[humanrights-movement:2268] To Get Away With Murder, Chhattisgarh Style By Javed Iqbal
To Get Away With Murder, Chhattisgarh Style By Javed Iqbal 23 February, 2010 Moonchasing.wordpress.com Sets: The Supreme Court and the inaccessible jungles of Dantewada. Cast – missing witnesses and supreme court petitioners, a controversial activist, a young superintendent of police, counsel for the petitioners Colin Gonsales, counsel for the respondents Ajit Jha and DGP Chhattisgarh Vishwaranjan. Plot – the truth about the killing of nine villagers at the onset of Operation Green Hunt. Act I – It was alleged that, in the early morning of the 1st of October, 2009, a police party killed nine innocent adivasis at the village of Gompad, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. There were no press reports about it, no press conferences and no bodies were taken to the police station. There were numerous conflicting accounts of whether it was ever announced by the police. Testimonies of the villagers: The Maoists were present outside the village in the morning but they had disappeared long before the security forces arrived. All those who were killed were villagers of Gompad and two were from Bandarpadar. Three of them were women, one of them was an eight year old girl, and an eighteen month old baby Katam Suresh lost three of his fingers. His deceased mother was missing her nose and her body was found before the remnants of her burnt home. Two other deceased villagers – Soyam Subbaiya (20) and Soyam Jogi (18) were a newly married couple. One more villager was killed from the neighbouring village of Nukaltong and another from Velpocha on the same day. Act II – Activist Himanshu Kumar takes the victims of violence of Gompad, Velpocha, Nukaltong and the village of Gacchanpalli where five villagers were killed on the 17th of September, 2009 to the Supreme Court and files a Writ Petition (criminal) No.103 of 2009, against the State of Chhattisgarh, Respondent no.1. The Supreme Court accepts the petition and requests the State of Chhattisgarh to file a reply. Act III – Activist Himanshu Kumar is hounded out of Chhattisgarh, his right-hand man Kopa Kunjam is imprisoned and petitioner no.13 Sodhi Sambo who was in the care of Mr. Kumar is detained at Kanker police station on her way to receive treatment for her injured leg. She will be kept in virtual confinement at Jagdalpur’s Maharani Hospital with no access to her lawyer, activists or the press. The Supreme Court passes an order directing that the Respondents would in no way obstruct Sodhi Sambo from going wherever she pleases. So instead of letting her go wherever she pleases (which no one could ask her about as she had no access to anyone), the respondents take her to Delhi, AIIMS hospital themselves and she is again, not allowed access to her lawyer, activists or the press. At the same time, villagers who had come for a public hearing at Dantewada (organized by Himanshu Kumar) on the 5th of January, 2010 were last seen being driven away by the police in four Bolero vehicles without license plates. Katam Suresh of Gompad who is now around two years old, and his father Katam Dulaiah, along with Soyam Rama and Soyam Dhulla from Gompad were taken away and were last seen at Konta Police Station on the 14th of January, 2009. Colin Gonsales, advocate for the petitioners, on the 10th of January: `Apparently all the 12 tribal petitioners from the writ petition have been picked up and are in custody of the police, and it is possible that they will be coerced to withdraw from the case.’ On the 22nd of January, Justice Sudarshan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar, presiding judges of the Supreme Court passed an order allowing lawyer Colin Gonsales and activist Himanshu Kumar access to Sodhi Sambo at AIIMS, stating, “we direct that the respondents shall not create any obstacle in the way of petitioner No.1 and/or advocate for the petitioners in meeting petitioner No.13, in which the police shall not be present.” However it soon came to light that Sodhi Sambo was discharged from AIIMS. Counsel of State of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jha had previously told the court that the Chhattisgarh State had no objection to anyone meeting her and that she was still in AIIMS. Act IV – On the 23rd of January, the police exhume the bodies of the villagers of Gompad while the lawyers claim they’re tampering with evidence. On visiting Gompad, it has been observed that articles of clothing have been removed from the graves. A bottle of phenyl as well as the packaging of surgical gloves lie around the graves. Act V – The Supreme Court directs the State of Chhattisgarh to produce all the petitioners by Monday the 15th of February, 2010. The State claims all of them have gone back to their villagers, the lawyer for the petitioners claim all of them are still in custody of the police. No independent verification is possible. On the 9th of February, a police party attempts to go to the village of Gacchanpalli to bring the petitioners to court and are allegedly ambushed by Maoists around the village of Gork
[humanrights-movement:2267] (Fwded) Mossad’s Murde rous Reach: The Larger Political Issues By James Petras
"..So far, most critical comments, in Israel and elsewhere, of Mossad’s recent murder in Dubai focus on the agents’ “incompetence”, including allowing their faces to be captured on numerous security videos as they clumsily changed their wigs and costumes under the camera gaze . Other critics complain that the bungling Mossad is “tarnishing Israel’s image” as a democratic state and providing ammunition for the anti-Semites. None of these superficial criticisms have been repeated by the US Congress, White House or the Presidents of the Major Jewish American organizations, where the mafia rule of Omerga, or silence, reigns supreme and criminal complicity is the rule Conclusion While the critics bemoan the clumsy Mossad job, making it harder for Western powers to provide Israel with diplomatic cover for its operations abroad, the fundamental issue is never addressed: The Mossad’s acquisition and alteration of official British, French, German and Irish passports of dual Israeli citizen’s underscores the cynical and sinister nature of Israel’s exploitation of its dual citizens in the pursuit of its own bloody foreign policy goals. Mossad’s use of genuine passports issued by four sovereign European nations to its citizens in order to murder a Palestinian in a Dubai hotel room raises the question of to whom ‘dual’ Israeli citizens really owe their allegiance and just how far they are willing to go in defending or promoting Israel’s overseas assassinations. Thanks to Israel’s use of British passports to enter Dubai and murder an adversary, every British businessperson or tourist traveling in the Middle East will be suspected of links to Israeli death squads. With elections this year and the Labor and Conservative parties counting heavenly on Zionist millionaires for campaign funding, it remains to be seen whether Prime Minister Gordon Brown will do more than whimper and cringe!" http://www.countercurrents.org/petras220210.htm -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. -AMBEDKAR http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movem...@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.
