[humanrights-movement:4325] Action Alert:: Golibar Slum Dwellers face illegal demolition, Kindly call Maharashtar CM Office to protest.
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan gbgbando...@gmail.com Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM Subject: Action Alert:: Golibar Slum Dwellers face illegal demolition, Kindly call Maharashtar CM Office to protest. Action Alert 19 May 2011 The bulldozers at Golibar a 50 year old slum are once again out to demolish and evict the slum dwellers who have been fighting the corruption and land grab by Shivalik Ventures in which the 2G Spectrum scam ridden Unitech has a stake. In the past the slum dwellers have repeatedly opposed and exposed the illegal acts of the private developers who are all out to grab the land. It was only after the expose that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra scrapped the two 3K projects. This has been welcomed by us but we also await the scrapping of the Golibar Project. Yesterday when the slum dwellers opposed the eviction drive 12 slum dwellers including 6 women were arrested and today will be produced before the Magistrate. Yesterday it was a familiar scene. A hundred policemen crowded the narrow corridor that is the entry to our homes. The Collector’s men raised their mobile loudspeakers and read out a ‘33/38’ eviction notice, asking us to co-operate in their efforts to break their houses. It’s besides the point that in no language, legal or otherwise, does ‘eviction’ mean ‘demolition’. It’s also besides the point that the so-called notice was dated from more 90 days earlier, making it redundant as a legal order. Nor does it matter, perhaps, that the High Court has ruled in our favour in a (criminal) case of fraud and forgery against Shivalik builders – the very builders that the police and collector’s office came to serve today. We all request you to kindly call the Chief Minister, Maharashtra-Office and request them to stop the forcible eviction of slum dwellers. In Solidarity, Medha Patkar, Santosh Daonkar, Simpreet Singh, Prerna Gaikwad, Ajit Chief Minister, Maharashtra office-022 22025151 Fax No 022-22817068 -- -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.* * * *http://saynotoaadhaar.blogspot.com/* *http://aadhararticles.blogspot.com/* *http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902ap=1*http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902ap=1 -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.* * * *http://saynotoaadhaar.blogspot.com/* *http://aadhararticles.blogspot.com/* *http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902ap=1*http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902ap=1 -- 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.
[humanrights-movement:4326] Gorakhpur Update - 20.5.11 : Condition of three workers worsens on the fifth day of fast-unto-death
*English and Hindi* *Second phase of ‘Mazdoor Satyagrah’ continues in Gorakhpur* *Condition of three workers worsens on the fifth day of fast-unto-death on the gate of the locked-out factories * - *Hundreds of workers stage dharna in support of the hunger strike in protest against the lock-out in two factories and dismissal of 18 workers and to demand action against the culprits of incident of firing on workers * - *Administration totally in support of factory owners – No talks on the demands, all efforts to disperse the protestors* - *An investigation team of journalists and social activists reaches Gorakhpur* Gorakhpur, 20 May. The condition of three workers has worsened on the fifth day of fast-unto-death by workers in front of the gates of two factories of V.N. Dyers Ltd. in Bargadwa area as part of the second phase of ‘Mazdoor Satyagrah’ which was started on 16 May. However the workers are unyielding and are preparing to heat up the agitation. The hunger strike was initiated since the morning of 16th May on the demands of the arrest of the accused of the firing incident on 3rd May, action against the guilty officers, judicial enquiry of firing and repression, compensation to the injured workers and ending the lock out in the two factories of V.N. Dyers and reinstatement of all the 18 dismissed workers. Suheela Devi, mother of a worker, three workers - Bindweshwar Rai, Susheel Srivastava and Mahesh Pathak and women activist Shweta are sitting on hunger strike and among them the condition of Susheela, Shweta and Mahesh Pathak has worsened. On the night of 18 May the administration forcibly took