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Press Release
December 21, 2006
Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Mob Terror, State Terror and Bomb Terror
State Terror and the Impunity it enjoys, Mob Terror and the Impunity Hindutva mobs enjoy in the wake of discourse or terrorism needs to be exposed. The discourse on terrorism has allowed innocent members of minority community, adivasis, Dalits be attacked and brutalised by the State.
Citizens for Justice and Peace and Communalism Combat has organised this two day convention and has brought together delegation from Karnataka, Orissa, Chhatisgarh, Malegaon and Nagpur.
Maulana Hameed Azhari, Malegaon: Thanks CJP for giving this platform for oppressed people.
Malegaon with a population of 7,00,000 is 60% Muslim and that is our problem is that since Muslims are in majority that’s why we are suppressed. That is our conclusion 60 years after Independence. We have fought in the national movement but yet in every Police films in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, the victim is a Muslim.
Then on September 08, 2006 bomb blasts in Malegaon occurred only due to negligence by police.
These blasts are similar to the blasts that occurred in Jalna and Prabhani. The same police that was guilty of negligence was given the initial investigation into the blasts in Maharashtra. For those who do not know, these locales in Maharashtra are places where bomb blasts had taken place inside Masques in 2004. But police and ATS are not ready to investigate on this line and they believe these blasts were handiwork of Muslims. Believing this was the handiwork of Muslims they are investigating in only one direction and are arresting innocent Muslim youths and trying to cover up the whole conspiracy.
Whoever is arrested until today is innocent. One of those accused, Shafi was under their detention from August 06 and one month before and the other one was living in a village 550 kmtrs away from Malegaon in Yewatmal.
Malegaon bomb blast actually is a well-hatched conspiracy and no person arrested is actually involved in this. It is because of this people of Malegaon are demanding for CBI inquiry of the whole episode from the day one so that the real culprits and the conspirator is made public. We believe without this a lasting peace in Maharashtra is not possible.
With 73% Muslim population in a 6 lakh city, always has nationalist Muslims who fought for freedom and who had always denied the two-nation theory. They even rejected Muslim League despite being largely Muslim populated area. Muslims in the handloom business had actively participated in the freedom struggle. Now handlooms are replaced by powerlooms but because this is a Muslim majority town the governments always ignored it and basic civic rights and amenities. The more painful was the fact that this city was always in the eyes of the communal forces and immediately after independence military has been called up in the name of riot on the occasion of Eid to target Muslims but they failed in their attempt because of the sagacity of locals. An example is the 2001 violence of police firing. Riots took place in a non-Muslim area where hundreds of properties belonging to Muslims were looted and burned and though police claim they had fired around 24 rounds, not a single person was even injured. On the other hand 13 Muslims died in police firing in the same riot. We had met the top leadership and asserted that innocents should not be targeted and we have some clear evidence of the innocence of those who have been arrested by police. Our panel on Malegaon will show this. Even the relatives of those killed in the blast are not ready to believe that the persons who have been arrested have anything to do with the blast. We believe that if the real culprits of the blast will not be booked they will continue to master mind such blasts elsewhere in the country and foment communal hatred. Advocate Wahane:I come from Nagpur. The recent ghastly incident took place at Khairanjali, 90 kms away from Nagpur. 181 homes consisting of 791 people, just 3 homes belonging to Buddhists, one of them is the family of Bhotmange. Years of harassment by fellow villagers, police never took any action against this harassment, never registered any cases. As recently as 3rd September ‘06 relatives approached the police for complaint but the complaint was never registered, if the complaint would have been registered at that time, the Khairanjali incident might have been avoided. But ultimately on 29th September 2006 they were brutally killed. Bhotmange himself went to the police station on the same day. But the police declined to register the case, he went on 30th again. Here he came to know that a body with Priyanka marked on her hand (his daughter) had been found near the river. Post mortem report carried falsehoods. Eyewitness account says that injuries were there on the private parts of the deadbodies, but the post mortem report do not say anything about this. The Bhandara SP also supported these negligences and malpractices. Chief