Re: [humanrights-movement:2266] Whatever the source of violence andwhoever is killed condemnation must be unequivocal ,sympathy cannot be selective depending on the religion ,caste or nationality of
Whether Sikhs are killed by the Taliban or the people of Afghanistan and Iraq among other countries are killed by direct attacks or through drones or otherwise by the Occupying powers or the people from North India are killed or attacked in Mumbai or citizens are murdered by bomb blasts planted by covert organizations politically associated with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi or by other covert groups or individuals whether Muslims , Hindus, or foreigners whatever the reality may be as in Pune , manipulated for this purpose by funded covert organizations receiving foreign funding or whether people are killed by state terror in encounters or custodial deaths ,or innocent people die in violence such as in the Kashmir Valley , in regional agitations such as in Telengana/Hyderabad or Maharastra or at the hands of so called Maoists; or whether Tribals are tortured or shot by Salwa Judum or para military organizations in the course of Operation Green Hunt or when honest police officials performing their duty to investigate Malegaon bomb blasts among other covert conspiracies and lawyers performing their duty to represent those accused of offences are assassinated , all these acts must be unequivocally condemned . Whether people are killed by bomb blasts in our own country or in other countries it is equally to be condemned . Whereas on Television we see selective condemnation and hysteria depending upon the religion or class or caste or even nationality of the person or persons killed . The assassination of lawyers , the framing up of innocent members of the minority community in India misutilizing the propaganda of the 'WAR ON TERROR ' which served a political purpose , the caste related hate crimes have not been covered as comprehensively . Discussions on crimes are also used for selective propaganda purposes with' Intelligence Assets' used during the discussion both from Pakistan and India . It is almost as though both sides need the hate to justify the existence of the two nation states. If India continues to be tagged along with Pakistan which was created by British Imperial policy and served this policy for decades in South Asia and we do not rise above the pettiness of the rhetoric while securing firmly our frontiers and our secular foundations , we will find itself degenerating into a banana Republic with no 'Rule of Law ' , with institutions we had constructed and established fast eroding , we are in serious and imminent danger of this happening . Even as China advances to new technological heights and culture , we are degenerating in our discourse and the Scientific Spirit has been abandoned for some crude religious symbolism and vulgar ritualism by many . Let us not create Indian Talibans we have some incipient ones already . However let us distinguish the Taliban in Afghanistan from the national liberation movement from military occupation of foreign powers . To emphasise it is necessary to develop according to our own ethos,needs and economic and social circumstances . We are not in competition or rivalry with any other nation state or society , we wish them all well , their own path . However without a higher civilizational perspective harnessing not only science and technology , permitting necessary and essential development and industrialization in consultation with affected people and interests , revitalising agriculture , small scale and rural industries , investing in priority infrastructure for those below the poverty line assuring livelihod and food security , we will be reduced to barbarism . We have to expand resource creation even as we have to redistribute , for this we need a society free from terror of every kind, with all issues open to dialogue . There must be an adequate understanding in society that all over the world , through selective or large scale violence there is an attempt to divide and rule , to obliterate from human understanding that man's /woman's first loyalty is to humanity and humanity is indivisible .However those who are imposing the violence will reap the consequences, as violence finally engulfs those who resort to it is the lesson of history . The Intelligence Agencies of Pakistan trained the Mujahideen against the PDP government for decades from 1979 financed and armed by the USA , UK , Saudi Arabia among other powers , to -day they are paying the price with large scale violence engulfing all their cities and regions . If we support covert terror against our citizens , we too will pay the price and this will not be limited to those immediately affected . The world as a whole is changing . Everything even as the financial and economic system of many countries of the G7 are collapsing . It is time to dialogue on the direction we should take , accepting that economic organization of society cannot be static just as social organization cannot be
Re: [humanrights-movement:2265] Whatever the source of violence andwhoever is killed condemnation must be unequivocal ,sympathy cannot be selective depending on the religion ,caste or nationality of
Whether Sikhs are killed by the Taliban or the people of Afghanistan and Iraq among other countries are killed by direct attacks or through drones or otherwise by the Occupying powers or the people from North India are killed or attacked in Mumbai or citizens are murdered by bomb blasts planted by covert organizations politically associated with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi or by other covert groups or individuals whether Muslims , Hindus, or foreigners whatever the reality may be as in Pune , manipulated for this purpose by funded covert organizations receiving foreign funding or whether people are killed by state terror in encounters or custodial deaths ,or innocent people die in violence such as in the Kashmir Valley , in regional agitations such as in Telengana/Hyderabad or Maharastra or at the hands of so called Maoists; or whether Tribals are tortured or shot by Salwa Judum or para military organizations in the course of Operation Green Hunt or when honest police officials performing their duty