away Mahesh Pathak and admitted him to the district hospital but he continued his fast even there and on the morning of 19th May he again came back and joined the hunger strike. Hundreds of workers of the area also have been present day and night on the spot. Meanwhile the administration is acting in favour of the factory owners and is hell bent on ending the hunger strike and dharna and is not paying any attention to the demands of workers. Two rounds of unsuccessful talks were held on the first day in which the owners were adamant on not taking back the dismissed workers. After that the administration did not make any attempt for dialogue. Even last night, police force in the leadership of the top officials of police and administration was prepared to remove the workers from the spot. Sensing this, huge number of workers sitting on dharna tied each other through big ropes. When police saw that the workers could not be removed from the spot without the use of heavy force, it withdrew. After the firing incident in Gorakhpur on 3rd May and the subsequent brutal repression of workers, the district administration and the owners of Ankur Udyog had to relent owing to the resolute resistance and heavy public pressure and thus the workers had achieved a partial victory. 18 workers of Ankur Udyog who were dismissed on account of taking part in the May Day Rally were taken back to the work and the factory started operating from 11 May. But the owners of V.N. Dyers are adamant on the issue of ending the lockout and reinstatement of 18 dismissed workers. The workers staged a bicycle rally in the Gorakhpur city today to gather popular support in favour of the workers’ agitation. Even the workers of GIDA industrial area staged a demonstration in their area in support of the agitation. The workers of various factories of Bargadwa are planning to stage a huge demonstration. Meanwhile an investigation team of journalists and social activists reached Gorakhpur to investigate the incident of firing on workers, their repression and the accusations of violation of labour laws. The members of the investigation team also went to the spot and talked to the workers. The strong condemnation of the continued repressive attitude of administration towards the workers agitation going on for more than two weeks and its neglect by Uttar Pradesh government is building momemtum once again. *गोरखपुर में मज़दूर सत्याग्रह का दूसरा चरण जारी *** *तालाबंद कारखानों के गेट पर आमरण अनशन के पाँचवे दिन तीन मज़दूरों की हालत बिगड़ी*** - *दो कारखानों में तालाबंदी और 18 मज़दूरों के निष्कासन के विरोध में तथा मज़दूरों पर फायरिंग के दोषियों के विरुद्ध कार्रवाई की मांग पर भूख हड़ताल के समर्थन में सैकड़ों मज़दूर धरने पर बैठे* - *प्रशासन पूरी तरह मालिकान के पक्ष में - मांगों पर कोई बातचीत नहीं**,भूख हड़तालियों को हटाने हरचंद कोशिशें जारी* - *पत्रकारों व सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं की जांच टीम गोरखपुर पहुंची* गोरखपुर, 20 मई गोरखपुर में 16 मई से शुरू हुए मज़दूर सत्याग्रह के दूसरे चरण के तहत बरगदवा इलाके में वी.एन. डायर्स लि. के दो कारखानों के गेट के सामने जारी 'आमरण अनशन'के पांचवे दिन तीन भूख हड़ताली मज़दूरों की हालत बिगड़ गई है लेकिन मज़दूर डटे हुए हैं और आंदोलन को गरमाने में जुट गए हैं। 3 मई के गोलीकांड के अभियुक्तों की गिरफ़्तारी, दोषी अफसरों पर कार्रवाई,गोलीकांड और दमन की घटनाओं की न्यायिक जांच , घायल
[humanrights-movement:4327] Fwd: Medha Patkar and others start INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE in custody protesting against ongoing Golibar Slum demolitions in Mumbai
Original Message Subject: Medha Patkar and others start INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE in custody protesting against ongoing Golibar Slum demolitions in Mumbai Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 15:49:52 +0530 From: NAPM India napmin...@napm-india.org Reply-To: action-2...@googlegroups.com To: Dear All, Today the Bulldozers of Shivalik Ventures continue to demolish the houses of the Golibar slum are, yesterday 11 houses were broken and nearly 12 people were arrested who will be produced infront of the Magistrate today. Medha Patkar and nearly 50 people from other bastis were on their way to the Golibar area that they were detained and put in Kheruvadi police Station. Frustrated with the constant violation of the laws and open support to the Shivalik Ventures which has been riddled with corruption, as mentioned in the letter written to CM Prithviraj Chauhan yesterday Medha Patkar and others have started INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE in the police custody itself. Write to CM and fax it to them asking for immediate stopping of the demolitions and release people who have been arrested yesterday and detained today. For details call Prerna Gaikawad 9221958763 in Golibar or Dinesh Shinde in Kheruvadi Police Station with Medha Patkar 9221001717. Madhuresh More details on the Khar / Golibar struggle http://khareastandolan.wordpress.com/ *NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS*** * A Wing First Floor, Haji Habib Building, Naigaon Cross Road* *Dadar (E), Mumbai-400 014 Ph. No - 9969363065; Delhi Contact: 09818905316* *E-mail:*napmin...