	Legal	Hyderabad
Brinda Adige	Activist	Bengaluru
Shailajha ( arpitha)	Yoga trainer	Hyderabad
Venkat	Social activist	Hyderabad
Prerana	Research Scholar, JNU	New Delhi
Bandari Laxmaiah	Struggle Association for Annihilation of Caste Inequalities	Hyderabad
K. Lalita	Researcher	Hyderabad
Savita Sharma	Feminist activist, Saheli Women’s Resource Centre	New Delhi
M Sarat	Human rights activist	Visakhapatnam
Usha Seethalakshmi	Independent Researcher and Activist	Hyderabad
Vinay K Sreenivasa	Advocate	Bengaluru
K. Ravi Kumar	Rythu swarajya vedika	Hyderabad, Telangana
Nazreen Krishna Murthy	Anti corruption crusader	Chennai City
Surinder Kumar	Professor	Rohtak
Vinodkumar  Matam	Business	SANGAREDDY
Jyothi	Entrepreneur	Hyderabad
Johanna	Development professional	Ahmedabad
Deepti Gopinath	Trade Union activist	Mumbai
Rekha Awasthi	Janwadi lekhak Sangh / Retired professor	Delhi
Susan Visvanathan	Academic	Alappuzha
BALBIR SINGH BUTOLA	JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY	NEW DELHI
Ramesh Dixit	Academician, President, Samvidhan Bachao Desh Bachao Abhiyan Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
MMP Singh	Former DUTA President / Editor Naya Path	Delhi
Sandhya Shree G.s	Carnatic musician	Hyderabad
Hemalatha Pendyala	Senior Citizen	Hyderabad
Kamayani Bali Mahabal	Feminist and human rights activist	Mumbai
Arun	VIRASAM	Hyderabad
MohMmed sabir hussain	Manager	DubI
Sagari Ramdas	Veterinary Scientist , Food Sovereignty Alliance	Hyderabad
Ramesh Dixit	Academician, President, Samvidhan Bachao Desh Bachao Abhiyan Uttar Pradesh.	Lucknow
Sucharita Sen	JNU	Delhi
Jovan Rao Rydder	Activist	Edinburgh
Shadab Bano	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh
Rama	Asst Professor	Warangal
Gautam Sonti	Filmmaker	Bangalore
P RAJASEKHAR	Lecturer	PENUKONDA, AP
Seema Kulkarni	Makaam	Pune
Bimal Sharma	Consultant	Kolkata
Murali IAS retd	Social Activist	Hyderabad
Arun Goyal	Researcher	New Delhi
Uttam Kumar	Student	Delhi
Ravichander  L	Advocate	Hyderabad
Satyavati	Social Activist	Hyderabad
Sunita Sheel	Individual	Pune
Subhashini Ali	Vice president AIDWA	Delhi
Kavitha Kuruganti	Social activist	Bangalore
Vanaja	Media	Hyderabad
Anjani	Assistant Professor	Khammam
Anwar Ali	Social activist	Hyderabad
Dunu Roy	Ecologist	New Delhi
N.D.Jayaprakash	Socialwork	Delhi
C. P. Chandrasekhar	Economist	New Delhi
Manshi Asher	Researcher-activist	Kangra
Indira Krishnaswami	Retired teacher	Bangalore
Raghavender reddy Karra	Journalist	Hyderabad
Madhu Ambala	Business	Hyderabad
Bhanuj Kappal	Journalist	Mumbai
Vijayalakshmi	Moderator	Hyderabad
Nikita Naidu	Climate Action	Hyderabad
M. Yadagira Charyulu	Associate prof. of Economics(Retd), Social Activist	Warangal
Anuradha Kapoor	Feminist Activist	Kolkata