Minister Deshmukh visited after 1 month and 10 days of the incident. That too after so many peaceful demonstrations were organised in near by towns. The police brutally beat these peaceful demonstrators, they even opened fire in Amravati, killing a 20 year old rickshaw driver who was shot in head. He was the only son of the family. To make the incident more painful, Nagpur Commissioner and Deputy CM claim that the demonstrators are Naxalwadi. (A late abuse term used for protestors across the country). Janaklal Thakur, Chhatiisgarh Mukti Morcha (President):The attack by the State Police is on selected and known targets. He cited the example of people of Bastar where national corporates with multinational companies are making the villagers homeless and landless and forcefully snatching their lands. There is fear there and the land of Bastar is trembling with fear and repression. Anybody who is resisting there are being harassed by the police, they are being in detained in jails , forcibly being stayed in the camps, they are being threatened by Mauwadis, fearing this most of the villagers have been migrated from Bastar. Finally they had to approach Supreme Court to seek permission for their peaceful gathering to assess this situation. Until now 500 to 600 people have been killed in the agitation. Media or groups who are willing to work for this people are denied entry into the area. Aparana Bhatt, Advocate SC:Children and women are easy targets of any conflict situation and this aspect is always ignored.. No concrete documentation of women victimisation. If cases are registered police try to cover up the victimisation, no concrete figure of homeless children and women. Sexual assault and violence is what women and children have to bear. Javed Akhtar: This is the gathering of those who have actually seen and tolerated the atrocities committed on them these are the actual victims whereas I have only heard from them. This is obvious now that if you are Adivasi or belong to some weaker section of society you will targeted and nobody will come to your rescue. People fail to understand these attacks are not on a particular section of this society, but the whole society including the attackers themselves are affected. Weaker sections are keeping their hopes on those in power. If they give up this only hope also, everything will be ruined. Common people from Kashmir were Indians, but it was the atrocities on them that pushed them to other side. If a person belonging to a weaker section commits a crime he is termed a criminal and anti-national. But if the same crime is committed by some powerful man belonging to wealthier section of the society the crime is simply a crime not an anti-national crime. Till 1992, north-east and Kashmir were the only states affected by terrorism. Why is terrorism spreading so fast now. Why people are not ready to think what happened two months before the Mumbai Blast? The Bombay 1992-93 pogram after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Arundhati Roy: She observed that 90% of the advertisement in media come from the urban and corporate section. So how can we expect them to support our cause? Judiciary an old enemy has more unquestioned powers than anywhere in the world. Judiciary is also supporting the new liberal projects and you are not allowed to criticise these judgements. Even if you have some concrete proof that a particular magistrate is corrupt or molested some women you cannot even file a petition against him. The Chief Justice of India has already observed that 60 to 70 % of the judiciary is corrupt Armed Forces Power Law gives the power to kill some one on suspicion. 45000 to 78000 people killed in Kashmir, around 10,000 disappeared Indian agencies are funding Islamic radical groups for their own purpose. They do not want to deal with real protest. Parliament was attacked on 13th December 2001. 5 dead-bodies were found and deputy PM claimed that since these 5 deadbodies looked like Pakistany and he claimed of Pakistan involvement. On false evidence they tried to start the nuclear war with Pakistan, 5 Lakh thousands of troops were deployed at the border, and ten thousand crore rupees were spent on this. Many soldiers died in mobilisation practice. All on false evidence. Worse than a fascist dictator is a fascist democrat. That is Narendra Modi Indian Democracy is a scam. Today Orissa that is home to 20% bauxite resources of the world is a scam of unbelievable greed and protestors are being killed not just by police bullets but also by wealthy NGOs. How can you talk about a fair election in Kashmir when 7,00,000 troops have been deployed there? Even traffic issues are sorted out using AK47s! The real challenge before us is how do we resist ? through non-violent Gandhian protest when Narendra Modi abuses this mode of protest ? Or through armed struggle ? we need to not simply mobilise against atrocities but also struggle and fight against the entire gamunt of injustice being perpetrated under the garb of Indian Democracy.
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