Dear friends, >From the mail sent by Anivar it is clear that the need of the hour is doctors and health workers and medicines at Dinkia, Balitutha and Nuagaon the anti POSCO agitation area. Several people are injured and the threat to more rounds of police firing is very much there.
The situation in Kalinganagar is also similar. . The Orissa state police could well arrest any of our volunteers, Health workers as it has openly rejected any values of democratic political dissent and instead fired to kill. It has also arrested the Dalit MP from Jagatsingpur from the CPI party. Please contact Prashant Paikare urgently : 09437571547 Please extend your solidarity to the Arrested MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai and you could call him at: 9013180319 On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]>wrote: > http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/05/chronology-of-incidents/ > Police Attack on Anti-POSCO People’s Movement - Chronology of Incidents > > *‘More than 100 villagers injured, the condition of 5 persons is serious > and 18 persons including 5 women got arrested by the Police under the direct > supervision of Orissa Chief Minister’- POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) > * > > *8.30 PM*: PPSS President –* **Abhay Sahu appealed everybody extend > immediate support for the treatment of the injured people**.* Also, he > requested the all concerned and well-meaning people extend their solidarity > for the causes of people in struggles.** > > *8.20 PM*: Information received from PPSS activists from Dhinkia that > about two Activists named Natha Swain (32 male from Nuagan) & Ramesh Das (35 > male from Dhinkia) are critically injured with metal bullets. Immediate > Medical Care is needed for them as they lost a lot of blood so far. All > roads to anti POSCO Villages are blocked & sealed by Police. There is no way > to get medical support /go out of the Village because of the police > blockade. Among the 100 persons injured persons more than 60 percent are > women or children. > > *6.10 PM: *Manorama Khatua, woman leader, PPSS informed that women were > mercilessly beaten up* *by male police.The situation is under tense. 5 > persons are seriously injured. Injured people are not able to access for > medical treatments. > > *5.00 PM: *An alliance of some people’s organizations and activists > organized a protest Dharna in front of the Governors’ House against police > atrocity at Kalinga Nagar (TATA)and Balitutha(POSCO). > > *4.00 PM: *Information reached that Police have blocked all the roads to > the proposed site and the people are forced to remain inside their villages. > * *Outsiders are not allowed to enter into the area. > > *3.15 PM: *More than 100 persons got injured by teargas shell and police > firing. 18 persons including 5 women got arrested. The houses, shops, sheds, > tents belonging to local people in and around dharna location were burnt > down by the Police. > > *3.10 PM:* News came in local TV channels that CPI has called for a 12 > hours Kujang Bandh (shut down) in protest of police atrocities and arrest of > its leader and activists, which was confirmed from CPI state office. > > *2.30PM: *Police version: people threw country bombs at the police > therefore the forces retaliated! PPSS version: it’s a blatant lie. Company > deployed anti-socials and some pro-POSCO leaders joined with the Police, > threw bombs to mislead the democratic and peaceful movement. > > *2.25 PM*: After tear gas, rubber bullets, the police started firing with > real ones. > > *2.10 PM*: Police action started against the people by throwing tear gas & > rubber bullets from 100 meter distance. > > *1.43 PM: *The district collector and superintendent* *of police made > announcements over microphone asking people to disperse immediately or else > face the action. > > *12.00:* Around 50 activists of All India Youth Federation, All India > Students’ Federation & Communist Party of India demonstrated before the > Police Commissioner office at Bhubaneshwar. They were arrested and later > released. > > *11.38M: *Standing at 20 meters’ distance from Dharna place was taking > positions and waiting for orders to fire.* * > > *10.45 PM: *Congress ex-MLA Umesh Swain on his way to Balithuta was > detained at Kujang police station. > > *10.40 AM: *About 600 pro-POSCO people joined the anti-POSCO camp and > participated in the resistance. > > *10.38 AM: *At Balithuta, numbers of villagers have swelled up from 600 to > 3700. Villagers were in no mood to retreat, more people joined from Nuagaon, > which was earlier considered as pro-POSCO area. > > *10.36 AM: *Section* *144 of IPC was introduced in the areas covering 3 > kilometer radius of Balitutha. Police warned people to leave the place > within 10 minutes. > > *10.15 AM*: There is spontaneous protest of the people in front of > Paradeep Police station and Kujang against the illegal detention of the MP > Bibhu Prasad Tarai. > > At Balithuta, numbers have swelled up. There are about 3700 villagers > facing 1500 or so armed police. Villagers are in no mood to retreat, more > people are joining from Nuagaon panchayat . > > *10.07 AM: *D. Raja, Politburo Member, CPI informed that he has spoken to > Orissa Chief Minister. The CM told him that he would enquire to the matter > and assured that no force would be used. > > *9.45 AM*: Condemning the aggression by the Naveen Patnaik Government, > Prasant Paikray, the spokesperson – PPSS told, ‘the chief minister is > directly implementing the police operation through his Principal Secretary, > who is issuing instructions to SP and District Collector. > > *9.25 AM: * Appeal made to concerned citizens to call SP (-Debadatta > Singh)'s mobile no-09437094678 urging him not to use force. Responding calls > of human rights activists, political leaders, environmentalists, > journalists, advocates, film-makers from across the country, he informed - > ‘POLICE HAS COME PREPARED TO USE FORCE AGAINST THE PEOPLE’. > > *8.57 AM: * District Collector and Police Superintendent spearheaded > police in 15 Vehicles towards dharana place. ** > > *7.00 AM: *Around 600 villagers sat in dharna place at Balithutha . Police > vans arrived at the dharna place > > *4.00 AM*: Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Member of Parliament (MP) of Jagatsinghpur > from CPI was detained and put at Circuit house at Kujang at 2AM (mid-night > of May 15) on his way to Dhinkia. > > *May 14, 2010* – Police made flag-march from Kujang to Balitutha. > > *May 11, 2010 - *25 platoon of Police forces, 5 ambulances and 3 > magistrates enter into the area and forcefully occupied the nearby school > campuses. > > *May 3, 2010*: Bijay Kumar Patnaik, IAS, Principal Secretary to CM > returned back from South Korea after 15-days’ visit. PPSS leader Abhay > Sahu alleges that on behalf of Chief Minister, he has represented to settle > the ‘deal’ with POSCO Company and the entire cost of his visit was borne by > the POSCO > > For more information, please contact: Prasant Paikray, Spokesperson, PPSS, > and Cell: 09437571547 > > Prepared on May 15, 2010 (9.25 PM) > > -- > > > Anivar Aravind > +91 9448063780 > > _______________________________________________ > connect mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.orissaconcerns.net/listinfo.cgi/connect-orissaconcerns.net > http://orissaconcerns.net > -- Kavita Srivastava (General Secretary) PUCL Rajasthan Address for correspondence : 76, Shanti Niketan Colony, Kisan Marg, Barkat Nagar, Jaipur-302015 Tel. 0141-2594131 mobile: 9351562965 -- 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]. 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