to investigate Malegaon bomb blasts among other covert conspiracies and lawyers performing their duty to represent those accused of offences are assassinated , all these acts must be unequivocally condemned . Whether people are killed by bomb blasts in our own country or in other countries it is equally to be condemned . Whereas on Television we see selective condemnation and hysteria depending upon the religion or class or caste or even nationality of the person or persons killed . The assassination of lawyers , the framing up of innocent members of the minority community in India misutilizing the propaganda of the 'WAR ON TERROR ' which served a political purpose , the caste related hate crimes have not been covered as comprehensively . Discussions on crimes are also used for selective propaganda purposes with' Intelligence Assets' used during the discussion both from Pakistan and India . It is almost as though both sides need the hate to justify the existence of the two nation states. If India continues to be tagged along with Pakistan which was created by British Imperial policy and served this policy for decades in South Asia and we do not rise above the pettiness of the rhetoric while securing firmly our frontiers and our secular foundations , we will find itself degenerating into a banana Republic with no 'Rule of Law ' , with institutions we had constructed and established fast eroding , we are in serious and imminent danger of this happening . Even as China advances to new technological heights and culture , we are degenerating in our discourse and the Scientific Spirit has been abandoned for some crude religious symbolism and vulgar ritualism by many . Let us not create Indian Talibans we have some incipient ones already . However let us distinguish the Taliban in Afghanistan from the national liberation movement from military occupation of foreign powers . To emphasise it is necessary to develop according to our own ethos,needs and economic and social circumstances . We are not in competition or rivalry with any other nation state or society , we wish them all well , their own path . However without a higher civilizational perspective harnessing not only science and technology , permitting necessary and essential development and industrialization in consultation with affected people and interests , revitalising agriculture , small scale and rural industries , investing in priority infrastructure for those below the poverty line assuring livelihod and food security , we will be reduced to barbarism . We have to expand resource creation even as we have to redistribute , for this we need a society free from terror of every kind, with all issues open to dialogue . There must be an adequate understanding in society that all over the world , through selective or large scale violence there is an attempt to divide and rule , to obliterate from human understanding that man's /woman's first loyalty is to humanity and humanity is indivisible .However those who are imposing the violence will reap the consequences, as violence finally engulfs those who resort to it is the lesson of history . The Intelligence Agencies of Pakistan trained the Mujahideen against the PDP government for decades from 1979 financed and armed by the USA , UK , Saudi Arabia among other powers , to -day they are paying the price with large scale violence engulfing all their cities and regions . If we support covert terror against our citizens , we too will pay the price and this will not be limited to those immediately affected . The world as a whole is changing . Everything even as the financial and economic system of many countries of the G7 are collapsing . It is time to dialogue on the direction we should take , accepting that economic organization of society cannot be static just as social organization cannot be
Re: [humanrights-movement:2264] Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES OFMUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILLREFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHE
Dear Nilofer, and Kamayani, Thank you for your mail. The format of the programme is performances- poetry, music, , screenings, exhibitions and in between statements- 3-5 minutes. Our idea of the statements is to raise all these issues and talk about them. It will be great if Nilofer you could come and speak to for 3-5 minutes. We hope to have 10-15 civil society members, celebrities to do that and definitely remember Hemant Karkare, Shahid Azmi . so we are reserving almost an hour out of the whole programme for interventions. there is no committee- just anhad young activists and the prog is absolutely open to changes and suggestions till we go for printing in 2-3 days time of posters etc. We thought of doing a new exhibition on similar lines but if it is already there then it is great. we were thinking of documenting 50 taxi and rikshaw walas and what mumbai means to them but now probably i can request our young team to do a video instead if the visual exhibition is available. Trying to involve college students, artists , performers . Thank you for your suggestions and support. Please do help in inviting civil society members who could give statements. I don't know everyone. We are planning to have college students from 4-6pm and then young performers and some senior people + in between the performances statements/ speeches- short ones by civil society and celebrities. exhibitions and painting outside the hall. We will culminate with Dhruv Sangari- a sufi singer and a disciple of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sahab. so far we have confirmed a young dancers group who performed at kala ghoda fest, imaad shah- singer ( naseer sahabs son), a theatre group, a group ( yuva biradari) singing movement songs. Shabana Azmi and Rose Bose have confirmed. i reach 25th early morning. it will give me just 9 days to mount the programme so all support is required. will be operating from jogeshwari west. if you suggest a place we can meet on 25th. i will be going to the venue to see the place in bandra . please suggest a time and place. you can sms at 9811807558. would be great if we can meet at aplace where you could invite a few more people who might be interested. i will be caught up whole day tomorrow with the Communal Violence