Witchhunt is on...One's life long struggle for the human rights will not hold... Anybody can be targeted in the name of war-on-terror... Once the terrorist tag is given, the public sphere will go mum in Kerala, unlike other places in India...
Can anything similar to what is being done on Ma'dani will go unchallenged, anywhere else? I doubt.. Afthab Ellath On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:48 PM, reny ayline <[email protected]> wrote: > Advocate N M Siddique, a long time friend, writer and activist, was > picked up by police at Ernakulam on Thursday evening, produced before the > magistrate at his residence at 8 pm today, and remanded to 14 days' custody. > > > I am not going into the details, but he was arrested because he raised his > voice against police atrocities now going on in full swing in various parts > of the State. He was president of the NCHRO Ernakulam district committee > and had filed a petition before the National Human Rights Commission two > weeks ago, following which the state DGP has received a notice from the > NHRC. > > Siddique was involved in a number of struggles that included the campaign > against Gwalior Rayons in Mavoor, the Plachimada struggle, the struggles of > the displaced in Goshree, etc. A prolific writer on rights issues, he has > been writing a column in Thejas for the last five years. Avakasangal, > Nishedangal was a column originally supposed to have been handled by > Mukundan C Menon, but his untimely death made it necessary to look for other > writers, equally committed and talented. Siddique was an obvious choice. > > More than a year ago, I was in Ernakulam for the release of his book, > Bengalil Ninnun Varthayonnumilla, a collection of his articles on human > rights concerns. Mostly analytical reports from the field. Besides me, K > Venu, his political guru in the pro- CPML days was also there and on our > return home, I had a long talk with Venue on a variety of issues. > > Anyway, now Siddique is behind bars and I hope he will be able to come out > with his spirits unbent. > > N P Chekkutty. > > > > -- > 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]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- 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.
