Endorsed Kalpana, Rinchin, Indira, for WSS
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:37 PM, gautam navlakha <gnavla...@gmail.com>wrote: > kindly add my name. > gautam navlakha > > On 1/17/12, 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.