Rajiv Khanna	Private Service	Gurgaon
B. Rammohan Rao	Teacher	Khammam
Sundar Burra	retired civil servant	New Delhi
Raghavendra Prasad	Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU)	Hyderabad
Shalini Gera	Lawyer	Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
M. R. Nandan	Retired teacher	Bangalore
Dipendu Chowdhury	Journalist	Kolkata
Aruna	Individual	Pune
B Srinu	Private Job	Vijayawada
Ananth Guruswamy	Retired	Bangalore
Kirti Singh	Aidwa Advocate	Delhi
SIDDHARTH KALHANS	Journalist, National Secretary, IFWJ	Lucknow
Anu chenoy	Retired professor	Delhi
Gopalji Pradhan	Delhi Teachers Initiative	Delhi
Alessandra Mezzadri	Associate Professor, SOAS	London
Tapasi Praharaj	AIDWA	Bhubaneswar
Dr. Samunnatha	Osmania University	Hyderabad
Utpala Mukherjee	Hospitality	Delhi
Varsha Bhargavi	Gender Sensitisation and POSH Act Trainer	Hyderabad
SK Saleema	Journalist	Hydearabad
Thulasi Chandu	Journalist	Hyderabad
Lata Singh	Associate Professor, JNU	Delhi
Saraswati Kavula	Independent filmmaker and journalist	Hyderabad
Ariba	University of Delhi	Delhi
Animesh Das	Medical Practitioner	New Delhi
Dr. Indira Rani	Freelance Researcher abd Consultant	Hyderabad
Shreya Neroth	Trainee Software Engineer	Mysore,  Karnataka
Ashalatha	MAKAAM	Hyderabad
Animesh Dad	Indian Federation of Trade Unions	New Delhi
Shewli Kumar	Associate Professor	Mumbai
Geeta kapur	art critic	delhi
Vasuki umanath	Aidwa, national VP	Chennai
Ritambhara Shastri	Journalism	Delhi
Nagaragere Ramesh	Karnataka Janashakti	Bengaluru
Dr V Rukmini Rao	Gramya Resource Centre for Women	Hyderabad
K.RAVI CHANDER	Social Activist	HYDERABAD
Maitrayee Chaudhuri	Retired Professor	NewcDelhi
Ammu Abraham	Forum Against Oppression of Women	Mumbai
vandana mahajan	Independent, citizen	New delhi
Jyoti Goyal	Women Rights advocate	Faridabad haryana
vandana mahajan	independent	new delhi
sheba chhachhi	photographer/artist	delhi
Chitra Joshi	Independent historian	New Delhi
DSSR Krishna	Telangana Vidyavantula Vedika	Hyderabad
Meenakshi bali	President. AIDWA karanataka state	Kalaburgi
Sadhna Arya	Retired Teacher	Delhu
Dr. Albertina Almeida	Advocate	Taleigao, Goa
Raghu Menon	Publishing	Hyderabad
Avinash Kumar	JNU	Delhi
Indira Hirway	Centre For Development Alternatives	Ahmedabad
Indravelliramesh	Writer /senior journalist	Hydearabad
Tara Rao	Concerned Citizen	Bangalore
Prosanta Nath Choudhuri	Social Activist	Jalpaiguri
Monisha Behal	Individual	Guwahati
A.Geetha malini	Teacher	Sangareddy, Hyderabad
S. Venkateswar Reddy	All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association	Hyderabad
Swarnjit Mehta	Retired University Professor	Mohali
Mannika Chopra	Media	New Delhi
Lakshmi Krishnamurty	Alarippu and mahila samakhya – retd.	bangalore
