I think the statement has already been endorsed (by me) through a link in face book. Anyways, like to reiterate support for all future democratic initiatives in this regard.
Best, K.M.Venugopalan On Dec 17, 12:18 pm, Mahtab Alam <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Soofiya Madani.doc > 40KViewDownload -- 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.
