its high time we discard old stereotypes like police/criminal.. Most of the time it is the former behaving criminally...
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > In solidarity. > > I guess, Jamia Teacher's organization is not an affiliated "bahujanam", > hence the autonomy. > > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM, hany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> 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) >> >> >> > > > > -- Dileep R I thuravoor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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