bill lobbying work in delhi so might not check the mail. shabnam On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Niloufer Bhagwat wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Kamayani wrote: > Dear Shabnam > > Niloufer Bhagwat has given the true spirit of the city Bombay, I would > like to add that we , as in women organisations do have a banner which has > MUMBAI MERI HAI is 15 languages, we could get more creative and use the > banner and elaborate on the idea with a photo exhibition > reflecting various walks of life stating Mumbai meri hai, there are > some pics ready as well. > > We can have brain storming on more creative ideas once u r in Mumbai > > I would love to support Anhad in its programs in Mumbai > > In solidarity > > Kamayani > 9820749204 > > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Niloufer Bhagwat wrote: > >> >> >> - Original Message - >> *From:* Niloufer Bhagwat >> *To:* shabnam hashmi >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:13 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES >> OF MUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILL >> REFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK IN BROTHERHOOD DESPITE >> ALL ODDS EVEN PICKING UP THE DEAD >> >> Dear Shabnam Hashmi , >> >> I have to request you in consultation with your committee to in >> the course of your programme " Celebrating Diversity " to pay a tribute >> to the young lawyer Shaheed Shahid Azmi who was assassinated by allegedy >> " patriotic " criminal gangs hired bycovert agencies as per the press >> conference of police agencies and to the memory of Jt.Commissioner >> of Police SHAHID Hemant Karkare, whose investigations led to his being >> killed and to the memory of those police officers and men who died in the >> ambush at Cama Hospital along with Shri Hemant Karkare . >> >> Both these individuals represent the tragedy and triumph of Mumbai , the >> struggle against all odds , even martyrdom ,to serve humanity to protect the >> unity and integrity of India , which is not an abstract idea but a >> civilization where cultures have co-existed for centuries , now attempted >> to be unsuccessfully drowned in hate as witnessed by the defiance in Mumbai >> in respect of the screening of " MY NAME IS KHAN " ;of course this hate is >> sold by satanic forces with thirty pieces of silver, to sell a whole >> society . Howeverthe concept of ' Insaniyat ' cannot be bought >> or sold .The innocent have been the victims of all religions and culture, >> which is now understood throughout the country . >> >> Mahatma Gandhi would have been proud .so many volunteers to save >> society !! >> >> Wo
Re: [humanrights-movement:2261] Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES OFMUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILLREFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHE
Dear Shabnam Niloufer Bhagwat has given the true spirit of the city Bombay, I would like to add that we , as in women organisations do have a banner which has MUMBAI MERI HAI is 15 languages, we could get more creative and use the banner and elaborate on the idea with a photo exhibition reflecting various walks of life stating Mumbai meri hai, there are some pics ready as well. We can have brain storming on more creative ideas once u r in Mumbai I would love to support Anhad in its programs in Mumbai In solidarity Kamayani 9820749204 On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Niloufer Bhagwat wrote: > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Niloufer Bhagwat > *To:* shabnam hashmi > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:13 PM > *Subject:* Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES > OF MUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILL > REFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK IN BROTHERHOOD DESPITE > ALL ODDS EVEN PICKING UP THE DEAD > > Dear Shabnam Hashmi , > > I have to request you in consultation with your committee to in > the course of your programme " Celebrating Diversity " to pay a tribute > to the young lawyer Shaheed Shahid Azmi who was assassinated by allegedy > " patriotic " criminal gangs hired bycovert agencies as per the press > conference of police agencies and to the memory of Jt.Commissioner of > Police SHAHID Hemant Karkare, whose investigations led to his being > killed and to the memory of those police officers and men who died in the > ambush at Cama Hospital along with Shri Hemant Karkare . > > Both these individuals represent the tragedy and triumph of Mumbai , the > struggle against all odds , even martyrdom ,to serve humanity to protect the > unity and integrity of India , which is not an abstract idea but a > civilization where cultures have co-existed for centuries , now attempted > to be unsuccessfully drowned in hate as witnessed by the defiance in Mumbai > in respect of the screening of " MY NAME IS KHAN " ;of course this hate is > sold by satanic forces with thirty pieces of silver, to sell a whole > society . Howeverthe concept of ' Insaniyat ' cannot be bought > or sold .The innocent have been the victims of all religions and culture, > which is now understood throughout the country . > > Mahatma Gandhi would have been proud .so many volunteers to save > society !! > > Woh lahu tha hindustani .yet more dirty > tricks ahead by all covert agencies . > > With greetings to all the conveners , > > Niloufer Bhagwat > Advocate > > - Original Message - > *From:* shabnam hashmi > *To:* shabnam hashmi > *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:30 AM > *Subject:* Celebrating Diversity-need your support > > Dear Friends, > > Anhad is planning to organize a cultural programme- *'Celebrating > Diversity'* in Mumbai on March 6, 2010 at the St Andrews College > Auditorium, Bandra. > > We are in the process of conceiving it. So far the idea is to invite young > artists from various genres to perform for 10-15 minutes and in between the > performances have 2-3 civil society members, celebrities speak/ recite for > 3-4 minutes. > > The idea is to say in very simple words that Bombay-Mumbai belongs to all > of us. We celebrate our democratic rights given by the > Indian Constitution and safeguard them too. > > We want to get as many people together as possible from various > disciplines. > > I am writing to request you to send any innovative ideas to make the > programme more lively and meaningful. > > We are trying to raise resources for the programme which we are very > hopeful should be through in a day or two. We seek support both moral and by > participation, generating ideas from civil society groups individuals to > join us in celebrating diversity . > > I will be in Mumbai from Feb 24 to March 6th. > > Anhad plans to start working in Mumbai on a regular basis. We seek your > help and cooperation. Three of out trustees are Mumbai based- Ram Puniyani, > Shubha Mudgal and Saeed Mirza . > > please do respond. > > Sincerely > > Shabnam Hashmi > 9811807558 > > -- > 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. > -- "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and leads it back to war.” -- Maria Julia Hernandez www
