India: Sudhir Dhawale, a dalit rights activist accused of having Maoist links, was declared innocent on May 15.

The country needs an anti-fascist force, says activist acquitted after 40 months in jail

On May 20, after spending three years and four months in Nagpur Central Jail for crimes he did not commit, dalit rights activist Sudhir Dhawale finally walked out as a free man.
His arrest in January 2011 had outraged social activists in Maharashtra.