[Reader-list] URGENT APPEAL

[Anjali Sagar]

From: "Vijaya Mulay" <vijayamulay at hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:48:45 +0000
To: starchild at anjalika.demon.co.uk
Cc: tapan at safhr.org, suhasinimulay at yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Fw: URGENT APPEAL

Dear Anjali 

You might have already received the info contained in this e mail. I have
known Gautam for ages. he is one of the nicest persons that i know. Please
inform your multitude if you have not already done so. Munni has already
sent e-mail to Tapan to enquire what can be done from here.

Akka
> 
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tapan 
>To: Bandana Shrestha
>Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:47 PM
>Subject: URGENT APPEAL
> 
> 
>URGENT: Arrest of Human Rights Activist in New Delhi, India.
>Mr. Gautam Navlakha, human rights activist and assistant editor of Economic and
Political Weely was forcibly taken away at about 5.30 p.m (Indian Time) from
Treveni Kala Sangam, (a cultual complex) in New Delhi. At the time of his
illegal arrest, Mr. Navlakha was talking to Ms. Rama Laxmi, correspondent of
the Washington Post. According to Ms. Rama Laxmi, about four persons in
plain clothes overpowered Mr. Navlakha and virtually dragged him out of the
cafeteria of the cultutral complex. He was not allowed to speak or do
anything. Ms. Rama Laxmi has informed Ms. Nitya RamaKrishnan, human Rights
lawyer that the abductors of Mr. Navlakha asked her about her identity.
After being informed that she was a correspondent of the Washington Post,
they told her that they were from the intillegence department.We have no
informatrion about the identity of his abductors or his current whereabouts.
> 
>It may be pertinent to add that Mr. Navlakha is the convenor of the defence
committee for the accused in the December 13 bombing of Indian Parliament.
Three Kashmir Muslims have been accues in this case by the police. All of
them are being tried under the new anti terrorist act called "Prevention of
Terrorism Act". 
> 
>I request you to take immediate action in this case in the interest of safety
of Mr. Navlakha. 
> 
>Tapan K. Bose 
>Secretary General 
>South Asia Forum for Human Rights.
> 
>For further information please contact:
> 
>Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Lawyer
>Tel: (Mobile) +91-98102-60675
>Tel: +91-11- 3710748
> 
>Mr. Ashok Agrwaal 
>Tel: (Mobile) +91-9810098466
>Tel: +91-11-3714531




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