[humanrights-movement:2261] Mumbai Protest- Feb 22 against Operation Green Hunt
Video of Mumbai protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lx5Erx8S_o Priyanka's write-up: February 22, 2010 - yet another Monday when office goers were eagerly looking forward to Friday. Near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) or VT station, people were seen rushing towards just one direction - the huge terminus where serpentine trains would take them home from work, back to their lives where they have many battles to fight daily - water issues, road issues, language issues, price rise issues, etc. But February 22 was a different Monday for these people who have nothing else in mind at 5 pm, other than hoping to reach on time at the right platform to get hold of a seat on the train. As they approached the terminus, they heard voices of men and women were screaming out words of protest. As they neared their destination, they could not help notice a group of about 25 men and women lining the railing to the ticket counter of the terminus, who were holding up placards that spoke about something called 'Operation Green Hunt'. These men and women were also handing out some printed papers which was soon noticed to be strewn in the foyer of the terminus. But they were an energetic lot - a man with a silver mane and in khadi holding up a placard, some young college students singing songs of unity and solidarity and violence, some other youth distributing leaflets and explaining to passersby about the whole set-up, and urging them to read the leaflet before they could throw it. Many of the people rushing home slowed down their pace - some even approached the salt-and-peppered haired folks among those carrying placards, and after a reasonable explanation of what was going on, they decided to ditch their daily train and join these protesters - people from various walks of life who were members of the Committee for the Release of Binayak Sen (CRBS) Mumbai. The protest being strengthened by passersby who felt the urge to join in was surely a triumph for members of CRBS, who had painstakingly made the colourful placards, drafted a simple leaflet for all to understand, and composed songs that could evoke some interest. The new members joined in to scream and sing and shout against the state offensive of Operation Green Hunt (OGH) in states of Chhattisgarh. The protesters compared OGH to a slimy snake that stealthily crawls in the jungle and manages to spread a wave of terror. The songs questioned the nature of democracy where nobody knew who had sanctioned bombs, tankers or rockets; they questioned the conscience of a country's armed force which defied the role of protectors and had become persecutors. The songs were interspersed with slogans which reverberated amid the cantankerous hour of the evening - slogans that denounced mining companies like Tata, Vedanta, POSCO and Jindal; slogans that likened the death of Hitler for any regime that behaved like the Fuhrer; slogans that called for solidarity and unity. For two hours, the men and women tirelessly campaigned to highlight the gory nature of injustice meted out to tribals across Chhattisgarh and other Indian states, where indigenous peoples' lands were being snatched away by the same government which is meant to serve them; a corrupt government which now serves the selfish interests of companies hungry for profits. The same government is now accused of breaking down the morale of the adivasi who silently stands before his land in order to save it from infiltration by miners - his women are raped, his children are killed, his house his burnt, his sense of purpose is crushed. He, who picks up the gun to thus salvage whatever little is left of his sanity, is then termed a Maoist by an unsympathetic government, which then launches a paramilitary offensive against him - Operation Green Hunt. Miles away from these lands which were once upon a time the place of your and my origin, these protesters bent every energy towards getting the 'aam Mumbaikar' to see the Fascist nature of the largest democracy of the world. By 7 pm, when voices now hoarse with screaming and calling for attention and sympathy for the tribal brethren had weakened, and the sun too long retreated into the West, it was realised that 3,000 leaflets were distributed that evening. While only early in the evening were those leaflets seen strewn around, by twilight there was no such spectacle of white papers dotting the paved foyer of the terminus. Perhaps the protest was effective enough that people chose to read the leaflet - small victories that made this optimistic bunch of protesters happy, for the moment, while wishing that major victories come in the way of tribals for whom they had taken the stand to disrupt the usual route of the nonchalant Mumbaikar. -- "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and leads it bac
[humanrights-movement:2260] Fwd: Press Statement
