Sorry for being late... The series of evens that led to the arrest of Sufiya is really disturbing to me... I support the struggles to ensure justice to Sufiya...
Afthab Ellath On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM, gk31.vinod gk31.vinod <[email protected] > wrote: > Sorry for being late. > > In solidarity. > > GK Vinod > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Mahtab Alam <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> >> . >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
