Dear all, We should raise our voice against another human rights violation.
K Sunil kumar, Convenor, Nava Janadhipatya Prasthanam ( New Democratic Movement ), Kerala mob: 9847072664. 2009/12/17 Mahtab Alam <mdmahtaba...@gmail.com> > I endorse. > Mahtab Alam, Civil Rights Activist > > > > 2009/12/17 jenny rowena <jenny.chit...@gmail.com> > > *Friends * >> ** >> *Here is the same statement with the names of more people * >> *who have endorsed it. Please send in your endorsements by 3 pm* >> *as we are planning to go to the media with this * >> ** >> *Thank you * >> *Jenny * >> >> >> >> We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life, have come >> to know that the Kerala police has chargesheeted Soofiya Madani for her >> alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not want >> to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe that the >> rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail. >> >> However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists, >> students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being >> imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long >> years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, by >> the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected to all >> kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has also played a >> huge role in subverting the judicial process by sensationalizing these cases >> and publishing baseless stories without any proper investigation. >> >> Soofiya Madani started appearing in news media in the context of the 10 >> year long imprisonment of her husband Abdul Nasser Madani without a trial. >> During this period, Soofiya was active in the affairs of the political >> outfit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that her husband had founded. Abdul >> Nassar Madani was finally acquitted after this long incarceration without >> even as much as a whimper of apology, forget compensation. Following his >> acquittal, both Abdul Nasser and Soofiya Madani have been active in the >> electoral politics of Kerala, contesting the last Parliamentary elections >> along with the ruling Left Democratic Front. One of the cases against >> Soofiya Madani is that she was allegedly involved in conspiring the burning >> of a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus at Kalamassery, Kochi in >> September 2005 - and an anticipatory bail plea on this case is pending >> before the Kerala High Court today. >> >> However the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya >> Madani -- often using highly questionable anti-Muslim representations -- >> equating a case of arson where her involvement has not been legally >> established yet -- to fundamentalist terrorism. This media campaign also >> needs to be seen in the context of a prevalent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the >> Malayalam language media in general. >> >> In that context we fear that her basic constitutional rights might be >> violated in the coming days. We want to raise our collective voices against >> such an event and we strongly call on all concerned authorities to prevent >> any such violation from happening without prejudice to the Rule of Law and >> any investigations that should be carried out against her. >> >> Sd/- >> >> 1. John Dayal, Member National Integration Council >> 2. K. Satchidanandan, Poet >> 3. M Rasheed, Freedom fighter & Journalist >> 4. Ajit Sahi, Journalist >> 5. A. K. Ramakrishnan, Professor, JNU (to be confirmed) >> 6. Sreerekha, Asst. Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia >> 7. Sreejitha P.V, , Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University >> 7. Jenny Rowena, Asst. Professor, Miranda House, DU >> 8. Hany Babu, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Delhi University >> 9 Joe Athially, Delhi Solidarity Group >> 10, Shahina K K, Development Professional, Delhi >> 11. Rajeev Ramachandran, Journalist, Delhi >> 12. Maymon Madathingal, Software Engineer, Delhi >> 13. Sudeep K. S, Software Engineer, Delhi >> 14, Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Human Rights Activist, Mumbai >> 15. Anil Tharayath Varghese, Development Professional, Delhi >> 16. Bobby Kunhu, Human Rights Activist >> 17.K K Kochu,Dalit Scholar >> 18.G .P Ramachandran,Film Critic >> 19.K K Baburaj, Dalit Activist >> 20.M B Manoj,poet >> 21.Rekha raj, Development Profeesional, Cochin >> 22.Sunny m Kapikadu, Dalit Activist >> 23.J Raghu,Writer and scholar >> 24. Shynaj P. S, Research Scholar, Central University of Hyderabad >> > 25. Mahtab Alam, Civil Rights Activist > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, shinaj ps <psshi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> in solidarity >>> >>> 2009/12/17 Mahtab Alam <mdmahtaba...@gmail.com> >>> >>> Dear All, >>>> * >>>> Find below the statement for endorsement and a rough translation of the >>>> madhyamam editorial on the issue.* >>>> >>>> *Kindly endorse,forward and recomend it for endorsement. * >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> hany. >>>> >>>> We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life,have come >>>> to know that the Kerala police has charge sheeted Soofiya Madani for her >>>> alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not >>>> want >>>> to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe that the >>>> rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists, >>>> students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being >>>> imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long >>>> years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, by >>>> the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected to all >>>> kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has also played >>>> a >>>> huge role in subverting the judicial process by sensationalizing these >>>> cases >>>> and publishing baseless stories without any proper investigation. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Given how the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya >>>> Madani - often using highly questionable anti-muslim represenstaions - we >>>> fear that her basic constitutional rights might be violated in the coming >>>> days. We want to raise our collective voices against such an event and we >>>> strongly call on all concerned authorities to prevent any such violation >>>> from happening. >>>> >>>> In Solidarity, >>>> Hany Babu,Associate Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi >>>> Mahtab Alam, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) >>>> John Dayal, Member, National Intregation Council, GoI >>>> Ajit Sahi, Editor at Large, Tehelka >>>> Prof. A K Ramakrishnan, JNU >>>> Jenny Rowuena, Assistant Professor, Delhi University >>>> Sri Jitha, Assistant Professor, Delhi university >>>> Sree Rekha, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> MD. MAHTAB ALAM >>>> mdmahtaba...@gmail.com >>>> Phone:+ 91-9811209345 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<greenyouth%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shinaj.P.S >>> Hyderabad-46 >>> Mob:9440477143 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Green Youth Movement" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<greenyouth%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Green Youth Movement" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<greenyouth%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >> > > > > -- > MD. 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