Indian students, teachers, Women Association and political activists hold placards as they shout anti-government slogans in New Delhi on December 27, 2010 during a protest against life sentence handed out to a doctor and social activist, Binayak Sen, on charges of sedition in Chhattisgarh state. Amnesty International has described Binayak Sen as a "prisoner of conscience" but the court insisted the doctor helped outlawed Maoist guerrillas in the insurgency-riven state.

Photographer: Anshuman Akash

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