@gmail.com mailto:napmin...@gmail.om*| Web :*www.napm-india.org http://www.napm-india.org/** *19^th May, 2011* To, Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai Dear Shri Prithviraj Chavanji, I have been reading about the good decisions of yours to review the 3-K schemes, rather scams and we welcome this courageous decision. While two of these are cancelled, enquiry of Shivalik Ventures is apparently, on. It is already an established fact that the builder, with the name changed many times and so was the enterprise (SVI Realties, Shivalik Ventures, Shi. Ventures Private Ltd., Lifestyle Realty) has committed serious criminal offences in the process of seeking approval. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority, to the Mantralaya, all have favoured the builder. Its also seen and exposed from the letter of the Directorate of Income Tax that UNITECH has made 50% of the investment, that too by collecting advances through Neera Radia! It thus can be covered in the enquiry on the 2 G spectrum scam. Another level of fraudulent sanctions is of the co-operatives in the Golibar region. Preparing fake documents of General Body meetings with false signatures, cheating the private owners and co-operatives member's, putting thousands of people in the transit camps, violating the rules, but also constructed on the land belonging to the Defence Ministry (Air Force) or the Railway Ministry etc..are also thoroughly assessed and exposed by us as well as the concerned authorities. FIRs filed are being investigated into, based on the High Court orders in certain cases. In this context, while the Project deserves cancellation and legal action, its shocking that the Additional Collector, Mr. Rokhade is again issuing notices for demolition and tomorrow morning again the massive police force is to be deployed for the same. These colonies of families settled 70-100 years ago, are not encroacher's slums, but pucca houses erected out of sweat and blood of toiling people. The land grabbers, eyeing on this land, just 3 kms away from the airport, are up with all political pressures and interests, to not just evict, but destroy the lives of thousands of families. This must be stopped and questioned. While we are to fight the battle tooth and nail, as we did in January last, we expect you to issue immediate orders to stop the demolition during the inquiry and further take appropriate steps to cancel the Shivalik project at Golibar, to save life and shelter of the thousands of families from the jaws of land sharks. This battle, would otherwise catch fire with all the builders and all the affected shall join the people of Golibar with women at the forefront. With Regards, Medha Patkar*Ph:*09423965153 / 09969363065 / 09179148973 -- Forwarded message -- From: *Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan* gbgbando...@gmail.com mailto:gbgbando...@gmail.com Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM Subject: Action Alert:: Golibar Slum Dwellers face illegal demolition, Kindly call Maharashtar CM Office to protest. To: GBGB-Andolan gbgb-ando...@googlegroups.com mailto:gbgb-ando...@googlegroups.com, gb-gb-andolan1 gb-gb-andol...@googlegroups.com
[humanrights-movement:4330] Fwd: Press Release: 25 Workers injured in Lathicharge, leader of Gorakhpur Workers Movement Arrested - Taken to undisclosed location. 75 other workers arrested
