can't agree more with the previous posts! i hope other teachers' organizations will take cue from this! hany.
On 27 Sep, 21:59, venukm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let This Great Initiative Take Rapid Strides In the Coming Days, In > Making The State and the Mainstream media More Accountable for Their > Commissions and Omissions. > In Solidarity, > K.M.Venugopalan. > > On 25 Sep, 17:48, "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) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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