Anwar Khan Ghauri	Foundation for Justice and Governance	Delhi
Mona Mishra	Senior Advisor, UN	Delhi
Dwiji Guru	Sustainable Food Systems Trainer & Consultant	Bengaluru
Dr. M A Srinivasan	Assistant Professor	Hyderabad
Dr Ameer Sultana	Professor	Chandigarh
Amod Shah	PhD Researcher	Uttarakhand
Indira C	Public Health Researcher	Delhi
I agree – Mumtaz Khan	Former Associate Prof  Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi
Aruna Sinha	NFIW	Gzb
Deepti Bharti	Social work	Ghaziabad
Faisal Ali	Business	Kolkata
Julie George	Lawyer	Pune
Stop intimidation by ED and mis use of PMLA for harassing Activists and intellectuals	Senior Citizen	Hyderabad
Ayshka	consultant	Dubai
Meena Gupta	Retired civil servant	Hyderabad
Harjit Singh	Professor (Retired) JNU	New Delhi
B.Girija	Social activist	Hyderabad
Y Krishna Jyothi	Journalist	Hyderabad
Neha G	Feminist Activist	Delhi
Brinda Karat	CPI(M)	New Delhi
Sujatha	Teaching	Hyderabad
Meena Deshpande	NFIW	Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Supriya Chotani	NFIW	Delhi
Anushree J	Feminist researcher/activist	Delhi
Sushama Jain	Retired professsor	New Delhi
kuhu	teacher	mumbai
Uma bhatt	Uttrakhand mahila manch	Nainital
Anuradha	Development professional	Bangalore
Akhileshwari Ramagoud	Independent Journalist and Academic	Hyderabad
Madhu Madan	Ca	New Delhi
Kiran Moghe	Trade union activist	Pune
Dr jagadeeshwar	Doctor	Warangal
Meena Gopal	TISS	Mumbai
Yogendra Yadav	Political activist, Swaraj India	New Delhi
Shubhra Chakrabarti	Retired teacher	Kolkata
Jyothi A	NFIW	Bengaluru
Geetika Bhargava	Executive Search	Gurgaon
Sandhya .V	Women’s activist	Hyderabad
Kaneez Fathima	Civil Rights Activist	Hyderabad
Ashok Maridas	Samvidhanada Haadiyalli	Bangalore
Jagdeep Chhokar	Professor (Retired), IIM Ahmedabad	New Delhi
Divakar N	Writer	Mysore
Swatija	Feminists Activists	Thane
Pradeep E	CI	Bangalore
Flory Menezes	Advocate	Pune
Balasangameshwara Vollepore	AIPC	Bangalore
Raja Vemula	Advocate	Hyderabad
Lakshmi Nakasakay Gunturu	Teaching and writing	Vijayawada
Krishna Kumari	Nfiw , social activist	Hyderabad
Syed Salim	Logistics manager	Bangalore
Aditya Mukherjee	Historian	New Delhi
Shashwati	Teacher	Mumbai
Talat zamir	Self employed	Noida ( UP )
Rohini Hensman	Writer and independent scholar	Mumbai
Archana	Post-Doc JNU	New Delhi
Sharifa Siddiqui	Prerna	Secunderabad
Pramod Yadava	Professor (Superannuated)	Gautam Buddh Nagar
Safoora Zargar	Freelance researcher and activist	New Delhi
Uma Shankari	Citizen, farmer	Hyderabad
Anomita Sen	Theatre Professional	New Delhi
Varalaxmi	Organizor	Hyderabad
Swetha samalla	Profession	Siddipet
Narayanaswamy	Poet	Flemington, New Jersey
A Raghu Kumar	Advocate	Hyderabad
Asha Puri	Teacher retired	New Delhi
Navneet	Research Scholar	Hisar, Haryana.
