---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Satyam . <[email protected]> Date: 29 May 2011 12:36 Subject: Oppose the illegal detention of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha in Kashmir
*Oppose the illegal detention of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha in Kashmir* -------------------------------------------------------------------- Well known human rights activist and Editorial consultant of Economic and Political Weekly, Gautam Navlakha was detained at the Srinagar airport on May 28 and was denied entry in Srinagar. Mr Navlakha was on a private visit to Kashmir with his friend. He was detained as soon as his flight reached Srinagar and was asked to go back to Delhi. Since there was no flight available on that day, he was kept in police custody in an undisclosed location and not allowed to meet anyone. It was learned that he will be put on a flight back to Delhi on May 29. Mr Navlakha has been vocal in raising issues of human rights violations in Kashmir and opposing the heavy presence of armed forces in the state. He is also in the forefront of the campaign to revoke the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act which gives arbitrary powers to the armed forces to arrest and kill and is hated by the Kashmiri masses. The denial of entry to a noted public intellectual and activist like Gautam Navlakha raises urgent concerns about the status of freedom of speech and movement in Kashmir. This act by the Indian state once again proves that truth is the most dangerous thing for all repressive regimes. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the illegal detention of Mr Navlakha and demand that the Indian government should apologize to him and must allow him to go back to Kashmir. We also appeal to all intellectuals and democratic rights organizations and activists to stand by Gautam Navlakha and put pressure on the Indian and J&K government to respect his democratic rights. *Katyayani*, Chairperson, Rahul Foundation *Satyam*, Secretary, Rahul Foundation See link below for the press release by IPTK: http://kafila.org/2011/05/28/gautam-navlakha-detained-entry-into-kashmir-press-note-from-iptk/ -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.* * * *http://saynotoaadhaar.blogspot.com/* *http://aadhararticles.blogspot.com/* *http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1*<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1> -- 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.
