[Reader-list] "Oppose Draconian UAPA"

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Freedom and right to express ones thoughts are being used by the naxal
sympathisers to subvert democratic rule of the nation, not that this form of
rule is perfect and without flaws, but the violent means instead of ballot
and use of force to subvert the rule of laws is the issue with naxalism. the
naxal sympathisers with romance in their thoughts do not know the agenda of
the naxal leadership of trying to be seats of power to be rulers, the cadres
sacrificing, leaders living in hiding with all comforts, intellectuals
selling/ nay prostituting their intellect for naxalism .!



On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Rahul Pandita <rahulpandita at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Like Che said, if you distribute food to the poor, you are dubbed a saint.
> So, we have a Kripalu Maharaj calling people in U.P. to his ashram for a
> steel tumbler and a towel. To manage the crowds, his securitymen throw water
> aka Delhi Police style on the crowd resulting in stampede. But he is still a
> saint.
>
> But if you ask why the poor don't have food then you are a communist. Or,
> as it happens now, a Maoist. That is not all. If you a Bhagat Singh photo on
> your desk, you'll be put in under the UAPA. If you have a book on mining on
> your shelf, you'll be in under the UAPA. If you raise questions over why 60
> lakh people need to be displaced for CWG in delhi, you'll be in under the
> UAPA. If you go visit a Naxal ideologue in the prison in the capacity of a
> journalist, you'll be in under the UAPA.
>
> These are dark times, my dear friends. And as that old woman says in
> Sanjay's film: "What can one say about the dark times."
>
>
> Rahul Pandita   www.sanitysucks.blogspot.com  Mobile: 9818088664
>
>
> --- On Sat, 8/5/10, Sanjay Kak <kaksanjay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Sanjay Kak <kaksanjay at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] "Oppose Draconian UAPA"
> > To: "Sarai Reader List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Saturday, 8 May, 2010, 11:52
>  > Here is a Press Release in connection
> > with the latest from the
> > Ministry of Home Affairs
> > Best
> >
> > Sanjay Kak
> >
> > -----------------------
> >
> > Press release
> >
> > Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations, CDRO
> >
> > Oppose Draconian UAPA
> >
> > 7th May 2010
> >
> > The most recent alert (regarding use of section 39, UAPA)
> > issued by
> > the government in so called ‘public interest’ has
> > brought out in the
> > open what had so far been implicit in its anti-Maoist
> > policy. The
> > purpose of the circular is to intimidate voices of protests
> > and
> > dissent over government policies, particularly Operation
> > Green Hunt.
> > The statement criminalizes dissent and makes a mockery of
> > the spirit
> > of critical inquiry which is at the foundation of a strong
> > democracy.
> > As members of civil rights groups we consider the statement
> > as an
> > attack on civil society and reminiscent of the Emergency
> > era.
> >
> > The contents of the circular show complete disregard of the
> > concerns
> > expressed by Supreme Court when it rebuked the Chhattisgarh
> > government
> > for labelling human rights activists and legitimate
> > activities as
> > ‘sympathetic’ to ‘naxals’, or the more recent
> > concerns expressed by
> > the Chief Justice over the government’s war against its
> > own people. It
> > is not surprising that the government has also chosen to
> > ignore the
> > ‘sympathetic’ and undoubtedly saner voices in its own
> > ranks, which
> > have a different perspective on addressing the problem.
> >
> > We condemn the government’s threat to use extraordinary
> > draconian laws
> > such as UAPA to constrain freedom of expression and free
> > and informed
> > debate on issues which are of crucial importance for the
> > country. We
> > further condemn the government for targeting political and
> > civil
> > rights groups who are doing no more than carrying out their
> > democratic
> > responsibility of ensuring equal protection of the
> > Constitution to all
> > sections of society.
> >
> > Signed by:
> >
> > Association for Democratic Rights (AFDR, Punjab); Andhra
> > Pradesh Civil
> > Liberties Committee (APCLC, Andhra Pradesh); Association
> > for
> > Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR, West Bengal); Bandi
> > Mukti
> > Committee (West Bengal); Committee for Protection of
> > Democratic Rights
> > (CPDR, Nagpur); Coordination of Human Rights (COHR,
> > Manipur); Campaign
> > for Peace and Democracy in Manipur (CPDM, Delhi); Human
> > Rights Forum
> > (HRF, Andhra Pradesh); Lokshahi Hak Sangathana (LHS,
> > Maharashtra);
> > Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS, Assam); Naga People’s
> > Movement for
> > Human Rights (NPMHR); Organization for Protection of
> > Democratic Rights
> > (OPDR, Andhra Pradesh); People’s Committee for Human
> > Rights (PCHR,
> > Jammu and Kashmir); People’s Democratic Forum (PDF,
> > Karnataka);
> > People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL, National);
> > PUCL
> > (Chhattisgarh); PUCL (Jharkhand); PUCL (Nagpur); PUCL
> > (Rajasthan);
> > People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR, Delhi);
> > People’s Union for
> > Human Rights (PUHR, Haryana)
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Rajen.