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From: venukm <[email protected]>
Date: Dec 17, 7:39 pm
Subject: Justice for Soofia Madani
To: Green Youth Movement
I think the statement has already been endorsed (by me) through a
link in face book.
Anyways, like to reiterate support for all future democratic
initiatives in this regard.
Best,
K.M.Venugopalan
On Dec 17, 12:18 pm, Mahtab Alam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All,
> *
> Find below the statement for endorsement and a rough translation of the
> madhyamam editorial on the issue.*
> *Kindly endorse,forward and recomend it for endorsement. *
> regards,
> hany.
> We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life,have come to
> know that the Kerala police has charge sheeted Soofiya Madani for her
> alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not want
> to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe that the
> rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail.
> However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists,
> students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being
> imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long
> years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, by
> the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected to all
> kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has also played a
> huge role in subverting the judicial process by sensationalizing these cases
> and publishing baseless stories without any proper investigation.
> Given how the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya
> Madani - often using highly questionable anti-muslim represenstaions - we
> fear that her basic constitutional rights might be violated in the coming
> days. We want to raise our collective voices against such an event and we
> strongly call on all concerned authorities to prevent any such violation
> from happening.
> In Solidarity,
> Hany Babu,Associate Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi
> Mahtab Alam, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
> John Dayal, Member, National Intregation Council, GoI
> Ajit Sahi, Editor at Large, Tehelka
> Prof. A K Ramakrishnan, JNU
> Jenny Rowuena, Assistant Professor, Delhi University
> Sri Jitha, Assistant Professor, Delhi university
> Sree Rekha, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
> --
> MD. MAHTAB ALAM
> [email protected]
> Phone:+ 91-9811209345
> Soofiya Madani.doc
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