Highly atrocious and condemnable act on the part of the Pakistani police. It indicates towards rising unrest in the blind rights groups of our neighboring country. The disability rights movement in India should stood in solidarity with its counterpart.
On 12/4/14, akshun mahajan <[email protected]> wrote: > kindly share the info about rally in delhi. > > > In an incident of its own kind, blind protesters were badly beaten by > baton-wielding police in Lahore on Wednesday. > The incident occurred when protesters were staging a rally on Davis > Road to advocate for their rights in view of World Disability Day. > In an attempt to prevent the protesters from marching towards the > Chief Minister Secretariat, mayhem ensued as police resorted to > baton-charging as a result of which several protesters were injured. > One of the injured persons was shifted to a hospital. > The protest rally, demanding employment quota for disabled and blind > persons, was stopped from heading to the Chief Minister House. > Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has taken serious notice of the > incident andasked the Inspector General to submit a report. > Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Abrarul Haq said the violence > inflicted on blind protesters was condemnable, adding that his party > would come out on the roads in protest against the violence. > Meanwhile, DIG Operations, suspended five police officials over issue > of baton charge on blind protestors in Lahore on Wednesday. > The DIG Operations taking notice of the incident suspended SHOs > Ansar, Siddique, Constables Mustafa, Ayub and Siddique. > An investigation committee headed by SP Headquarters, Umer Saeed has > also been constituted to probe into the incide > > > -- > we want peace not pieces. > regards, > Danish Mahajan > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- MD MISHBAHUL PHD RESEARCH SCHOLAR CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY DELHI INDIA Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
