Endorsed On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM, shabnam hashmi <shabnamhas...@gmail.com>wrote:
> ENDORSED > SHABNAM HASHMI > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Mahtab Alam <mdmahtaba...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> We, the undersign strongly condemn the harassment of social activist and >> human rights' defender, Dayamani Barla by the Jharkhand Police. Dayamani, >> a well known and noted journalist-turned-activist and human rights' >> defender based in Jharkhand, is one of the leaders of anti-displacement >> movements. She is also part of many organisations, movements and >> federations, INSAF and NAPM. >> >> >> On 14th January, in the evening, a Police Mobile Van of Chutya Thana >> (Ranchi) landed at her hotel on Club Road, Ranchi, and started to harass >> her staff asking about her links with anti-social elements. The >> Sub-Inspector making the 'enquiries' had neither no written permission or >> order. The following day, when Ms. Barla, met SSP Ranchi, Mr. Saket Kumar >> at his residence to ask why she was being harassed in this manner, his >> response was that the allegations were being made on the basis of an >> complaint and the fact that she participated in the "Free Jiten Marandi >> Convention”, in which Varavara Rao was also present. >> >> >> Harassment of activists on flimsy pretexts and on grounds that they >> exercised their Constitutionally guaranteed democratic rights is a >> dangerous trend and will be resisted robustly by human rights activists >> everywhere. >> >> >> We stand in solidarity with Dayamani Barala. >> >> >> In solidarity, >> >> 1. Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary,PUCL >> >> 2. Manisha Sethi, President, Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association (JTSA) >> >> 3. Harsh Dobhal, Human Rights Law Network >> >> 4. Mahtab Alam, Coalition for Protection of Human Rights' Defenders >> (CPHRD) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> MD. MAHTAB ALAM >> mdmahtaba...@gmail.com >> Phone:+ 91-9811209345 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "humanrights movement" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
