'Sangh Parivar activists threatened to rape us'
VIJI SUNDARAM
INDIAWEST[ THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2005 10:36:22 AM ]
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San Francisco-based academic Angana Chatterji, along with other women
members of the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human
Rights, was allegedly threatened with rape by some members of the
Sangh Parivar on June 14 while investigating the spread of
communalism and human rights violations in Orissa.
The women claim they were defamed, insulted and falsely accused of
bias as they were deposing residents of Bhubaneswar, some from the
Sangh Parivar itself.
"The Hindu nationalist organizations (Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad and Rashtriya Sevika Samiti) have maligned and targeted the
Tribunal and its members," wrote Chatterji in a letter to India's
National Human Rights Commission, calling for an investigation. ". .
. Especially, they have continued to directly intimidate and verbally
attack me since the incident, as I remain in Orissa for a few days to
continue the Tribunal's work."
The Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights was
formed June 5, 1993. Its stated purpose is to conduct fair and
credible investigations focusing on issues concerning human rights
and environmental justice.
Chatterji said she has been working for the rights of the oppressed
in Orissa since 1995.
The alleged threats came by fax from the state office of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad, lambasting the tribunal as a group of "leftists,
fellow travelers and Hindu baiters."
The fax made a pointed reference to Chatterji, an associate
professor of anthropology at the San Francisco-based California...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1156238,curpg-4.cms
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