*No More Kandhamal – Stop Communal Violence Nationwide Protest on August 25, 2010*
* * *Dear friends* *Perhaps you are aware that the survivors of Kandhamal communal** **violence are completing two years of misery from the main attacks on** **August 25, 2010. As per the official figures, more than 600 villages** **were ransacked, 5600 houses were looted and burnt, 54000 people were** **left homeless and 38 people were murdered. Human rights groups** **estimate that over 100 people were killed, including women, disabled people,** **children, Adivasis and Dalits. Three women were gang raped and** **many were injured. 295 churches were destroyed. Schools, colleges and** **even medical institutions were not spared. Thousands of people cannot** **go back to their villages even now. Many are still living in tents in** Kandhamal.**Almost all those who are responsible for the violence are ** **either freely moving around or getting acquitted.* *Peoples' Solidarity Concerns, a coalition of many groups in Bangalore** **believes that it is a shame that even after two years agony no justice has** **been delivered to the survivors of Kandhamal communal massacre. Almost** **all the affected victims are Adivasis and Dalit Christians. The** **National Solidarity Forum of which we are also part of, has called** **for a nationwide protest on August 25th to demand justice for the** **survivors of Kandhamal. In support of this call, Peoples' Solidarity** **Concerns is calling for a protest in front of the Town Hall in** **Bangalore at 4.30 pm on August 25, 2010. An art exhibition undertaken** **by 2 Dalit artists who travelled around in Kandhamal is ready. Those** **who can organize the exhibition, please contact us. It can be** **downloaded from the net in A/3 size.* *We request all secular friends to actively mobilize and participate in** **the protest. We request all civil society groups outside Bangalore** **also to do similar actions in their own respective area since** **Kandhamal is only a symbol and attacks on the Christians have taken** **place in over 10 states including Karnataka.* *We appeal to all of you to actively isolate the communal & fascistic forces, so** **that no more Kandhamals are repeated anywhere in future.* * Jagadish Chandra Peoples' Solidarity Concerns, Bangalore. Ph: 09448394365 email:** [email protected]* *For further information: Dhirendra Panda,** **Coordinator, National Solidarity Forum** **Ph: 09437385757, * *E-mail:**[email protected]* -- 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.
