*The Visionary Democratic and Civil Rights Leader K G Kannabiran Is No More*
*Relentless Fight to Secure Democratic Rights of the People is the Only Way to Pay Homage to Him * K G Kannabiran, the veteran civil and democratic rights activist passed way on 30 December 2010 at around 5 pm in Hyderabad at his residence. He served the democratic rights movement in the country for five decades. In Kannabiran€ ’²s death, the democratic and civil rights movement in the subcontinent lost a great visionary leader, guide and friend. Kannabiran worked as President of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) for fifteen years and National President of PUCL for ten years. Currently he is the President of Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), Andhra Pradesh chapter. He worked and built several democratic organizations and movements in the past five decades. Above all, he worked all his life as an institution himself to secure rights of the people. He was a tireless advocate of the rights of the most marginalized in our society. Within days after the passing away of Surendra Mohan, this great blow has come on the democratic and civil rights activists as a big shock. S R Shanakaran, yet another democratic died only a few months ago. With the passing away of K G Kannabiran at this crucial juncture of Undeclared Emergency in the country, in the context of war against people in the name of Operation Green Hunt, and proliferating state-sponsored armed gangs attacking the people all over the country, we all are facinf an irrecoverable loss. K G Kannabiran is synonymous for democratic rights movement in Andhra Pradesh and in the subcontinent. He developed the concept of civil and democratic rights movement with his in-depth knowledge of constitutions of the world governments, history and trajectory of democratic rights movements worldwide. His public speeches and writings on the democratic and civil rights educated several generations of democratic rights activists. Kannabiran is an inspiration for thousands and thousands democratic rights activists in Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere. Kannabiran knew how to use law to save the people who have been targeted to be victimized by the same law. He argued hundreds of PIL cases, scores of conspiracy cases ferociously and won for the victims and the people at large. Kannabiran himself along with his family which stood in the public domain all along was targeted by the statist forces in Andhra Pradesh. He faced every brutal attempt with a smiling face and approached incidents created by the state-sponsored goons with a sense of humour each time. Kannabiran is the name that represents the aspirations of people for their democratic rights. He fought against the killings of Naxalites and ordinary adivasis, dalits or Muslims who have been killed in the name of encounter by the state. His crusade against the extra-judicial killings became a popular movement as the APCLC which he led for several decades, took it to every nook and corner in Andhra Pradesh and every other part outside it. Kannabiran is the greatest crusaders of democratic rights of the people of our times. Let€ ’²s pay our homage to him with a strong resolve to dedicate ourselves to build democratic rights movement all over the subcontinent. G N Saibaba Activist, on behalf of RDF _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list Marxist-Leninist-List@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
