Political Prisoners in India
Pamphlet distributed by the South Asian Students’ Association at the University of California at Berkeley titled “Political Prisoners in India.” The pamphlet includes text from an Amnesty International report on detention conditions in West Bengal circa 1974.
"Political Prisoners in Bangladesh"
Pamphlet distributed by the South Asian Students’ Association at the University of California at Berkeley titled “Political Prisoners in Bangladesh.” The pamphlet takes a critical view of the Awami League and decries the inhumane conditions and torture to which political prisoners were subjected post-Independence.
"Open Letter to the University Community"
List of grievances addressed to the students, faculty, and administration by South Asian students at the University of California at Berkeley.
"India: Democracy or Dictatorship?" Flyer
Flyer announcing television documentary screening of “India: Democracy or Dictatorship?” by the Committee of Concerned Indian Students (CCIS) at the University of California at Berkeley on November 23, 1976.
"India: 'Democracy' Under A Relaxed Emergency?" Press Release
Press release dated January 26, 1977 issued by the Concerned Committee of Indian Students (CCIS) at the University of California at Berkeley. Titled “India: ‘Democracy’ Under a Relaxed Emergency?”, the press release criticizes Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s relaxation of Emergency measures in early 1977 as a politically expedient ploy for votes in the March 1977 election.
"India: Democracy or Dictatorship?"
Essay dated November 23, 1976 on the historical context of the Emergency declared by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on June 26, 1975.
"South Asia Discussion Group" Flyer
Flyer for an evening of theater and film in memory of social activist Shankar Guha Niyogi presented by South Asians for Collective Action, the Punjabi People’s Cultural Association, and the South Asia Discussion Group at the University of California at Berkeley.
"Treatment of AIDS Patients in India Protested"
News India article published August 23, 1991 about a demonstration outside San Francisco Indian Consulate in which a crowd protested the inhumane treatment of HIV/AID patients in India. Demonstrators met with consular official to air grievances.
"Pickets at Dutch consulate"
Newspaper clipping dated July 30, 1947. Clipping states, "Representatives of the Negro people and the peoples of Greece and India will participate in the picket line before the Dutch consulate [...] to protest the Dutch attack on the Indonesian Republic [...]." Godha Ram Channon is named as the picketing representative of the National Committee for India’s Freedom.