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Indian poet and activist Varavara Rao shifted from prison to hospital due to deteriorating health

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 13 & 15, 2020 by Vennelakanti Ramarao (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted Jul 17, 2020)

The health of the 79-year-old poet has deteriorated alarmingly over the past few weeks. He has been in prison since late 2018 in the Elgar Parishad case which critics say is aimed at silencing dissent in India.