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Prashant *. A Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace* > Post Box No. 4050 Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat, India Tel. : +91 (079) 66522333, 2745 5913 *.* Fax : +91 (079) 27489018 Mobile : 9824034536 *.* e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *. * www.humanrightsindia.in > * * > > *STATEMENT CONDEMNING * > > *THE * > > *KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE IN ORISSA* > > > We condemn the killing of Swami Saraswati and four of his associates during > the attack on the VHP Ashram in the Kandhamal District of Orissa on > Saturday 23rd August 2008. > > > We sympathize with the bereaved members of the families who have lost their > loved ones. > > We call upon the Orissa and the Central Governments to do all in their > power to bring to book immediately, those responsible for this dastardly > act; that anti-social elements do not take law and order into their own > hands and above all, to ensure that peace and calm prevail in the area, and > in other parts of Orissa. > > Violence, for whatever the provocation, is non-acceptable, and will > definitely not help achieve the goals for which these acts are committed. > We therefore call upon all those responsible for these acts and to eschew > violence immediately. > > No violence can be justified, for whatever the reason. However, for the > last several months, the Government of Orissa has allowed some fascist and > fundamentalist forces to terrorize the poor, the marginalized and the > minorities of the State. These forces have carried on their virulent > propaganda and their violent acts with apparent immunity. > > There has been a total abdication of responsibility by the Government of > Orissa and the concerned authorities, like the police. They should now also > be held totally responsible for these deaths and for allowing the situation > to go out of control. > > Sufficient warning has been given to the Orissa Government, of the > deteriorating situation, as early as in September 2006, with the > publication of "Communalism in Orissa" - the Report of the Indian People's > Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights - headed by Justice K. K. Usha > (Retd.) former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. > > It may still not be too late to ensure that the Constitutional Rights and > Freedoms of the people of Orissa are not merely guaranteed by also protected > by the State. > > > Fr. Cedric Prakash sj > > Director > > > 25th August 2008 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE IN KANDHAMAL[1]...250808.doc
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