[Reader-list] Fwd: How about death for Gujarat's rapists, Mr.Advani?

[vidya shah]

>From: Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com>
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>Lehar sethi zaidi <leharz at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>PETITION:
>We, the citizens of India, find the Home Minister LK Advanis statement that
>‘rape should be punished by death’ misleading, shocking and insincere, in
>view of the following:
>
>1. His party’s consistent refusal to provide even preliminary justice to
>thousands of gang rape victims in Gujarat, crimes which were organized and
>perpetrated by his party workers/ people he supports including Chief
>Minister Modi( provided a clean chit by Mr Advani himself)
>
>2. The statement of the head of the National Commission for Women, Smt
>Purnima Advani, appointed by his party, that ‘rapes are commonplace’ and
>therefore even preliminary justice and filing of FIRs was not ‘allowed’ by
>his government and its representatives the Gujarat state government.
>
>3. The statement of his NDA government’s convenor and then Defence minister
>George Fernandes: that ‘rape has been happening for 50 years’ and Shri
>Advani’s steady support of it.
>
>4. Please find attached the petition signed over the last 6 months, which
>has been seeking justice for the sexual violence victims of Gujrat - 
>justice
>which has been completely denied with not a single rapist’s arrest and
>prosecution. The three basic demands for justice made by the country wide
>appeals of Indian women have still NOT BEEN MET.
>
>This therefore proves Mr.Advani’s statement as insincere, insulting and
>demeaning to the dignity of Indian women.
>List of 4000+ Singnatures available upon request.
>
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>ORIGINAL PETITION TO MR ADVANI'S GOVT: SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE LAST 6 
>MONTHS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT
>
>Who is India's Defence Minister really defending?
>As citizens of India and especially women citizens of India, the Defense
>Minister George Fernandes’s shocking statement in parliament and the NDA
>government’s support of it has outraged and agonized us. His statement
>(Hindustan Times, May 5th 2002.):
>
>Television cameras captured the moment when the Defence Minister of India
>spoke as the Defence Minister of criminals who had perpetrated grotesque
>acts of violence against women and children in Gujarat. He said in his
>speech in Parliament during the debate on Gujarat under Rule 184, "A woman
>with her womb cut open and her foetus torn out, women raped, we have heard
>these stories for 50 years"
>We as Indian women and citizens are amazed at this callous denial of
>humanity and life to hundreds of women victims of brutal sexual and 
>physical
>violence. In a situation where hundreds of women victims are not even able
>to file FIRs and bring perpetrators to justice, the Defense Minister’s
>statement comes as a body blow to the dignity and hope for justice for
>Indian women. His dismissive and contemptuous attitude and utterances
>directed at the victims and activists seeking justice exemplifies the
>non-condemnation of the brutalities committed upon the women, which
>characterizes the insensitivity that prevails in the hallways of national
>and state power. These actions and utterances becomes an endorsement of
>these crimes against humanity and should be treated as his accepting these
>horrendous assaults as non-criminal. It violates every tenet in the UN
>declaration of Human rights and the National Policy on Women.
>We the Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain and all other women of all the
>faiths that call India home demand an immediate apology from the Defense
>Minister. Failing which we demand his ouster from the government. We cannot
>trust such a regressive and insensitive individual with our personal and
>national security.
>
>And as part of a wider struggle for the restoration of the rule of law and
>Constitution in Gujarat we stand in camaraderie with women’s organisations
>throughout India, who will be observing May 13 as a day of solidarity with
>the women victims of Gujarat. We support their three demands which are:
>- Immediate filing of FIRs in cases of sexual assault and violence against
>women and arrest of all those named;
>- The institution of special courts with a time-bound mandate in all such
>cases;
>- Rehabilitation measures specifically designed for families rendered 
>female
>headed because male members were killed.
>We urge all citizens and especially our women citizens to join in raising
>this voice for those weeping women of Gujarat who lost so much more than
>words can ever convey. Let rhetoric give way to humanity.
>
>
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