[humanrights-movement:6666] Media, police should be more sensitive toward Dalits, Muslims: Siddiqui

2013-02-26 Thread Sandeep Vaidya
Media, police should be more sensitive toward Dalits, Muslims: Siddiqui A day after his release from jail, 26-year-old journalist Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui has accused the police of harbouring an “institutional bias” against the Muslim community. “If I wasn’t Muslim, they would never have held

[humanrights-movement:6665] Call for endorsements- Letter to Sonia Gandhi on soni sori

2013-02-26 Thread Kamayani
*Dear all* * * Do consider signing the appeal drafted by the Solidarity group for Soni Sori's freedom 1) individuals and organisations who will endorse the letter are the signatories to go with the letter, 2) the letter will be sent with names of individuals and

Re: [humanrights-movement:6664] THE REACTION OF THE MEDIA ON BOMB BLASTS EVEN BEFORE INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY PROBED FOR THEIR SOURCES OF INFORMATION

2013-02-26 Thread Niloufer Bhagwat
APOLOGIES FOR THE MISTAKE IT SHOULD READ JUSTICE KATJU CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESS COUNCIL Niloufer Bhagwat - Original Message - From: Niloufer Bhagwat To: humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com ; ial central Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:54 PM Subject: [humanrights-movem

[humanrights-movement:6663] THE REACTION OF THE MEDIA ON BOMB BLASTS EVEN BEFORE INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY PROBED FOR THEIR SOURCES OF INFORMATION

2013-02-26 Thread Niloufer Bhagwat
Justice Katju Chairman of the Minorities Commission has already categorically stated that the Indian Mujahideen is a fictitious organization and he has reiterated that every time there is a bomb blast the media print and TV rush to project the Muslim minority as terrorists . What is signifiic

[humanrights-movement:6662] Hanging of Afzal Guru ISP IV Feb 2013

2013-02-26 Thread ram puniyani
*Hanging of Conscience: Case of Afzal Guru* * * *Ram Puniyani* The semi secretive hanging of Afzal Guru (Feb 2013) has come as a shock to some and as a feeling of triumphalism for many. Afzal Guru was hanged in early hours of morning and was buried in the prison yard. His mercy petition, which