KRISHAK D Bardewa	Student	Gangtok
Neeraj Malik	University Professor	Noida
Mariam Dhawale	All India Democratic Women’s Association	New Delhi
Gurpreet Kaur	Researcher	Delhi
P. K. Sreemathi	All India Democratic Women’s Association	Trivandrum
Vandana	Aidwa	Lucknow
Shantha Sinha	Professor (retd)	Hyderabad
Dr Sarita khadse	Social Work	Nagpur
Cheryl Dsouza	Advocate	Delhi
Syed TOUSEEF ULLA	Own company	Bangalore
Kavita Srivastava	Human Rights Worker	Jaipur
Dr. P. Prasanthi	Development professional	Hyderabad
Kalpana	Family counselor	Hyderabad
Md Shafiuddin Yakub Ali	Legal	Hyderabad
Manjeet Rathee	AIDWA Centre	Rohtak
Sreelalitha	Job	Hyderabad
BR Leelavathi	Helpline Councellor	Hyderabad
Abha Dev Habib	Miranda House,  University of Delhi	Delhi
Palvinder Kour	Ph.D Scholar	Jammu
Papori Bora	JNU	New Delhi
Minakshi Singh	Buissness	Delhi
Manjula	NFIW	Chennai
Shalini Mulackal	Retired Professor	Rome
Bhaskara	Employee	Hyderabad
Mukul Priyadarshini	Retd. Miranda House, University of Delhi	Delhi
Anuradha GR	Individual	Delhi
Panchali Ray	Krea university	Chennai
Shraddha Chatterjee	PhD	Delhi
Manju Kulapuram	Activist	Delhi
Champak	Home maker	Gurugram
Marcia DCunha	Teacher	Thane
A. R. Vasavi	Researcher	Bengaluru
K J Ramarao	Social Actvist	Hyderabad
Chirashree Das Gupta	JNU	New Delhi
Dimple Oberoi Vahali	Independent activist	Delhi
KhalidaParveen	Activist	Hyderabad
Renu mukunda	Freelancer	Bangalore
Anjali Monteiro	Filmmaker and academic	Goa
VINAY KAUL	Consultant	BANGALORE
K.P. Jayasankar	Filmmaker and academic	Goa
Amita joseph	Advocate	Delhi
Arun Kumar	Retd. Professor	Gurgaon
Pratiksha  Baxi	Academic	Delhi
X press	Roving Citizen	India
Philomena D’Souza	Consellor	Mumbai
Farah Naqvi	Independent Writer	Delhi
Lissy	Social Work	Hyderabad
Satya Sagar	countercurrents.org	Chennai
Sushil Khanna	Professor (Retrd) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata
Jawhar Sircar	Member of Parliament (RS)	Kolkata/ Delhi
Dr. indu prakash singh	CityMakers Mission International	New Delhi
Dr. indu prakash singh	CityMakers Mission International	New Delhi
Nupur Basu	Journalist	Bangalore
Mohd Abuzar Choudhary	Independent Journalism	New Delhi
Kothapalli Ravibabu	Retired principal	Tenali
Bizeth Banerjee	Concerned citizen	Hyderabad
SUJATA	Retired	Bangalore
Freny Manecksha	Independent journalist	Thane
Jayanti Raghavan	Retd Prof. JNU	Gurgaon
Kranti kumar	Former	Chennai
Dorothy Fernandes	Social Action	Patna
Raynah Braganza Passanha	Indian Christian Women’s Movement	Pune
Anil Bisht	Read teachers	Nainital
John Dayal	Writer and Activist	New Delhi
Sujata Madhok	Journalist	New Delhi
Dr Areet Kaur	Doctor	Chandigarh
Yasmeen	Retired	New Delhi
Dr. Suman Kumari	Professor, MRIIRS	Faridabad
Nagmani Rao	Retired Academic	Pune
Tanushree Gangopadhyay	Journalist	Ahmedabad
Anjana Mangalagiri	Educationist	New Delhi
Sr. Sherly Keeranchira	Medical Mission Sisters	Ernakulam
Rajeev Khanna	Journalist	Solan
Elsa M	IWTF, ICWM	Chennai
Asha G	Scientist	Trivandrum
Sandhya Kumari	Education	Greater Noida
K P Fabian	Retd.Ambassador	Delhi
