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It is only in the Province of Bengal that hundreds of boys are detained without trial. The Press is now and then gagged to remind us of the power that is not answerable to the will of the people of this country, and the civil liberty that the people of Bengal enjoy has become as unreal as a mirage in the desert. We all know that once before in the past, during another hunger strike amongst the political prisoners in the Andamans, three young lives were lost. Two of them were the direct victims of the cruel system of forced feeding. Shall we or the Bengal Government allow the same tragedy to occur in a larger number this time once again 2 I appeal to the Bengal Government to line up with the Governments of Bombay, Madras and the Central Provinces and to treat with broad-minded sympathy and humanity the case of political prisoners and detenus. The pitiless method of punishment that still persists in most parts of the world in their penal system is enough to condemn human civilisation, but of late an aggravated spirit of vindictiveness has suddenly grown in virulence in some of the Western countries in their dealings with political victims. India has not altogether I Lෂ