We condemn the unprovoked and dastardly attack on the house of Kumar Ketkar, Editor-in-Chief, Loksatta, on the morning of June 5th, 2008. This is an attack on the freedom of expression. All democratic and freedom loving people must stand up to such fascist attacks.
Supporters of Shiv Sangram Sanghtana are reportedly behind this attack. They were protesting against the editorial in Loksatta of June 4th that commented on the government proposal to instal Shivaji Maharaj's statue in the Arabian sea . In democracy, no one has the right to scuttle freedom of expression by use of force. Such fascist means have no place in a democratic and civilized society. Those who feel offended by the editorial are free to approach either the Press Council of India or an appropriate court of law. We demand that the Mumbai Police and Government of Maharashtra should immediately initiate action, as per law, against the culprits. No one should be spared, howsoever influential he may be. * Arun Tikekar * Anil K Singh * Darryl D'monte * Deepak Lokhande * Gurbir Singh * Jatin Desai * Kalpana Sharma * Meena Menon * Neera Adarkar * Nikhil Wagle * P Sainath * Rajiv Khandekar * Ramesh Pimple * Ranjona Bannerjee * Shishir Joshi * Siddharth Bhatia * Smruti Koppikar * Vishwanath Sachdeo * Yogesh Kamdar * Yuvraj Mohite shabnam hashmi,* *K.M. Venugopalan, Kavita Krishnan(Editor, Liberation) Kiran Shaheen, Bella das and others.... __._,_.___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