SK Garge	Management Consultant	Mumbai
Ravinder Goel	Retired teacher	Delhi
Vaishna Narang	Professor	New Delhi
Lilly	Social work	Bhopal
Sheila De Sa	Teacher	Chennai
Vertika Mani	Lawyer, Secretary PUCL Delhi	Delhi
Libania	Nurse	Haryana
Xavier Thumma	Concernd person	Chengalpattu
Ashok Kalbag	Retired	Mumbai
Snehlata	Gender expert	New Delhi
Vivian Fernandes	Journalist	Delhi
Vijay Kiyawat	Retired	Pune
Anirudh Deshpande	Professor of History, Deptt of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, DU.	Gurgaon NCR
Binu Mathew	Journalist	Kochi
Ajay Patnaik	Retired Professor, JNU	Delhi
Usha singh Kashyap	Social spiritual thinker  & homemaker	New Delhi
Pushpa Lalitha	Social work	Mandi dabwali
Urvashi Dhamija	Retired teacher ,Miranda House, University of Delhi	Delhi
Vanita N Mukherjee	Independent Professional	New Delhi
Suneeta	Activist	Delhi
Sujata Raghavan	Development Writer	New Delhi
Lakshmi Raman	NGO consultant	Bangalore
Lizy	Teacher	Kalady
Imrana Qadeer	Retired professor	Delhi
Silvia	Retired teacher	Chennai
Rohit Prajapati	Environment Activist	Vadodara
Ashok choudhary	All India Union of Forest working People Aiufwp	Saharanpur
Siddharth	Business	Delhi
Abid Shah	Journalism	Ghaziabad
Beena Pallical	National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights	New Delhi
Angelo Extross	Retired Citizen	Pune
Smita Gupta	Economist and Activist	New Delhi
Rajashri Dasgupta	Independent Journalist	Kolkata
Riyaz Ahmed	Professional	Delhi
Theresa Vaz	Teacher	Pune
Regi	Teacher	Srinagar
Sujatha	Teacher	హైదరాబాద్
KS LAKSHMI	AIDWA ACTIVIST	Bengaluru
Kinjal Banerjee	BITS Goa	Goa
Vimala K S	AIDWA | Women activist	Bangalore
A. O. Pinto	Concerned Citizen	Panjim
Susmita Sinha	Film maker	Kolkata
Mary E John	retired	Delhi
Hasina khan	Bebaak Collective	Mumbai
Devi	Aidwa	Karna
Selvam ramasamy	Farmer	Arachalur village, TN
Devi	Aidwa	Karnataka
Krishna Bandyopadhyay	Activist  of  Democratic  Rights	Kolkata .WestBengal
Mukhtiar Singh	University of Manitoba (Retired)	Winnipeg, MB; Canada
Sarada lingaraju	Hospice counselor	Hyderabad
Cassia	Social worker	Pune
N. Prathap Simha	Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Advocate	Bangalore
Kamaxi Bhate	Doctor	Mumbai
Binny yadav	Journalist	New Delhi
Abhilasha Kumari	Independent Consultant	Noida
CShah	Retired	Pune
Dr C M Ramesha	Professor	Bangalore-560054
Nandigam Krishna Rao	Storyteller and Advocate	Hyderabad
Kumudini Pati	Freelance Journalist	Allahabad
Shishu Ranjan	All India Revolutionary Students Organisation	Delhi
S. Jeevan Kumar	Human Rights Activist	Hyderabad,Telangana
Jagannath La	LIC pensioner	Mysuru
Bratati Pande	Retired Associate Professor	Delhi
Janardhana	Employee	Kolar gold fields
Basamma	AIDWA	Bangalore
Abhijit Roy	Jadavpur University	Kolkata
Muralidhar Rao	Individual	Bengaluru
Dr.vijaya	Journalist,writer	Bangalore
Bheemanagowda	Sfi State Secretary Karnataka	Bengaluru
Channappa	Teacher	Raichur Karnataka
Jayasurya	Student	Hbhalli vijayanagara karnatka
K.A.pavan Kumar	Yas	Hospet
Peggy Mohan	Visiting Professor Ashoka	Delhi
