---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jatin Desai <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
*Press Statement* * We condemn 'illegal' arrest of Feroze* We, the undersigned, note with a sense of shock and horror that last evening, at around 9 00 PM, prominent human rights and social activist from Mumbai, Mr Feroze Mithiborwala, was picked up by three police people from his residence at Marol and taken to the MIDC, Andheri(E) police station. He has been kept under detention overnight. No reason whatever has been indicated for this official "kidnap". It appears that he is picked up to prevent him from holding any protest demonstration against the visiting US Secretary of State, Ms. Hillary Clinton. One does not have to agree with Mr. Mithiborwala on his political position to denounce this grossly undemocratic act on the part of the Mumbai Police. The right to dissent, and dissent in public, is what sets a a “democracy" apart from an authoritarian regime. And we never tire of claiming, and not too unjustifiably, that India is the "largest democracy" in the world. It is precisely in that context, the action of the Mumbai Police is extremely unfortunate and utterly condemnable. We demand that the state Home Minister immediately take note and act against the erring officials. He should also issue a note of apology as the buck presumably stops at his door. Feroze and Kishore Jagtap were released today around 5.45 pm without any charge. 1. Mihir Desai Lawyer 2. Yusuf Muchala Lawyer 3. Sukla Sen Ekta 4. Jatin Desai Peoples' Media Initiative 5. Yogesh Kamdar Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties 6. Seema Mustafa Journalist 7. Dolphy Dsouza Bombay Catholic Sabha 8. Nandita Shah Akshara 9. Sanober Keshwaar Human Rights activist 10. Lena Ganesh Social Activist 11. Jaya Velankar Writer 12. Daniel Mazgaonkar Sarvodaya Activist 13. Kamayani Mahabal Shetty Social Activist 14. K L Bajaj CPM 15. Soheb Lokhandwala MPJ 16. Bhagwan Keshbhat YUVA 17. Sushovan Dhar Social Activist 18. Suvrat Raju __._,_.___ <http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/mediainitiative/message/4528;_ylc=X3oDMTM1amRjOHV0BF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE0NDM2NzQyBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDEzNjM4MgRtc2dJZAM0NTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI0NzkyNTMzOAR0cGNJZAM0NTI4> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
