it is really a tragic that such a justice loving person is consumed by weight of a system that apparently is oppressive and anti-individual . our profound condolences ,
On 16/02/2010, Rights Support Centre <[email protected]> wrote: > > CONDOLENCE MEETING > > IN MEMORY OF > > SHAHID AZMI > > ON > > 18TH FEBRUARY 2010 AT 5 PM > > AT > > MUMBAI MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, 2ND FLOOR > > MUMBAI > > > > “They ask me to tell them what Shahid means- > > Listen: it means “The Beloved” in Persian, “witness” in Arabic” > > (Agha Shahid Ali) > > Shahid Azmi is no more. When he was in his mid-teens he saw his > co-religionists slaughtered in the 1992-93 anti-Muslim carnage in Mumbai. He > left Mumbai went to Kashmir joined the militants there, but he did not last > very long and soon returned home to his family. Soon upon his return to > Mumbai, he was falsely implicated and arrested for the attempted > assassination of a political leader, prosecuted and convicted and sent to > Tihar jail where he spent the remaining of his teenage years. In appeal, > Shahid was acquitted by the Supreme Court. When he was in jail he pursued > his studies with the active encouragement and assistance of Kiran Bedi. > After his release from Tihar he began practising law in Mumbai and took up > many criminal cases and raised important legal issues before the Bombay High > Court and the Supreme Court. What most distressed him, and which formed a > bulk of his professional work, was the way in which the Muslim youth were > targeted by the state and falsely implicated in criminal cases, as was he as > a boy of 15 years. This was unpalatable to those whom he opposed and fence > sitters who would rather have a lawyer defend his practice by calling it his > ‘profession’- his bread, butter and jam. > > Shahid Azmi was passionate about justice, and used the law courts to seek > redress of injustices of any kind. This quest for justice led him to join > the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (Mumbai) and Indian > Association of People's Lawyers, and was an active member. The tragedy of > Shahid’s death is the tragic loss of possibilities of a life that will now > never be. > > We invite you to come share your memories of Shahid with us. > > COMMITTEE FOR THE > PROTECTION INDIAN > ASSOCIATION OF > > OF DEMOCRATIC > RIGHTS > PEOPLE’S LAWYERS > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- Pushkar Raj General Secretary, PUCL Office: 270A, Patpar Ganj, , Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi-110091 ph. 22750014 098106-56100 www.pucl.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights 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/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