*PRESS-RELEASE* Workers* *lathi charged in Gorakhpur, 25 workers badly injured, 73 workers arrested along with their leader Tapish whose whereabouts are still unknown The administration is blatantly supporting the factory owners – has not shown any inclination to dialogue, administration adamant on suppressing the movement and disbanding the striking activists An independent team of journalists and social workers reaches Gorakhpur to carry out an investigation *Gorakhpur, 20 May.* The Workers' Satyagraha which started in Gorakhpur from May 16 was dealt with lathi charge today by a heavy police force in the presence of the DIG. Police arrested 73 workers and one of their leaders Tapish Maindola but there is still no official word about their arrest. Tapish has been arrested on the basis of a concocted FIR lodged by factory owner Ashok Jalan in relation to the incident of firing by his hired goons in which 19 workers were injured. Serious charges under different sections of IPC have been pressed on him including attempt to murder, rioteering etc. The administration is unabashedly siding with the factory owners. The workers had submitted a complaint to the police naming the factory owner Ashok Jalan, history-sheeter Pradeep Singh and others as responsible for the incident of firing but the police have taken no action on their complaint instead they have arrested workers' leader Tapish Maindola on the false FIR of the factory owner Ashok Jalan. Ashok Jalan had stated that Tapish and other workers themselves were involved in the firing on the workers, however, news reports from media clearly say that the firing was done from inside the factory, and it was a well planned attack. The workers' union has expressed concern for the life of their leader Tapish. In the meanwhile 50 workers who had gone to protest against the arrest of workers at the DM office were heavily lathi charged and 25 workers sustained injuries. In the afternoon today about 500 workers taking part in a peaceful demonstration for their legal rights were detained near Gorakhnath Temple here. All 500 workers had tied themselves with a long rope and they sat at the same spot in protest where a heavy police force in the leadership of the DIG had stopped them. According to latest updates, the police resorted to lathi charge and dispersed the workers arresting 73 of them. But the police did not officially record the arrest of 30 of them and their leader Tapsih. Despite this about 250 workers are still sitting on a dharna at the townhall near Gandhi statue. It is noteworthy that Tapish was arrested from some other place as he was not a part of the procession. He has been taken to some undisclosed location and the workers fear for his life and safety. It should be known that some police and administrative officials had been continuously warning the workers' leaders of 'dire consequences'. They had been particularly targeting Tapish, Pramod Kumar and Prashant and branding them as 'moists-terrorists'. Even two years ago these leaders had been dealt brutal physical attack by the administration and it is said that the police were planning to kill them in false encounters. However they had to retreat after severe condemnation from all over the country gained momentum and the officers came under huge public pressure. But the administration seems hell-bent on suppressing this movement this time. Under such circumstances there is clear danger to the life and security of Tapish. The hunger strike was initiated since the morning of 16th May on the demands of the arrest of the accused of the firing incident on 3rd May, action against the guilty officers, judicial enquiry of firing and repression, compensation to the injured workers and ending the lock out in the two factories of V.N. Dyers and reinstatement of all the 18 dismissed workers. Suheela Devi, mother of a worker, three workers - Bindweshwar Rai, Susheel Srivastava and Mahesh Pathak and women activist Shweta are sitting on hunger strike and among them the condition of Susheela, Shweta and Mahesh Pathak has worsened. On the night of 18 May the administration forcibly took away Mahesh Pathak and admitted him to the district hospital but he continued his fast even there and on the morning of 19thMay he again came back and joined the hunger strike. Hundreds of workers of the area also have been present day and night on the spot. Meanwhile the administration is acting in favour of the factory owners and is hell bent on ending the hunger strike and dharna and is not paying any attention to the demands of workers. Two rounds of unsuccessful talks were held on the first day in which the owners were adamant on not taking back the dismissed workers. After that the administration did not make any attempt for dialogue. Even last night, police force in the leadership of the top officials of police and administration was prepared to remove the workers from the spot. Sensing this, huge number of
