[Reader-list] Fwd: [pudr] Join Dharna to protest the arrest of Shamim Modi

[Nagraj Adve]

>  *People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR)*
> **
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> Dear friends,
>
> You must be aware that Shamim Modi, an activist of Shramik Adivasi
> Sangathan and the Vice President of Samajwadi Jan Parishad, was arrested on
> 10 February. Yesterday she was remanded to judicial custody for another 14
> days.
>
> She has been engaged in the issues of adivasis and mill-workers in Harda
> M.P for many years. The ongoing struggles of workers in saw-mills and
> plywood factories demanding proper working conditions and against the
> rampant violation of labour laws had led the industries association to
> demand the arrest of Shamim Modi and her husband. The government has
> obliged.
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> The criminal charge levelled against her pertains to a case filed two years
> ago. This case was filed against her because her organisation had
> intervened in an instance of brutality against tribals by the forest officer
> and his staff. In any case she had obtained bail in the matter.
>
> The present arrest is being continued on the basis of the government's
> claims in court that Shamim Modi has been indulging in anti-state
> activities. The issue is serious since mere utterances by the prosecution
> without a scrap of evidence of any anti-state activity is being accepted by
> the court to prolong detention. More so, because the arrest is being
> conduted at the behest of mill-owners to prevent labourers from expressing
> their legitimate and just demands.
>
> * Protest the Continued Detention of Shamim Modi
>
> * *Join a protest dharna at M.P. Bhawan, Chanakyapuri at 11:30 a.m. on
> Friday, 27 February 2009.*
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>  *Shamim Modi has done her M.A. degree from Lady Shriram College,
> University of Delhi, M.Phil from TISS Mumbai and L.L.B. from Bhopal
> University. The vice president of Samajwadi Jan Parishad, MP, she has
> contested two assembly elections and a parliament election. She has filed a
> number of cases of tribal and labour rights at the MP High Court. ShamimModi was a member of the Tribal Subgroup of the Planning Commission of India
> that was involved in preparing the 11th five year plan. She has been a
> trustee with renowned social worker late Baba Amte and Maedha Patkar in the
> Jan Sahyog Trust.*
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