Dear friends
Please look at the appeal letter to APSHRC below Please send your endorsements (with name/ organization/ place) immediately to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Manshi *APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF SVPS REPRESENTATIVES* To The Chairperson State Human Rights Commission Andhra Pradesh We as concerned citizens from across the country are shocked that the Andhra Pradesh Police Administration has arrested two representatives of the SEZ Vyatireka Porata Samiti (SVPS), which has been protesting against the dubious and coercive acquisition of land done for the Kakinada Special Economic Zone at U. Kotthapalli for the past two years. These arrests come at a time when the entire matter of land acquisition for the project and the violations by the developers there in, is under investigation by your Commission. We are aware that a committee constituted by the SHRC is slated to visit the area for a detailed fact finding. The arrests have been done on the ground that the protestors have violated the law during their resistance to allow construction and other activity to be allowed in the area. The Samiti and farmers from the area have already submitted affidavits to the APSHRC stating that they were being misinformed, forced and terrorised into surrendering their lands for the SEZs. The farmers along with the AP Human Rights Forum have been demanding that work on the Kakinada SEZ be stopped immediately till thorough investigations are carried out. Based on these affidavits the Commission decided to investigate the matter further. However, we apprehend that by arresting members of the Samiti just before the SHRC fact finding visit to the area the administration is attempting to create fear in the minds of the farmers who are to depose before the SHRC. Infact we are concerned that the arrests have taken place to debilitate the process of the SHRC fact finding. We appeal to the SHRC, who has taken the commendable step of investigating the concerns of the communities affected by the proposed Kakinada SEZ, to pressurize the State Administration to immediately release the two arrested representatives of SVPS and refrain from carrying out any police action till the matter is thoroughly investigated and the concerns of the farmers addressed. Thank you Signatories CC Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- + Savad Rahman Subeditor Madhyamam Daily Kochi,Kerala India-682018 cell:9995431420 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And just because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." -- Helen Keller --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
