Dear Friends, Please Endorse the statement within 24th September Midnight by sending a mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Regards Anivar Aravind For Coastal struggle Solidarity
CONDEMN KILLINGS!! CONDEMN COMMUNALISATION OF SETHUSAMUDRAM PROJECT!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We, the undersigned civil society groups, people's movements, human rights organisations and concerned individuals condemn the killings of innocent people and destruction of public property by Hindutva-inspired communal forces recently. A mob, now identified as members of Sangh Parivar organizations, attacked a Tamil Nadu public transport bus in Bangalore recently and burned down the vehicle that was carrying 26 passengers. Two passengers were killed and their bodies were charred beyond recognition. This attack was a part of conscious and systematic efforts of the religious fundamentalist forces to undermine the real issues concerning Sethusamudram Project and to make political capital by flaring up the emotions of the people and dividing them on religious and provincial lines. The Sethusamudram Project was introduced by the BJP while they were in power at the centre without considering the ecological and human problems. The Sethusamudram Project will endanger a rich biosphere reserve with 400 endangered species, including sea turtles, dolphins, dugongs and whales. The project will destroy the livelihood of 15 Lakh people who depend on fishing and allied areas in the waters where the canal will be dug. Several fisher people's organisations and human rights groups had protested against the project for a long time without getting any recognition from the mainstream political parties. Today the effort by the communal-fundamentalist forces is to divert the real issues concerning the project and generate political gain in view of the forthcoming elections. We feel that there is an immediate need to stop any further violence & communalisation of this issue. Hence we call upon all secular forces and social movements to take a strong stand to condemn these efforts of communal forces and recognise the real struggles of fisher people. We call upon the civil society to support the fisher people's struggles to protect the coast from all destructive developmental projects including Sethusamudram project The Undersigned 1.Just. H. Suresh, Formal Judge, High court Mumbai 2.Praful Bidwai, Journalist & Writer 3.Arundhati Roy, Activist, Writer 4.Vinod Raina, BGVS, New Delhi 5.Gabriele Dietrich, NAPM 6.Prasad Chacko, Action Aid 7.Shripad Dharamadhikary, Mandhan 8.Bruce Rich, Environmental Defense 9.Dunu Roy , Hazards Centre 10.Kamala Bhasin, SANGAT, New Delhi 11.T.Peter, President KSMTF & Secretary, NFF 12.Gilbert, Tamil Nadu - Pondicherry Fisher people's Forum 13.Anton Gomus, National Union of Fisherpeople 14.Madhumitha Dutta, Corporate Accountability Desk 15.Nityanand Jayaraman, Corporate Accountability desk 16.R. Mangaiyarselvam, Founder, Meenavar Viduthalai Vengaigal (Fisherpeople Liberation Tigers) 17.V. Gowrilingam, President, Kancheepuram District Fisher people Federation, 18.Dr. M. E. Raja, Ph D, General Secretary, National Union of Fishermen, 19.J. Kosumani, President, Tamilnadu Fisherpeople Progressive Assoociation, 20.K. Bharathi, President, South Indian Fishermen's Welfare Association, 21.B. Maran, President, Tamilnadu Fisher People Movement. 22. Anivar Aravind, moving Republic, Kerala 23. Wilfred D'Costa, INSAF 24.Benny Kuruvia, FOCUS on Global South Mumbai 25.Mohaji BHAP, Chandigad 26.Jacob Nellithanam, Richaria Campaign 27.Mahendra Kumar Rauson, NCDHR, Bihar 28.K.P. Sasi, Visual Search 29.Jai Prakash, PEACE 30.Himanshu Upadhyaya, Intercultural Resources 31.P.T. George, Intercultural Resources 32.Abhishek Srivastava, Freelance Journalist 33.Navin Kumar, Star News 34.Lalit Batra, researcher 35. Hitendra, Human Rights Law Network 36.Amarjit Singh, 37.S. Majumdar, HRLN 38.Nandini Oza , Manthan, Badwani 39.Praveen, Delhi University 40.Anja K , Researcher 41.Geetanjali, NBA 42.Supriya , DU 43.Ankitha, DU student 44.Amit , JNU student 45.Harsh Dobhal , Combat law 46.Renu Khanna , PUCL, Baroda 47.Debaranjan, PSSP, Kashipur 48.J.John, Centre for Education & Communication, New Delhi 49.Badar, PEACE, Delhi 50.Surekha, HRLN 51.Andrea Wright, TISS.MADS 52.Lalhlieupuii , JNU student 53.Lalrindiki , Student, Mizoram 54. Nima Lamu Yolmo, JNU student, Darjeling 55.Preeti, Activist 56.Rajesh rangarajan, Activist 57.Vidya Rangan, Activist 58.Sunayana JNU student 59.Simpreet Singh, NAPM 60.Sheena kanwar, Activist 61.Swastika Sanghmithra, Activist 62.Subir Dey , JNU Student 63.Kasturi Sharma, JNU Student 64.Shrikanth , HRLN 65.S. Hussaini, IT consultant 66.Sanja Sharma, HRLN 67.Sarojini, Samad 68.Ritwik 69.Anshu Malviya, poet, Activist, UP 70.Grace Pelly, HRLN 71.HR Hiramat, NCPNR, Karnataka 72.Smriti, HRLN 73.E.P Menon, IDF , Bangalore 74.Pradeep Kumar, SVP, UP 75.Jharna Jhavera, Janmadhyam 76.Aruna roy 77.Mihir Engineer , BOSS institute Kolkotta, 78.Sulak Sivaraksa, SEM, Tailand 79.Irfan Ahmed, Lokmach, Insaf 80.Kousal K, Activist Bihar, 81.Binod Tyagi, Lok Manch, Bihar 82.Rakesh, PEACE 83.Jitendra C, PEACE 84.Anant Deo N, INSAF Bihar 85.Ganesh Prasad, INSAF, UP 86.Ranjeet Kumar Singh, PUCE, INSAF, UP 87.Chittaranjan Singh, PUCL, INSAF, UP 88.Raghavendra kumar Advocate MP 89.Jithendra Kumar, Journalist 90.Umpiliha DSW 91.Mohan Rao, JNU 92.Beena, SAMA 93.Sarojini, SAMA 94.Riwik, SAMA 95.Pakhi, SAMA 96.Jacqulin J, NAPM 97.Deepa Naveen, Activist 98.Swathi Mukharji, JMIICR 99.Mallika Virdi MAATI, Utharghand 100.Jasamia Sarma, Student -- Anivar Aravind http://anivar.movingrepublic.org/about --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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