Gosh cannot believe it. Kavita On 8 Aug 2017 13:39, "Henri Tiphagne" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > *People’s Watch appeals to the police and citizens not to disturb Irom > Sharmila in Kodaikanal.* > > People’s Watch condemns the engineered moves, presumably by non-government > organisations, objecting to the proposed marriage of Ms. Irom Sharmila, the > Iron Lady of Manipur with Mr. Desmond Coutinho before the Marriage > Registrar, Kodaikanal. > > If there is a living embodiment of non-violence in this country, > it is none other than Irom Sharmila, who is a recipient of several > international awards for staging the world’s longest protest by fasting for > 16 years to ensure life without the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. > > When Kodaikanal can be home to a number of foreigners, to > persons from all over India who are welcome as tourists and property > holders or teachers in the international schools, how can Irom Sharmila be > denied her right to stay is Kodaikanal? She has every right to exercise her > freedom of movement enshrined in the Constitution of our country. > > People’s Watch is shocked to understand that the DSP of > Kodaikanal, Mr. Selvam, is pressurizing her and her fiancé to leave Kodai > hills on the basis of petitions being presented to him by communal forces. > > People’s Watch appeals to all individuals, property owners, Institution > heads as well as the strongly secular population of Kodaikanal to resist > the attempted forced eviction of Irom Sharmila by the police and openly > support Irom Sharmila’s right to life, right to choose her partner, right > to reside and her right to freely move about wherever she desires. > > Irom Sharmila belongs to this nation. She is one of us. This is > one of the best example of integration of the North East with the rest of > India. Let us demonstrate our often pronounced respect for gender justice & > women rights through our support to this valiant upholder of peace, > tranquility and non-violence. > > People’s Watch urges the police to provide protection to her and > her husband. The police must perform their constitutional obligations > rather than aligning with the few communal, anti-secular, divisive and > criminal forces of Kodaikanal. > > > > Madurai > > 08.08.2017 > > > > (HENRI TIPHAGNE) > > > > For further information, please contact > > *Alina Tiphagne – 9717571075 <097175%2071075>* > > *Jeyakumar - 9994368524 <099943%2068524>* > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UPR III Endorsees" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/upr3endorsees. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/upr3endorsees/00d301d3101d%24e6b3b7b0%24b41b2710%24%40pwtn.org > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/upr3endorsees/00d301d3101d%24e6b3b7b0%24b41b2710%24%40pwtn.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