N. Gayathri	Retired Bank Manager	Bangalore
Niranjanaradhya V P	People’s Alliance for Fundamental Right to Education -PAFRE	Bengaluru
Meera Banerjee	None	Bangalore
Svati Joshi	Academic	Ahmedabad
Anantha raj b m	Student	Jagaluru
P A Azeez	Freelance researcher	Coimbatore
Banjagere Jayaprakash	Writer	Harohalli
Sankara Narayanan	Business	Erode
Banjagere Jayaprakash	Writer Activist	Harohalli
Jael Silliman	Professor	Kolkata
Nikhil Dey	Social Activist	Rajsamand Rajasthan
Eerappa	CSR Coordinator	Bangalore
Anand Chandolu	Civil engineer	Hyderabad
Abhishek	Student	Bengaluru
Sandhya gokhale	Forum Against Oppression of Women	Mumbai
Sangamesh	Teacher	Bangalore
Sujata	Student	Karnataka kalaburagi
Hulagamma	Student	S.Karnataka  d.kalaburagi
Suresha	Student	Kalaburagi Karnataka
Vijayalaxmi	Labour	Bengaluru
Sipra Mukherjee	West Bengal State University	Kolkata
Shobha TB	AAIDWA ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತೆ	Doddarasinkere
Chidananda.karigooli	BA.LLb.MSW	Sirwar
Achutha	Samudaya Karnataka	K GF
Achutha	Samudaya Karnataka Bangaluru	Bengaluru
Achutha	Samudaya Karnataka	Bengaluru
BN Manjunath	Advocate	Bangalore
Brunda s dhanni	Student	Gulbarga
Tushit s dhanni	Student	Gulbarga
Rohit s dhanni	Student	Gulbarga
Radhika Desai	Independent Gender and Livelihoods Researcher	Hyderabad
Shipra Nigam	Researcher	New Delhi
Dr Mira Shiva	Public Health Physician	New Delhi
Dr.K.Rajani	NFIW medical	Hyderabad
R.D.Philip	Retired	Bangalore
Anthony Lobo	retired	Bengaluru
Naina Malika Williams	Free Speech is our birth right	Bangalore
Mercy Francis	Forum for Peace and Justice	Patna
Shalini Suren	Counselor	Bangalore
Ashish Ranjan	National alliance of people’s movements	Araria
Meera Sanghamitra	National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)	India
Aneesha ranjan	Concerned citizen	Delhi
Rita Banerjee.	House wife.	Kolkata.
Ashok Kumar	social worker	Delhi
Prateek Vijayavargia	Research Scholar, JNU	Delhi
Vishukumar N R	Retired government official	Bengaluru
Jahnvi Andharia	Development professional	Ahmedabad
Dr Sarmila Chandra	Doctor	Kolkata
K Marulasiddappa	Retired professsor	Bangalore
Dr.G.Ramakrishna	Retires professor	Bangalore
Manjari Roy	Wildlife biologist	Dehradun
Susheela	House wife	Bangalore
Pankaj Mullick	Journalist	New Delhi
Doddabadavaraj	Student	Ballari
P.Venkataramanappa	professional  photographer	Karnataka, Kolar
Vrinda Gopinath	Journalist	New Delhi
Neena Vyas	Journalist freelance	Delhi
ELVINA GONSALVES	Business	Mumbai
Anna George	Teacher, researcher	Delhi
Laxmi Murthy	Journalist	Bangalore
Sugandha	HR Professional	London
Vasudeva Uchil	Rtrd. State Govt. Servant ,Karnataka	Mangaluru
Maimoona Mollah	AIDWA Delhi	New Delhi
Asha Sharma	AIDWA Delhi	New Delhi
Padma Velaskar	Academic	Mumbai
Keya Dasgupta	Retired faculty, CSSSC, Kolkata	Kolkata
Roopashri Sinha	Freelance researcher	Mumbai
V. Saldanha	Indian Christian Women’s Movement	Mumbai
Uma Bhrugubanda	Academic	Hyderabad
S. G . Siddaramaiah	Rtd professor	Bengaluru
Diamond Oberoi	Teaching	Delhi