Regarding police as criminal group, you are always certain...and others, they are most of the time is not a group, and you are not quite sure about their criminality...
Regards Afthab Ellath On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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