[Reader-list] Sep28,29:New Delhi: Invitation to a ‘PEOPLE’S HEARING ON FABRICATED CASES’

[Anivar Aravind]

Sep28,29:New Delhi: Invitation to a ‘PEOPLE’S HEARING ON FABRICATED CASES’
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Venue: Constitution Club, New Delhi
Dates: September 28 – 29, 2012, Friday, Saturday.
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The nightmare of the infamous Emergency of Mrs. Indira Gandhi was
supposed to be over in 1977 when it was lifted after two years due to
large scale public protest. Political parties, institutions and
individuals who defended Emergency were discredited. The sigh of
relief evoked a hope for a functioning democracy in India.

But today, we are entering into a similar phase of authoritarian
governance without any formal declaration of Emergency. This Silent
Emergency has regulated, controlled and restricted all space for
democratic public protests against ruling governments. Custodial
deaths and encounter killings have become a routine phenomenon. Rape,
murder, loot, torture and arrests in Manipur, Nagaland and other north
eastern states as well as Kashmir have even crossed the excesses of
the Emergency period. Many discriminatory laws have been enacted to
silence the Media without a censorship. Several discriminatory laws
were enacted to enhance and strengthen the power of the State over
civil society and crush dissent.

Laws to facilitate the corporate control and loot over the resources
of people are being enacted. This has also become a major reason for
the human rights violations against adivasis, dalits, minorities,
farmers, fisher people, workers, activists and human rights movements.
The human rights defenders who take up burning issues of the people
are being targeted. False cases are being fabricated against
activists, people’s movements, media, theatre activists, minorities,
self-determination movements, dalits and adivasis in a major way. Thus
thousands of innocent people are languishing in Indian jails without
any trial.

In this context of the Silent Emergency in our country we would like
to invite you to attend the ‘PEOPLE’S HEARING ON FABRICATED CASES’
which has the following objectives:

1. To defend fundamental rights, human rights and the Indian
Constitution to preserve our democracy
2. To popularize some of the most brazen cases of fabrication of false
charges against political dissidents and members of the Muslim, dalit
and adivasi communities
3. To facilitate further legal action for freedom of these innocent people
4. To generate pressure on the mainstream media to play a more
socially responsible role
5. To generate pressure on the institutions of Indian State for the
release of undertrials.

The Programme:
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The organizers expect the participation of around 50 victims, their
family members or friends whose testimonies will be heard by a jury
comprising of judges, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and
artists. After listening to all the presentations the Jury will report
their observations and conclusions with clear recommendations for
various institutions of the Indian State.

Organisers: Solidarity Youth Movement – Kerala, Indian Social Action
Forum – INSAF, PUCL, AISA, SIO, Right to Food Campaign, KSMTF (Kerala
Swathantra Matsya Tizhilali Federation), PPSS (Anti Posco Movement),
ICR, Focus on the Global South, Justice for Maudany Forum, Visual
Search, Moving Republic, SAHELI, Pedestrian Pictures, National
Campaign Against Fabrication of False Cases, www.fabricated.in, Jamia
Teachers Solidarity Assiciation, Jamia Student Solidarity Forum,
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, National Adivasi Alliance, Kabani –
The Other Direction, Human Rights Alert, Dalit Human Rights Movement
(DHRM) – Kerala, Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity, Action for
Social Equality, INSOCO – Indian Solidarity Committee for freedom
democracy & human rights, Center for Harmony and Peace – Varanasi,
PUDR, Socialist Front, Student of Resistance.


People’s Hearing on Fabricated Cases
Sept 28-29 Constitution Club, New Delhi

Programme Schedule
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28-09-2012, Friday
Inaugural Session: 10am – 11.30am

11.30am – 1.30pm

1 Koodankulam Anti Nuclear - -tbc-
2 Anti POSCO Struggle - Abhay Sahoo
3 Jaitapur Anti Nuclear - Vaishali Patil
4 Farmers Group, Madhya Pradesh - Dr. Sunilam
3 Jaitapur Anti Nuclear - Vaishali Patil
4 Farmers Group, Madhya Pradesh - Dr. Sunilam

LUNCH BREAK
2.30pm – 6pm


5 Journalist  Mhd Ahmed Kazmi - Shauzab Kazmi
6 Soni Sori - Himanshu Kumar
7 Gujarat Fabricated Cases - Zakiya Soman
8 Faseeh Mahmood - Sabih Mahmood
9 Journalist Shahina KK - Shahina KK
10 Seema Azad, UP Seema Azad
11 Jharkhand - Dayamani Barla
12 Odisha - Prafulla Samantara
13 Chattisgharh - Ajay T.G
14 DHRM, Kerala - Suresh
15 Email Surveillance Victims, Kerala - T. Mohammed Vellom

29-09-2012, Saturday

10am – 1.00pm

16 Kashmir & North East - Anjum Zamrud Habib, Babloo Loitongbam, Kaka D Iralu
17 Abdul Nasar Maudany - Dr. Sebastin Pol, Omar Mukhtar


LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm – 3.30pm

1 Prisoners Issue - SAR Geelani
2 Repressive Laws - Preeti Chauhan, PUDR
3 Increasing repressive state under neoliberalism - Colin Gonsalves

3.30pm – 6.00pm

Concluding Session: Comments from the Jury

Jury:

Justice Sachar
Dr. Binayak Sen
Saba Naqvi
Ajit Shahi
Dr. Ram Puniyani

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