-- Forwarded message -- From: syed shahabuddin Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:42 PM Subject: Press Statement * ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-E-MUSHAWARAT * [Umbrella body of the Indian Muslim organisations] D-250, Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025 India Tel.: 011-26946780 Fax: 011-26947346 Email: mushawa...@mushawarat.com Web: www.mushawarat.com * AIMMM REJECTS BJP PRESIDENT’S SUGGESSION ON BABRI MASJID DEMADS BJP/VHP COMMIT THEMSELVES TO ACCEPT FINAL JUDICAIL VERDICT *New Delhi: 23 February, 2010, Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, has issued the following statement; ‘The All lndia Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) has taken note of the views of Shri Nitin Gadk`ari, the President of the BJP, on the Babari Masjid Question as well as his appeal to the Muslim community ‘to facilitate the construction of the proposed Ram Temple on the Babari Masjid site’. Shri. Gadkari being new to the job does not appear to be familiar or conversant with the developments since 1986. Since 1986, and even after 1992, there were several rounds of negotiations with the RJB Movement, the last at the highest level of the Shankaracharya, and all those negotiations failed because the Hindu side insisted on taking the Babari Masjid site and building a Mandir thereon and rejected several compromises offered by the Muslim side, including the construction of Mandir with Ram Chamber as the base next to the Babari Masjid. His suggestion is not new. The VHP and the BJP have both offered to build a ‘magnificent masjid outside Ayodhya’ if the Muslim community surrenders the Babari Masjid & its site. Since then, in total defiance of the law, the BJP organized ‘Kar Seva’, demolished the Babari Masjid and built a makeshift temple covering most of the Masjid. The Supreme Court ruled in October, 1994 that the Special Bench of the Allahabad High Court should resume hearings on title to the Babari Masjid site & also laid down a road map for the construction of both a Masjid and a Mandir near each other within the Acquired Area. The title suit hearing is nearing completion. The Muslim community at various levels has reiterated its willingness to accept the final judicial verdict, whatever it be. Unfortunately, no leader of the BJP or VHP or the Ramjanmabhumi Nyas has made a parallel commitment to the rule of Law. The AIMMM would also like to inform Shri Gadkari that according to the tenets of Islam it is the site consecrated for worship which constitutes the essential Masjid and not the structure. Therefore, even after the Demolition the Masjid continues to exist. Also, the Muslim community has repeatedly rejected any substitute for the Babari Masjid. The AIMMM considers that the Gadkari proposal is meaningless because national interest demands that both sides await the final judicial verdict and accept it without any murmur.’ * _ * Authorised for publication Abdul Waheed Office Secretary New Delhi 23 February, 2010 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movem...@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.
[humanrights-movement:2260] Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES OFMUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILLREFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHERE
- Original Message - From: Niloufer Bhagwat To: shabnam hashmi Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Celebrating Diversity- A TRIBUTE TO TWO OUTSTANDING HEROES OF MUMBAI JT.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHRI HEMANT KARKARE AND SHAHID AZMI WILL REFLECT SPIRIT OF MUMBAI WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK IN BROTHERHOOD DESPITE ALL ODDS EVEN PICKING UP THE DEAD Dear Shabnam Hashmi , I have to request you in consultation with your committee to in the course of your programme " Celebrating Diversity " to pay a tribute to the young lawyer Shaheed Shahid Azmi who was assassinated by allegedy " patriotic " criminal gangs hired bycovert agencies as per the press conference of police agencies and to the memory of Jt.Commissioner of Police SHAHID Hemant Karkare, whose investigations led to his being killed and to the memory of those police officers and men who died in the ambush at Cama Hospital along with Shri Hemant Karkare . Both these individuals represent the tragedy and triumph of Mumbai , the struggle against all odds , even martyrdom ,to serve humanity to protect the unity and integrity of India , which is not an abstract idea but a civilization where cultures have co-existed for centuries , now attempted to be unsuccessfully drowned in hate as witnessed by the defiance in Mumbai in respect of the screening of " MY NAME IS KHAN " ;of course this hate is sold by satanic forces with thirty pieces of silver, to sell a whole society . Howeverthe concept of ' Insaniyat ' cannot be bought or sold .The innocent have been the victims of all religions and culture, which is now understood throughout the country . Mahatma Gandhi would have been proud .so many volunteers to save society !! Woh lahu tha hindustani .yet more dirty tricks ahead by all covert agencies . With greetings to all the conveners , Niloufer Bhagwat Advocate - Original Message - From: shabnam hashmi To: shabnam hashmi Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:30 AM Subject: Celebrating Diversity-need your support Dear Friends, Anhad is planning to organize a cultural programme- 'Celebrating Diversity' in Mumbai on March 6, 2010 at the St Andrews College Auditorium, Bandra. We are in the process of conceiving it. So far the idea is to invite young artists from various genres to perform for 10-15 minutes and in between the performances have 2-3 civil society members, celebrities speak/ recite for 3-4 minutes. The idea is to say in very simple words that Bombay-Mumbai belongs to all of us. We celebrate our democratic rights given by the Indian Constitution and safeguard them too. We want to get as many people together as possible from various disciplines. I am writing to request you to send any innovative ideas to make the programme more lively and meaningful. We are trying to raise resources for the programme which we are very hopeful should be through in a day or two. We seek support both moral and by participation, generating ideas from civil society groups individuals to join us in celebrating diversity . I will be in Mumbai from Feb 24 to March 6th. Anhad plans to start working in Mumbai on a regular basis. We seek your help and cooperation. Three of out trustees are Mumbai based- Ram Puniyani, Shubha Mudgal and Saeed Mirza . please do respond. Sincerely Shabnam Hashmi 9811807558 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movem...@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.
