PANAJI (GOA) 13 April: Hundreds of citizens marched silently through the city today in a peaceful protest against the state-abetted communal killings in Gujarat. The march, organised by local NGOs under the banner of the 'Forum for Communal Harmony' demanded, among other things, that Gujarat's Narendra Modi government be dismissed and President's Rule imposed, that an inquiry under a sitting Supreme Court judge be set up to probe the Godhra and post-Godhra killings and punish the guilty, and that relief and rehabilitation measures be strengthened and implemented without discrimination. The forum also demanded that the Goa government immediately constitute a state human rights commission and a state minorities commission. The march began at Azad maidan and wound its way through the city's main thoroughfares. Placards stating: "Mr PM - hide your face in shame, not from world leaders but from the women and children of Gujarat," "Stop state-sponsored genocide in Gujarat" and "Bharat ki Parampara - Shanti, Sadbhav Bhaichara" were displayed prominently. An open letter to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was read out and unanimously adopted at the end of the march. Prominent citizens who participated in the march were: Dr Claude Alvares, Padma Shri Norma Alvares, Damodar Mauzo, Vasant Karapurkar, Gurunath Kelekar, Datta Damodar Naik, Aires Rodrigues, Dr Vikram Patel, Auda Viegas of Bailancho Ekvott, Sabina Martins of Bailancho Saad, Nishtha Desai of Children's Rights in Goa, Bernadette D'Souza of Jan Ugahi, Devanand Shirodkar of Rashtra Seva Dal, Shubhalakshmi Pai Raikar of Women Advocates' Assn, Chandrakant Jadhav of Yuganayak and Christopher Fonseca of the All India Trade Union Congress. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
