
Sen, Vice President of People's Union of Civil Liberties, was convicted for sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha for colluding with Naxals to establish a network to fight the state. Sen's conviction and sentence had led to outrage in many quarters, including international bodies of Human Rights. Forty Nobel laureates have also been trying their lot to get him out of the prison. They sent a letter to the Indian government urging it to ensure that Dr Sen is given a fair trial, and asking for him to be released on bail. "Dr Sen is an exceptional, courageous, and selfless colleague, dedicated to helping those in India who are least able to help themselves," the laureates said in the statement, posted on a website campaigning for Sen's release.
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