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*Indo-Pak Peace Talks and Taliban Provocations* *Ram Puniyani* There are reports (February 23) in Indian media that two Sikhs were killed by Pakistan based Taliban militants in Khyber and Orakzi areas near Peshawar. These Sikhs were part of a group of many Sikhs who had been kidnapped by the Taliban over a month ago. The Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for the release of this group and killed two of them after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, Jizya. Two persons, Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh amongst others are still believed to be in the custody of the militants. Some reports suggest that these Sikhs were killed after their refusal to convert to Islam. Indian Government has reacted strongly to this mindless act by Taliban. Many an Indian political groups and a group of Muslim intellectual activists have also condemned this barbaric act in no uncertain terms. The group of Muslim intellectuals/activists in their statement point out, “The inhuman and un-Islamic act of killing innocent civilians has once again exposed the true face of the terrorists whose only aim is to use the name of Islam, the religion of peace and mercy, for their nefarious designs, ulterior motives and worldly pleasures. These are the people who denigrate the name of Islam and bring disrepute to all Muslims of the World. No civilized Muslim would accept the logic of killing innocents in the name of religion. Safeguarding the lives of its minorities from lawlessness, mayhem and protecting their lives and property is the paramount duty of an Islamic State. The continuous pressure on the Sikh community in Pakistan is alarming and demands urgent attention of civil society, religious leadership and the establishment in Pakistan.” The other aspect of this brutal act is that it is coming just in the wake of the Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan to begin this 25th(Thursday). Earlier also there has been a correlation between the improving Pak-India relations and such acts of insanity which put a great amount of pressure on Indian Government to put off the talks. There are numerous such incidents which one recalls. The first such major incident was the Kargil occupation by Pakistan army under Pervez Musharraf in the wake of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Bus Yatra which aimed to break the ice of coldness between the two neighbors. This was done without the knowledge of Nawaz Sharif, the President. The second major act had been the Mumbai 26/11, 2008, before which Asif Ali Zardari had been giving positive signals of improving the relations between India and Pakistan. Today one is clear that there are multiple power centers in Pakistan. The democratic Government is trying to establish its writ, but the army and Taliban are doing their best to thwart the return of democracy, democratization process in Pakistan and betterment of Pak-India relations. One must compliment the Indian Government to keep its cool, and firmness in the face of these deliberate provocations. The need to distinguish between the civilian Governments, army-mullah-Taliban complex is mandatory if we want to understand Pakistan today. >From the decades of 1980s multiple processes have gripped Pakistan and these had adverse impact on the whole of South Asia, India in particular. One recalls the rise of Zia Ul Haq with the support of US and Maulanas, led by Maulana Maududi. The formulations of Maulana Maududi provided ideal foil to the military dictatorship in Pakistan. At the same time US could merrily support Madrassa’s which were training Muslim youth as its cannon fodder for its plans to boost anti Soviet forces in Afghanistan, which was occupied by Russian army. Since US army was deeply humiliated due to its defeat in Vietnam, US masterminded to indoctrinate Muslim youth to be trained as terrorists. These were the one’s who joined anti Russian forces, which got defeated and since then these Taliban’s/Al Qaeda are creating havoc. Not only in India, they have also wrecked the life in Pakistan, several terrorist attacks, one of which killed the Pakistan ex-Prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Today Taliban/Al Qaeda types are like cancer eating into the vitals of Pakistan. Their impact is also felt here in India. Pakistan in a way is caught in a pincer movement, on one hand the Al Qaeda-Taliban creating havoc and on the other Army trying to remain as the major power center. India has a tough task to remain calm and firm in the face of this massive turmoil in the region. We must see clearly that in this situation Pakistan civil government’s hand must be strengthened so that it can deal effectively against the army highhandedness and terrorist nuisance in the region. One also must make it clear that what Taliban is doing has nothing to do with Islamic teachings as such. As per Islam, there can’t be force or compulsion in matters of religion. To force somebody to convert by force is not acceptable as per Islamic teachings. Al
[humanrights-movement:2258] Remembering Shahid Azmi: article by Ajit Sahi
*A Grain In My Empty Bowl* *A crusader for justice is silenced. Actually not, says *AJIT SAHI *SHAHID AZMI* *1977 - 2010* [image: image] *Incredible life* Azmi went from insurgent to rights lawyer, studying law to serve the poor *Photo:* DEEPAK SALVI HAD SHAHID Azmi been gunned down in Russia, China or Iran, his news would have been all over *The New York Times* the next morning. Working on the principle that the enemy’s enemy is a friend, the western media offer spectacular support to internal dissent against regimes that appear in eternal conflict with western governments and businesses. But Azmi lived and was assassinated in India, fighting the brutal police State that the Indian democracy has become in its dubious war against terrorism. Because the Indian State is hand-in-glove with the western powers, and because India’s dominant middle classes solidly back that relationship, the western or Indian media are unlikely to hail Azmi, who was killed in Mumbai on February 11, as a martyr to the cause of bringing justice to hundreds of the poor, mostly Muslims, falsely accused of terrorism. But martyr Azmi is, no less than Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and human rights activist who had already become a western icon for her courageous campaign against Vladimir Putin himself when she was shot dead at her Moscow apartment three years ago. Indeed, Russian, Chinese and Iranian dissidents take much heart from the western