i think jamia teachers orgn is "sarvajanam" sans some "janam" the list reflects it as it was formed in such a situation it s quite difficult to ensure representation but even otherwise, Jamia has not shown great regard towards the issue of "representation" hope this "janam" consisting of teachers will also able to address it at a later stage, but at the earliest
in solidarity On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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