Nilu,,,,,,, Thanks for this thoughtful and detailed response - and the other apt references and connections you draw to the over all assault on natural resources. Most importantly the need for a detailed and open debate on the question of energy, without coercion or fear.
Will update you on what is happening we are presently in Delhi doing the rounds of trying to inform and educate several MPs about the need for a national debate on Energy, do we need nuclear at all and why, and the continuing dangers of nuclear together with the issue of human rights violations. The women of Idinthakarai were causing no obstruction and were at a safe distance from the plant. Cheers Lolly/Lalita Ramdas On 30-Nov-2012, at 14:35, "Niloufer Bhagwat" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear colleagues > > The arrest of the women activists at Indinthakarai is unjustified if they > are at safe distance from the plant and causing no obstruction. > > Public space at a reasonable distance from the reactor must be provided for > the agitation to carry on their protests in a manner so as to educate > public opinion on the entire issue of nuclear power and alternative sources > of energy immediately available and in the future along with the issue of > displacement of traditional livelihoods , without in any way obstructing the > plant, till a final decision is taken on the issue of the safety or > otherwise of all existing nuclear power plants and those contracted for and > the availability of alternative energy sources.As the debate and dialogue > cannot be confined only to one Nuclear Plant ,it must involve an assessment > of all the existing plants and those contracted for , including the issue of > storage of nuclear fuel and whether adequate safeguards exist , whether they > cover all existing plants , and what provisions have been made by the > Regulatory authority for regular inspections at short intervals with reports > to be made public . > > The world is adopting dangerous methods of accessing energy . 'Fracking' as > a method of extracting oil presently on in the United States and Canada is > going to destroy the environment and pollute the water resources of North > America in a big way and this may be irretrievable. > > What BP and Shell have done in the Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria respectively > among oil companies polluting several regions of the world while drilling > for oil from the sea and seabed among other such ventures has been > catastrophic, and now we have Fukushima !In Japan despite the clear and > present danger of Tsunamis and earthquakes Nuclear Power Plants dangerously > constructed by General Electric have been built across earthquake fault > lines. In this context debate and dialogue on the issue cannot be shut down > by affecting arrests ; however the protestors must carry on their protests at > a reasonable distance from the plant . In Nigeria activists against the > pollution of the environment were murdered by the Company. > > An open and continuing debate and dialogue are required in India and all > over the world on alternative energy resources between citizens and the > Scientific community on the one hand and with governments on the other , > without which the choices cannot be made in a rational and objective manner , > in keeping with the scientific spirit , free from any form of populism, > coercion or fear . > > > What happened in the Petition filed in the Supreme Court against this > Nuclear Power Plant ? What were the nature of orders sought by the > Petitioner on all existing Nuclear Power Plants and what were the orders > passed ? > > > Niloufer Bhagwat > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ramu & Lalita Ramdas > To: Romila Thapar ; vandana ; Vandana Shiva ; [email protected] ; > Arundathi Roy ; Medha Patkar ; devaki jain ; feminists ; mallika sarabhai ; > Aruna Roy ; Mahashweta Devi ; Teesta Setalvad ; kamla bhasin ; Srilata > Swaminathan > Cc: Usha Naik ; Geetha V ; Anitha Sharma ; Susie Tharu ; > [email protected] ; Abha Bhaiya ; sarojini N.B ; Suneeta Dhar ; > MARTHA ; farida lambay ; Rukmini Banerji ; Rita Dhamankar ; Rita Thapa ; > Alice Slater ; [email protected] ; shabnam hashmi ; Dr MIRA SHIVA ; Mira Kamdar > ; [email protected] ; Tehzeeb Katari ; charanya r ; Sheela Patel ; > Jayawati Shrivastava ; Gabriele Dietrich ; SanghamitraMalik ; Sanghmitra > Gadekar ; saraswati kavula ; Vidya Patil ; [email protected] ; > Maithili Libby ; mallika ramdas ; Ana Toni ; Malika Virdi ; Poornima Kumar ; > Raja Menon ; ammu joseph ; Ammu Abraham ; [email protected] ; Poppy Berry > ; Jenny Stannard ; Jenny Stannard ; Maria Khan ; Amarjeet Kaur ; runa banerji > ; [email protected] ; AshaRani Mathur ; Amita Baviskar ; Pushpa Bhave ; > Geetha Rao ; Sonya Fatah ; manjula reddy ; manjulika dubey ; Aparna > Bakhle-Ellis ; Meenakshi Ganguly ; Meena Menon ; Vasanth Kannabiran ; Kavita > Ramdas ; meera udayakumar ; Vrinda Grover ; kalpana sharma ; Nasreen > Fazalbhoy ; Gurveen Kaur ; Radha Gopalan ; Primila Lewis ; Indeera & Ramesh > Chand ; kalpana Mehta ; Ulka mahajan ; Vaishali Patil ; Manasi Mhatre ; > Pamela Philipose ; Sheela Patel ; Priya Nanda ; Arati Chokshi ; NILOFER > BHAGWAT ; kamayani bali mahabal ; Varsha Rajan Berry > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 12:59 AM > Subject: WHAT AILS OUR DEMOCRACY - THE SILENT EMERGENCY? > > Dear friends, > > Over two weeks ago, many of you - in fact a group of a hundred women - signed > on to an appeal letter addressed to Selvi Jayalalitha, Chief Minister of > Tamil Nadu, and the Chairperson of the National Commission on Women, asking > that immediate action be taken to release Selvi, Sundari and Xavier Ammal - > the three women activists and leaders from Idinthakarai who had been arrested > on Sept 10 while carrying out a totally peaceful protest on the beaches near > the KKNPP. > > Press releases were sent out to several newspapers and news channels carrying > the names of several eminent women who had added their names to the petition, > in addition to scores of other academics, writers, housewives, students and > activists from across the country. With the exception of one or two > newspapers, the news was ignored/blanked out by media. > > Worse still, there has been no= -- 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.