might backing them. Azmi’s campaign was, therefore, more courageous, for his work was doubly tainted as he defended “terrorists” allegedly once removed from anti-US terror groups, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. We need to directly ask just who benefits from Azmi’s killing. The answer is a Who’s Who of Indian security: the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, RAW and the Intelligence Bureau, whose grand constructs on terrorism Azmi demolished each time he won a case. Maharashtra Police despised Azmi, for he represented, mostly successfully, many accused in a string of blast cases. Azmi had been preparing for the defence of dozens arrested since 2008 as members of Indian Mujahideen, which has been linked with last Saturday’s blast in Pune that killed 10 people. Azmi was also actively involved in organising legal defence for many arrested in Gujarat on charges of masterminding and carrying out terror attacks. Last July, Azmi made enemies at Mumbai’s Central Prison winning a historic ruling from the Bombay High Court against jail warders who had assaulted several terror accused. “I grew up seeing the police barge in night and day in our slum, terrorising and kidnapping people,” Azmi told me on December 11 as we sat chatting after office hours, he on his chair, where he was shot dead exactly two months later. “It bred in me a hatred — *nafrat* — for the police.” I first met Azmi in July 2008 while researching a story on the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the shadowy outfit blamed for many terror acts. After stonewalling for days, Azmi allowed me an hour’s cab ride with him to the courts downtown. Eventually, he would provide me with facts that comprehensively nailed the fraudulence of the police in framing innocent Muslim men. The state has never challenged my SIMI report that TEHELKA published a month later. It was Azmi who pressed me to probe the abuse of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), an exposé that my colleague, Rana Ayyub, and I published in TEHELKA last month. I was to return to Azmi this month to work on three cases of 2006, including the train blasts in Mumbai that killed 187 people and the blasts in Malegaon in which 37 people died. Nearly all the accused whom he represented are held on false or forced confessions and zero evidence. Azmi had launched a challenge in the Supreme Court to MCOCA, under which these cases are being tried, claiming that the law is illegal as only Parliament can write anti-terror laws. That judgement is now awaited. The Home Ministry, Intelligence Bureau, RAW and police all stand to gain from Azmi’s killing By any account, Azmi led an incredible life: he was only 32 when he was killed. The third of five brothers, Azmi’s life turned the day sword-wielding Hindu fanatics rushed at him as he walked home from school just days after mobs razed the disputed Babri mosque in Uttar Pradesh in 1992. A Hindu neighbour saved him. “Shahid was never the same again,” his oldest brother, Arif, said as I sat with him last week at Azmi’s house a block away from his office. One day, at age 16, Azmi upped and left, ending up first in the Kashmir valley, and then across the border, with a gun on his shoulder. But he soon came back, disillusioned with the insurgency. NONETHELESS, POLICE arrested him from home in 1994 for conspiring to kill India’s top politicians. The only evidence was a confession he never made. Yet, he was given five years. While at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, Azmi enrolled for graduation and began writing legal documents
[humanrights-movement:2257] ON TIMES NOW CHANNEL THE FORMER DIPLOMAT PARTHASARATHY CONCEDED TALKSBETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTAN'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THAILAND IN THE PAST
Through the media , even as Indian and Pakistan Intelligence assets weregiving their collusive version of events on TV in discussions on TIMES NOW , it finally emerged when G. Parthasarathy conceded, when questioned and confronted with facts , that Indian and Pakistani Intelligence Agencies ( ISI ) when he was confronted that these agencies had joint meetings in the past in Thailand . Where does that leave the attack of 26/11 and the collusive versions given by both sides ...would these two governments continue to have diplomatic contacts if a full scale attack of this kind had been organized ??? No wonder it is said that 26/11 is like 9/11 . Further the assassination of lawyers appearing for the defence is the most open acknowledgement that the there are serious flaws in the train bomb blasts , in 26/11 etc. Jt. Commissioner of Police Mr. Hemant Karkare in any case proved by his detailed investigations that a series of blasts were the work of fascist right wing groups with linkages with organizations who had assassinated Mahatma Gandhi , so he was assassinated as his continuance as head of the Anti-Terrorist wing would make such frame ups impossible .Honest police officials are now dispensable . The Telgi scam among other incidents disclosed that honest officials were not required in Mumbai . The assassinations are in themselves a give away on the weaknesses of the prosecution case, every member of the legal fraternity lawyers and Judges will now conclude that these trials are a frame up . So what was sought to be concealed by the prosecution has now been exposed to the world at large that the lawyers had to be killed to conceal the truth . Similarly Jt. Commissioner of Police Hemant Karkare's assassination exposed that since his investigations had revealed the truth of who was planting the bomb blasts in many parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh and other regions , he had to be killed . As of now the citzens are incensed with government , that they are indifferent to their safety as people of all religious groups and castes are dying and injured in the bomb blasts which it is the duty of the Police and Intelligence Agencies to prevent . Confidence in political parties and governance is declining with no one trusting the explanation of state agencies . The Judiciary of course knows the implications of the assassination of police officials and of lawyers during the course of a trial , the conclusion is inescapable . Incidentally it was reported that the President of Pakistan has substantial property , assets and bank accounts abroad in two countries . How independent is then the policy of Pakistan ?? Nilu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movem...@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.
