---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: JNUSU Sucheta <jnusu.such...@gmail.com> Date: 21 March 2012 19:18
*Press Release* * * *Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU)* * * *21/3/2012* *UNITED PROTEST * *AGAINST CRACKDOWN AT KOODANKULAM* * * *22 MARCH 2012* *TAMIL NADU BHAWAN, CHANAKYAPURI* *12.30 PM * *Protest Called Tomorrow Against the Unfolding Crackdown on the Koodankulam movement, in the Wake of TN CM Jayalalithaa's Cabinet Decision to Commission the Nuclear Power Plant!* *People’s Movements Across the Country Demand **End to* *Police Repression on Villagers and Activists, Release of All Protestors and Leaders and Withdrawal of Tamil Nadu Cabinet Resolution Giving Go Ahead for the Koodankulam Project!* Tamilnadu CM Jayalalithaa, who had earlier 'distanced' herself from the Koodankulam project and 'sharing' people’s safety concerns, has made the expected about-turn to give green-signal to the Koodankulam Nuclear project, as soon elections in the neighbouring assembly constituency of Sankarankoil got over on March 18. Her cabinet has just declared that its safety concerns have been allayed, and that the TN government will soon commission the plant. On cue, 6000 armed policemen, led by Tamil Nadu’s Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), 3 DIGs (Deputy Inspector Generals) and 20 SPs (Superintendents of Police) have unleashed a massive crackdown operation that can turn up into a state-sponsored carnage of its own civilians. Thousands of police have surrounded Koodankulam and Idinthakarai. Hundreds of villagers marching to Koodankulam are being threatened, harassed and arrested. Also several key leaders of the movement including Advocate SivaSubramanyam, and Rajalingam have been arrested and charged with sedition including Sections 121, 121A and 153A. According to the posts from local people, police and para-military forces are terrrorising people by marching into the villages every now and then. Police have clamped down Section 144 in our area prohibiting people from congregating in any manner. Despite this curfew, people keep coming to Idinthakarai by boats and on foot. In view of this unfolding crackdown, which is intensifying every moment, a united protest demonstration has been called *tomorrow at Tamil Nadu Bhawan at Chanakyapuri in Delhi at 12.30 pm *in solidarity with the fighting people in Tamil Nadu. JNUSU demands the withdrawal of the Tamil Nadu cabinet resolution giving sudden green signal to the Koodankulam project. JNUSU demands an immediate end to all forms of crackdown, harassment and arrests of villagers, peaceful protestors and leaders of the anti-Kundankulam movement and scrapping of this disastrous project. *Please send your reporter and photographer to cover the protest. * *Sucheta De*, President, JNUSU -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term ” Kracktivism “, check out my blog http://kractivist.wordpress.com/Kracktivism Blog for girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) * -- 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.
