----- Forwarded Message ----- From: gautam navlakha <[email protected]> To: Ranjana <[email protected]>; Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2012, 15:59 Subject: Fwd: Press release on Garhwa - blast and abduction by Maoists, police brutality please feel free to circulate this because many may have felt upset by my mail gautam - i wrote in haste and there i slipped. it was not meant to belittle anyones commitment but draw atttention to the haitus being created between principles and politics. my appreciation of the maoist movement is not hidden.nor my criticism. garhwa for the maoists to have carried out an ied blast on the day and occasion of an assembly as part of an ongoing struggle led by cpi(ml) liberation was despicable. so was their act of abducting three members of the party. having said that there are two inferences that are being drawn. this was not hostage taking i.e. an act to extract concessions from the indian state. targetting combatants or use of ied against combatants in itself is not tabooed even by geneva convention which regulate conduct of war. but above all the war on maoists is part of a war that has been imposed on the people who are resisting the takeover of common resources and livelihood, including sources of livelihood. maoist armed struggle is its manifestation just as other forms of resistance also exists which feed on and draw confidence and courage from each other. that it does not happen in reality always is something to fight for. a state which has worked relentlessly to subject 40% of our children to a genocidal like death, enriches the few and whose institituions are designed and geared to preserve the status-quo has tried to suppress freedoms and impose restrictions and.....has since 1947 always been engaged in prosecution of the war against our people somewhere or the othjer part of the country. it is not my cup of tea. it is within this perspective i raised the points i did hurting many. while i apologise for that, i do not for the views i hold. but willing to converse, always. gautam On 1/25/12, gautam navlakha <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:21:24 +0530 > Subject: Press release on Garhwa - blast and abduction by Maoists, > police brutality > To: > > *Abducted CPI(ML) Comrades Released, But Guard Still Hostage to Maoists > Severe Lathicharge on Protesting CPI(ML) Comrades Today, > CPI(ML) Activists Jailed on False Charges of Involvement in Maoist Blast * > New Delhi, Jan 24, 2012 > > Three of the people (Comrades Sushma Mehta and Akhtar Ansari and their > driver) abducted by Maoists in Garhwa on 21 January were released today, > though the security guard continues to remain a hostage. CPI(ML) thanks all > democratic forces for their solidarity and support, and demands that the > Government and police make serious efforts to ensure the safe release of > the guard as well. > CPI(ML)'s Garhwa bandh today got overwhelming support of local people. > However, police seem to be avenging the Maoist blasts by venting their > anger on peaceful protestors. Over a dozen CPI(ML) activists were severely > injured, with broken limbs, in a brutal lathicharge on a peaceful protest > today. > Those injured include Comrade Sushma's husband Comrade Kalicharan Mehta, > her father Comrade Kishor Kumar, Comrade Rahina Begum, the elected Pramukh > of Danda block in Garhwa district, and the party's State Standing Committee > Member Comrade Anant Gupta whose left leg has been broken. > The CPI(ML) activists who have been in police custody since January 21 were > produced in front of a magistrate only today, and have been now sent to > jail. > The CPI(ML) has met with the Jharkhand Governor and demanded action against > concerned officials for the criminal apathy of the Government in releasing > those taken hostage by the Maoists, and for unleashing state terror and > custodial violence against CPI(ML) activists who had been involved in > peaceful protests and now are falsely accused of involvement in the Maoist > blasts. > The CPI(ML) points out that by falsely linking the villagers' democratic > protest with the Maoist action, the police and Jharkhand government is > seeking to discredit, brand and crush every daily democratic protest in the > future. > Condemning the Maoist blast and abduction, as well as the ongoing state > repression and police brutality in the strongest terms, the CPI(ML) > reiterates its demand that the State and Central Governments make every > effort to secure the safe release of the abducted guard; and to end the > appalling conspiracy and campaign by the Jharkhand police and > administration to suppress democratic people's movements led by the > CPI(ML). > > Prabhat Kumar, > for CPI(ML) Central Committee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Kavita Krishnan > 9560756628 > > > > > -- > Kavita Krishnan > 9560756628 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. 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