[humanrights-movement:4575] Don’t let Mumbai blasts investigations fall victim to prejudice and shortcuts: JTSA
*Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association* 15th July 2011 *Don’t let Mumbai blasts investigations fall victim to prejudice and shortcuts* JTSA offers its heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved and the injured in the Mumbai serial blasts. We sincerely hope that the perpetrators of this mindless violence will be brought to justice swiftly. There are early indicators though that this investigation will be marred by prejudiced investigating agencies. There are news items appearing in various media outlets which cite the interrogation report of Md. Salman, a supposed operative of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) to establish that Mumbai was on IM’s sights. Already we see that, though the Home Ministry has restrained from holding any group culpable, the investigation is being gently pushed in one direction. But even if one leaves aside for a moment the criticism that investigators react in stereotypical ways, their compass needle invariably pointing towards Azamgarh, there are serious issues arising out of this reliance on Salman’s interrogation report for getting to the bottom of the Mumbai serial blasts conspiracy. Recall that Md. Salman, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS from Siddharthnagar on 6 March 2010, was acquitted in the 2008 Delhi blasts earlier this year. This acquittal was at the point of charge, even before the trial proper had begun—which points to the flimsiness of the prosecution’s case against him. The prosecution had claimed that Salman was a key member of the IM on the basis of the recoveries they claimed to have made at the time of his arrest. These were notably: a) A *Fake Passport*: N*o passport* was ever produced in the court.—only a photocopy with a false name which gave his age as 27 years was presented. b) *A health card * from Saudi Arab, which again listed his age as 27 years. Acquitting him, the Additional Sessions Judge stated that if Salman had been arrested in possession of a fake Nepali passport and a health card from Dubai, these were charges that should be dealt with separately. “How does that (this evidence) make Salman a conspirator in these cases?” she had asked the prosecution. Not surprisingly, *the police did not book him under the relevant charges at the time of his arrests, raising the suspicion that these seizures were never made in the first place, but planted by the police later in order to mislead the courts about Salman’s age. *Salman’s high school certificate clearly shows that he was a minor at the time of the Delhi blasts and, even if accused, ought to have been tried under the Juvenile Justice Act. In an instance, where the courts have thrown out the prosecution’s ‘evidence’ and where there has been such grave suspicion of fabrication of evidence, how credible can the interrogation reports of Salman be? Are we going to go down the same convenient route of usual suspects, easy arrests, and quick confessions yet again? * * Sd/ Manisha Sethi, Sanghamitra Misra, Ahmed Sohaib, Adil Mehdi, Tanweer Fazal, Ghazi Shahnawaz, Arshad Alam, Farah Farooqi, Anwar Alam, MS BHatt, Azra Razak, Ambarien Al Qadar, Haris Haq, -- 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:4578] Fwd: POSCO: lathi charge in Nuagaon
-- Forwarded message -- From: Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM S -- Forwarded message -- From: Shankar Gopalakrishnan shankargo...@myfastmail.com Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM Subject: POSCO: lathi charge in Nuagaon Dear all, Today eight platoons of police tried to enter the forests around Nuagaon to fell more trees and were met with strong protests by the people of Nuagaon, particularly women. The entirely male police force - without any women police - then lathi charged the women. Many sustained injuries in the process and one woman was seriously injured; she has now been hospitalised. Following the lathi charge the entire village mobilised to support for the protest and the police were forced to retreat. They left after promising the people that they will not come again. When asked what their demand is, the people protesting demanded that the police and administration should get out of their village and not come back again. The handful of pro POSCO UAC leaders in the village remained silent during these events. Thanks Shankar ___ connect mailing list conn...@lists.orissaconcerns.net http://lists.orissaconcerns.net/listinfo.cgi/connect-orissaconcerns.net http://orissaconcerns.net -- 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:4579] Fwd: Statement for Endorsement about Police Lathicharge on Anti-POSCO Protesters Odisha
-- Forwarded message -- From: Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM *(P**ease Send your Endorsements to asit1...@gmail.com and circulate this statement widely) * * * *JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING ATTACK ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS OF NUAGAON** * *(Anti-POSCO Struggle Area Odisha)* Today eight platoons of police attacked and lathi charged peaceful protesters in the village of Nuagaon, Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha. The protesters, despite being mainly women, were attacked by an entirely male police force, resulting in injuries to several and serious injuries to one woman, who has now been hospitalised. The protesters were seeking to protect their forests and trees from being cleared by the police as part of the government's land grab for the POSCO project. After the lathi charge the entire village joined the protest, eventually driving the police back and forcing them to retreat. We strongly condemn this brutal attack on a peaceful protest by people seeking to protect their legal and democratic rights. This attack disproves the Odisha government's brazenly false claims that no force is being used to take land for POSCO. Nuagaon, one must remember, is also one of the villages where the government claimed that land takeover is proceeding peacefully - a result not of consent by the people but of the overwhelming threat of force from the government. Today, when people have actually shown their will, the government has shown its true intent. One must remember that the people of Nuagaon, like all those affected by the POSCO project, have legal rights to their forest and also enjoy the legal power to protect these forests when they wish. This was upheld by three different committees of the Environment Ministry, which went on to, in an act of brazen illegality, clear the takeover of land anyway. Both the Odisha government and the Centre are engaged in a gross violation of law, a resource grab of land and forests that belong to the people for a private multinational company. This attack further comes at a time when the Odisha High Court is hearing, on a daily basis, the petition filed by the villagers against this illegal land grab. We demand: · An immediate halt to all police operations in the proposed project area and the withdrawal of the police from the area; · The cancellation of the illegal forest and environmental clearances granted to the POSCO project; · The implementation of the Forest Rights Act and all other pro people laws in the area; · Prosecution and punishment of the officials and police responsible for the atrocities and violations of law in the area; · A cancellation of the POSCO project and an end to the six year long attack on the people of the area for the purposes of this project. Sincerely Socialist Front Dr. Sunilum (Kishan Sangarsh Samity M.P.), INSAF Shankar Gopal Krishnan Asit Das (POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity Delhi) Anivar Aravind (Moving Republic) Orissa Concerns.org ___ connect mailing list conn...@lists.orissaconcerns.net http://lists.orissaconcerns.net/listinfo.cgi/connect-orissaconcerns.net http://orissaconcerns.net -- 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.
