why does our collective conscience not demand trials and hanging for others involved and directly responsible for heavIER casualties..the judges didnt' think twice before acquitting all those directly involved with the anti sikh riots.. and no one batted an eyelid.. dont' those casualites matter? or are lives georgraphically located around the parliament more important? and as for gujarat... no one is even holding their breath.. so what is this SELECTIVE collective conscience that we keep talking about!!!
On 5/28/10, Venugopalan K M <kmvenuan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why Afzal Must Not Be Hanged > By Nandita Haksar > > "..The Supreme Court of India acquitted Mohammad Afzal of the charges of > belonging to any terrorist organisation. There was not even an iota of > evidence produced by the prosecution to link Afzal with any banned > organisation. Secondly, Afzal was not directly involved in the killing of > anyone. Thirdly, the Supreme Court rejected his confession because it was > found to be extracted by torture... > > ...Despite this the Supreme Court sentenced Afzal Guru to death. Why? The > Supreme Court held: "The incident, which resulted in heavy casualties, had > shaken the entire nation and the collective conscience of the society will > only be satisfied if the capital punishment is awarded to the offender... > > ...In a resolution passed in Srinagar on September 24, 2005 the leaders of > the movement for Kashmir's self-determination asked the following question: > "We the people of Kashmir ask: why the collective conscience of Indians is > not shaken by the fact that a Kashmiri has been sentenced to death without a > fair trial, without a chance to represent himself? Throughout the trial at > the Sessions Court Mohammad Afzal asked the Judge to appoint a lawyer. He > even named various lawyers but they all refused to represent him. Is it his > fault that the Indian lawyers think it is more patriotic to allow a Kashmiri > to die rather than ensure he gets a fair trial?.. > > This resolution was signed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Shabir Ahmad Shah, > Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Mian Abdul Qayyoom and Nisar Mir. > > ...Now once again Afzal is being hanged by the media..." > > > > > > > http://www.countercurrents.org/haskar270510.htm > > If Azal is hanged today will it resolve any problem? Will it satisfy the > conscience of this country? Will all those gunning for him feel any safer? > The answer to all these questions is 'no'. Hanging Afzal under the pressure > of the Hindu Right-wing lobby would only endanger Indian security and would > be a stigma on Indian democracy > > > > -- > > > You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up > a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on > the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. > -AMBEDKAR > > > > http://venukm.blogspot.com > > http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur > > http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<humanrights-movement%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movem...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
