Encore I think its time for every human being to show solidarity !!!!! 2008/9/26 ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> WE MUST CONGRADULATE THE VICE CHANCELLOR AND TEACHERS OF JAMIA FOR > SHOWING THE COURAGE TO BE WITH THE STUDENTS AT THEIR BAD TIMES > > THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT HOW TEACHING COMMUNITY CAN TAKE UP SOCIAL > RESPONSIBILITIES > > LET US ALL SUPPORT THEM > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM, sree rekha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> *25th September 2008* >> >> * * >> >> *Press Statement* >> >> *Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group.* >> >> * * >> >> *Jamia Teachers Condemn Communal Witch Hunt and Demand Independent >> Impartial Enquiry* >> >> * * >> >> At the very outset we, the members of Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group >> would like to state that we strongly condemn terrorism of all kinds, >> including State terrorism. >> >> The events of 19th September and subsequent days have left the Jamia >> community shocked, aggrieved and fearful. In particular the manner and the >> suspicious circumstances in which young boys, many of them students of Jamia >> Millia Islamia, have been picked up by the Special Cell, and pronounced >> "dreaded terrorists" by a trial by an utterly sensationalist and prejudiced >> media has created an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. >> >> On the day of the operation indiscriminate arbitrary detentions were made >> that included five school children living in the flat opposite and were >> released only late in the night. Arrests are continuing unabated. Even as >> some teachers had accompanied senior lawyers to meet with the families of >> boys picked up, on 23.09.2008, around 5 o' clock, news arrived that Saqib >> Akhtar, a 17-year-old boy, a distant cousin of slain Atif Amin, had been >> picked up from his residence in Abul Fazal Enclave. A complaint with the >> police was filed at the Jamia Nagar Police Station. Within an hour the >> Special Cell communicated to the boy's family that he would be released. It >> appears that the presence of a well-known Supreme Court lawyer, teachers >> from Jamia, and senior journalists pressured the Special Cell enough to >> refrain from detaining an innocent boy, and ensured that Saqib returned home >> safe the same evening. This incident illustrates the vulnerability of the >> people residing in the locality: not only are they subject to arbitrary >> 'arrests' by the Special Cell, which whisks them off to undisclosed >> locations, the local police refuses to file complaints or feigns ignorance. >> Further, they lack recourse to proper legal aid. >> >> We as teachers feel that we cannot afford to isolate ourselves in >> intellectual ivory towers. There is an urgent need to reach out to the >> community which lives at our very doorstep, and where a large number of >> teachers, administrative staff and our students reside. The locality has >> been besieged by a sense of alienation, terror and insecurity. *We >> unequivocally condemn this brazen witch hunt in the name of fighting terror >> and pledge solidarity with the people of Jamia Nagar, and especially the >> families of those whose boys have been picked up and arrested without a >> shred of evidence. * >> >> *We hold the police and Home Ministry directly responsible for the >> on-going communal witch-hunt and therefore* *demand* – >> >> 1. National Human Rights Commission recommendations regarding >> establishing an inquiry after every encounter be implemented and FIR against >> police officials involved in the act be immediately made; >> >> 2. Independent fact finding teams and even sections of the media have >> raised doubts about the veracity of the police version regarding the >> 'encounter' on 19th September and the subsequent arrests made on that >> basis. We therefore demand, a time-bound, independent inquiry into the >> deaths of Atif Ameen, Sajid and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma headed by the >> sitting judge of the Supreme Court be immediately conducted; >> >> 3. Autopsy reports of Mr. Sharma. Atif Ameen, and Sajid, panchnama >> of the site, seizure list of the people picked up by the police for inquiry >> be made public. >> >> 4. We further demand that a list of students who have been picked up >> by the Delhi Police/ Special Cell should be provided to the University >> immediately. We further demand that the University authorities see to it >> that no students (whether living in the hostel or not) are picked up/ >> arrested without intimating the university authorities.* * >> >> 5. We also demand that no student or citizen picked up for >> questioning are tortured in custody and that their rights as citizens are >> not denied. >> >> The Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group would not only conduct an *extensive >> civil society campaign* including programmes like *"Jan Sunwai"* in the >> community where human rights activists and prominent members of the secular, >> democratic intelligentsia would be invited to join and work for providing >> *all kinds of assistance including legal aid *to people who have been >> accused of terrorist activities but also *meet the Home Minister* in >> order to stop the on-going communal witch hunt in the community. >> >> The Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group intends to extend the movement to >> include teachers from other universities, as well as other bodies such as >> the DUTA, JNUTA, IGNOUTA, and other democratic and secular individuals and >> organisations. >> >> Signed: >> >> Prof. Farida Khan (Faculty of Education) >> >> Prof. A. K. Ramakrishnan (Centre for West Asian Studies) >> >> Prof. Janaki Rajan (Faculty of Education) >> >> Prof. Azra Razzack (Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies) >> >> Prof. Navnita Behera (Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution) >> >> Dr. Neshat Quaiser (Department of Sociology) >> >> Dr. Padmanabh Samarendra (Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies) >> >> Dr. Sanghamitra Misra (Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution) >> >> Dr. Ravi Kumar (Department of Sociology) >> >> Dr. Narendra Kumar (Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies) >> >> Dr. Rahul Ramangundam (Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies) >> >> Dr. Farah Farooqi (Faculty of Education) >> >> Dr. Anuradha Ghosh (Department of English) >> >> Manisha Sethi (Centre for the Study of Comparative religions and >> Civilizations) >> >> Sreerekha (Centre for Women's Studies) >> >> Tanweer Fazal (Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution) >> >> Ahmed Sohaib (Centre for the Study of Comparative religions and >> Civilizations) >> >> Kamei Aphun (Department of Sociology) >> >> Dr. Shahid Jamal Ansari (Centre for West Asian Studies) >> >> Dr. Sabiha Hussain (Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies) >> >> Ambarein Qadas (Mass Communication Research Centre) >> >> M.G. Shahnawaz (Department of Psychology) >> >> Waseem Ahmed Khan (Faculty of Education) >> >> Meher Fatima Hussain (Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies) >> >> Harpreet Kaur Jass (Faculty of Education) >> >> Arshad Ahmed (Faculty of Education) >> >> Dr. Sarwat Ali (Institute of Advanced Studies in Education) >> >> Dr. Rafiullah Azmi (Centre for West Asian Studies) >> >> Arshad Alam (Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies) >> >> Dr. Arif Ali, (Department of Biotechnology) >> >> Adil Mehdi (Department of English) >> >> Harisul Haq (Jamia Middle School) >> >> Dr. Ranjeeta Dutta, (Department of History) >> >> Dr. Shohini Ghosh, (AJK Mass Communication Research Centre) >> >> Dr. Sabina Gadihoke, (AJK Mass Communication Research Centre) >> >> Dr. Baran Rehman, (Department of English) >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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