On *Thu, 17/12/09, P K POKKER <[email protected]>* wrote:
From: P K POKKER <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Justice for Soofia Madani To: "shanavas pp" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 17 December, 2009, 7:42 PM I Agree with this. I could not read it before 3pm. I sign the Doc. P.K.POKKER 2009/12/17 shanavas pp <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > - Show quoted text - > > --- On *Thu, 17/12/09, shinaj ps > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: shinaj ps > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Fwd: [GreenYouth] Justice for Soofia Madani > To: "nisha p r" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "abdulla" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "yaser arafat" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > "ansari" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "ajay" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "master aslam" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "ashley tellis" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "bala sunkanna" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > "christy" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "lakshmanan chinnaiyan" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > "gargi h" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > "Jayakrishnan" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "jenson" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "UDAYA KUMAR" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > "thirumal" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 17 December, 2009, 2:21 PM > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: jenny rowena > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: 2009/12/17 > Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Justice for Soofia Madani > To: > [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > *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 > > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, shinaj ps > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> in solidarity >> >> 2009/12/17 Mahtab Alam >> <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> >> 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 > > - Show quoted text - -- MD. MAHTAB ALAM [email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> . 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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]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- Shinaj.P.S Hyderabad Mob:9440477143 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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