Dear All I think any form of violence is unacceptable, whatever be the reason. However, how do we address injustice and inequalities which are at times the underpinning reasons where caste, ethnic, race, class, religion and location based disparities/injustices are high?
- let us go back to ambedakar and the concpet of seperate electorate or a system of electorate wherein the oppressed can make up the majority- not just in one state, but throughout the nation, and throughout the world. IMF, world bank, wto and mncs would look different. - let us not violate human rights on the name of culture (honour killing etc) or national interests, but we need mechansims to hold MNCs, WB, so called public private partnerships to account. it is not a failure of the entire global system, and not as simple as state failure - there will be greater equality and justice only when we integrate human justice with cocnepts of human development and human rights. when my article on this becomes public i will share. - let the developed country allow free flow of labour, why only capital? there will be more equity then - let there be no choice in allocation of schools, health faciliteis, child care etc. bring back dalits/mulsims into main village or vice versa, slum dwellers into main areas- adn allocate everybody the same school, health, chidl care. etc - there is a crisis in humanism (periyar) and as long as there is such crisis, inequality and injustice will persist. there is only o+, o-, a+ blood in each of us... those are the differences, but not caste, class, race, gender, sex religion. as long as we believe that once is superior to the other there will be inequalities. - i like the concept of trusteeship- Gandhi- in this context. UN and nation states should put a ceiling on how much the elite in can own, after all one's birth is one's luck, after serving once needs one should give it back. One's brains is one's privelige- remove intellectual property rights. One's body is part of nature and life forces to be looked after, but not to be abused for sex balancing, sex selection, etc. Ranjani Murthy --- On Fri, 18/2/11, Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [humanrights-movement:3764] Malkangiri...latest To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 18 February, 2011, 3:28 PM Dear Colleagues , It is activities such as this where civilian personnel are taken hostage, which results in these political formations resorting to such acts of taking hostage being termed as " Infantile". Though it is equally true that collective killings of the Tribal people and their kidnapping and torture by para military and police formations do not invite the same nature of publicity and condemnation which the abduction of an official and his colleague invites , due to the media which does not equally value the life of every single human being whether an official , a Dalit, an Adivasi or a Woman . This is the root cause of the violence in the region which has its roots in arbitrary land , water and resouce seizure , the eviction of the tribal people from their villages , their hearth and homes with no comprehensive rehablitation measures . Niloufer Bhagwat From: Ranjana To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; pudrlist ; humanrights Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 8:44 AM Subject: [humanrights-movement:3760] Malkangiri...latest Maoists abduct Malkangiri's collector in Orissa 18 Feb, 2011, 03.19AM IST, Nageshwar Patnaik,ET Bureau BHUBANESWAR: Maoists on Wednesday night abducted Malkangiri District Collector R Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Mohan Majhi, who were returning after an interaction programme in the tribal-dominated district. This is the first time Maoists have abducted an IAS officer in the state. Maoists demanded release of all arrested tribals within 48 hours and an end to combing operations by Andhra Police, Orissa Police , CRPF and BSF, in a letter sent via three hostages they freed. Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Anirudh Singh said on Thursday afternoon that all combing operations in the district were stopped keeping in view the demand made by the ultras. Additional Director-General of Police Sanjiv Marik said from the state police headquarters in Cuttack that all communications with the collector were disconnected soon after he left the meeting place at around 4 pm on Wednesday. Thirty-one-year-old Krishna, who hails from Chandannagar of Andhra Pradesh, had gone to attend a Jana Sampark Shibir (public relations camp) at Badapada village under Kudumuluguma block. He was accompanied by District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) project director Balawant Singh , Kudumuluguma block junior engineer Pabitra Majhi, another junior engineer Damodar Suchen and an employee of a local non-governmental organisation named Paribartan. The group left for Papermetla by motorcycles to monitor implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutkaran Yojana, a rural electrification programme, when they were intercepted by six Maoists. The abductors later released DRDA project director Singh, engineer Suchen and the NGO activist. Hundreds of residents of the town observed a shutdown and held a massive rally demanding his safe release. Most government offices, business establishments, schools, colleges and educational institutions remained closed, officials said. Road traffic was also hit in the district headquarters. Students and residents marched carrying placards, 'release our beloved collector,' and 'we want safe release of our beloved collector.' The collector's wife Chandana Krishna , who arrived in Malkangiri from Hyderabad with her two-year-old son, has appealed to Maoists, through the media, to free her husband. "My husband has always felt for tribals. He has been working for them. I appeal to the Maoists to free him," she told media persons in Malkangiri. Activist Swami Agnivesh has offered to mediate between the government and Maoists to secure the safe release of the collector. "I appeal to the Maoists not to do any physical harm to Vineel Krishna and engineer Majhi. The collector is an honest officer who always loves to work for tribals. The Maoists should treat him and the engineer as family members," Swami said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters on Thursday that the government was evaluating all options and monitoring the situation. "I appeal for early release of the young and energetic officer who is known for hard work among the poor and tribals," Patnaik said in his appeal to Maoists. Chief secretary Bijoy Kumar Patnaik said the state government was examining the demands of the rebels. "We are examining the demands of the rebels. After collecting detailed information, we will take appropriate actions." The collector had not taken any securitymen with him since the rebels have never targeted senior government officials till now. "The collector does not use security cover when he goes for reviewing development projects. Never before in the district have senior civil officials targeted by Maoists," freed DRDA project director Balwant Singh said. Malkangiri, located nearly 618 km from the state headquarters, is one of the worst Maoist-hit districts in Orissa. Maoist rebels are active in more than half of Orissa's 30 districts. The incident happened, two days ahead of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's scheduled video-conference with the Collectors of 60 Maoist-hit districts to gauge the impact of the Integrated Action Plan for districts affected by Maoist violence. Last year, Maoists had killed 38 greyhound jawans of the Andhra Pradesh police when they were returning from a combing operation at Alampaka near Gudulguma. -- 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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