Dear All, * Find below the statement for endorsement and a rough translation of the madhyamam editorial on the issue.*
*Kindly endorse,forward and recomend it for endorsement. * regards, hany. We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life,have come to know that the Kerala police has charge sheeted Soofiya Madani for her alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not want to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe that the rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail. However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists, students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, by the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected to all kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has also played a huge role in subverting the judicial process by sensationalizing these cases and publishing baseless stories without any proper investigation. Given how the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya Madani - often using highly questionable anti-muslim represenstaions - we fear that her basic constitutional rights might be violated in the coming days. We want to raise our collective voices against such an event and we strongly call on all concerned authorities to prevent any such violation from happening. In Solidarity, Hany Babu,Associate Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi Mahtab Alam, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) John Dayal, Member, National Intregation Council, GoI Ajit Sahi, Editor at Large, Tehelka Prof. A K Ramakrishnan, JNU Jenny Rowuena, Assistant Professor, Delhi University Sri Jitha, Assistant Professor, Delhi university Sree Rekha, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi -- MD. MAHTAB ALAM [email protected] Phone:+ 91-9811209345 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an 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.
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