Human Rights Organisations Express Concern
On Abdul Nasser Ma’dani's Case
By Concerned Citizens & Organisations
07 August, 2011
Countercurrents.org
We the following organisations and concerned individuals hereby express the following concerns:
We are shocked at the way Abdul Nasser Ma’dani, his family and supporters have been harassed for a long period by the Karnataka government. Earlier Ma’dani, falsely accused in the Coimbatore blast case, was in jail for more than nine years after which the judge felt he was innocent. This itself is a statement on the way the executive machinery, judiciary and legislature works in this country. If this had happened in any other country, he would have been legally provided compensation for the human rights violation he suffered due to his wrong arrest under fabricated charges.
The human rights violation of Abdul Nasser Ma’dani is also a symbol of the way religious minorities have become second class citizens in the world’s largest democracy. We believe that what Ma’dani is facing today is due the fact that he is a spiritual leader of one of the minority communities in India. We condemn the process of fabrication of false cases against minorities and the activists of people’s movements. We demand immediate release Abdul Nasser Ma’dani as well as withdrawal of false charges against minorities dalits, adivasis and people’s movements.
We are also shocked at the way the Indian media in general has reported the case of Ma’dani’s harassment giving only the viewpoint of the police and Indian state. At the same time when independent journalists like Shahina of Tehelka have dared to investigate the case and expose the scandal the Karnataka state administration has chosen to foist false charges against her too! The persecution of Shahina is a grave threat to the freedom of speech and to the fundamentals of Indian democracy itself.
Another matter of great concern is the growing saffronisation of the Indian administration itself whereby police and other agencies blatantly discriminate against Muslims, treating the entire community as ‘terrorism suspects’. There are hundreds if not thousands of Muslim youth in Indian prisons on false charges and denied basic justice in a phenomenon that is a shame to the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
We call upon the Indian government and all its agencies to uphold the rule of law and implement the secular and democratic principles of the Indian Constitution and stop behaving as if the country has become a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. In the absence of fairness to the large populations of dalits, adivasis and Muslims living in this country the future for Indian democracy can only be bleak and a recipe for perpetual conflict.
1. Aruna Roy
2. Anand Patwarthan, Film Maker
3. Dr. Binayak Sen
4. Matahny Saldanah ,Chair Person, National Fish Workers’ Forum (NFF)
5. Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation
6. Theeradesha Mahila Vedhi
7. PUCL, Rajasthan
8. Bharathiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
9. Fr. George, Director, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
10. INSAF
11. PPSS (Anti-POSCO Movement)
12. Moving Republic
13. New Socialist Alternative
14. SICHREM
15. Pedestrian Pictures
16. IMS
17. Dr. Ilina Sen
18. Pathabhedam Magazine
19. PV Sudheer Kumar, Convener, Anti-Endosulfan Movement, Kasargod
20. National Adivasi Alliance
21. Kabani, The other Direction
22. C.R. Neelakandan, Writer, Activist
23. Visual Search
24. Orissa Manavik Adhikar Surakhya
25. Environmental Support group.
26. Human Rights Alert,Manipur
27. Prafulla Samanthra, National Convener, NAPM
28. Tamil Solidarity
27. Campaign to Reclaim Democracy
28. United Socialist Party (CWI- Sri Lanka)
29. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
30. Common Concern, Bhubaneswar
31. OMASA, Bhubaneswar
32. Banabasi Surakshya Parishad, Kandhamal
33. Coastal Community Protection Movement, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
34. Unorganised Workers Federation, Tamil Nadu
35. National Alliance of People’s Movement - Tamil Nadu
36. Tamil Nadu Domestic Workers’ Movement, Chennai
37. Coastal Women Protection Movement, Chennai & Tiruvallur - Tamil Nadu
38. Pavement Dwellers Rights Association, Chennai
39. Coastal People Federation (CPF),Thoothukudi
40. Karangal Women Federation, Thoothukudi
41. Women's Collectives, Thoothukudi
42. Ramand Fish Workers Trade Union (RFTU),Ramanad
43. Kudalura Ulaikum Pakal Munani, Thoothukudi
44. Sahodharya Prasthanam
45. Justetia
46. Manushyavakasha Samrakshana Kendram
47. Navajanathipathya Prasthanam
48. Solidarity Youth Movement, Kerala
49. Sadhujana vimochana samithy
50. Kerala Dalit Mahasabha
51. Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity
52. Action for Social Equality
53. PUCL, Bangalore
54. K.E.N
55. Grow Vasu
56. K. Ajitha, Anweshi, Calicut
57. Civik Chandran, Calicut
58. Adv. S. Balaraman
59. Fr. Abraham Joseph
60. Adv. P.A. Pouran
61. O. Abdulrahman
62. Jameelaprakasham, M.L.A.
63. Neelalohidadasan Nadar
64. P.I. Noushad
65. T. Peter
66. Laha Gopalan, Leader, Chengara Struggle.
67. Joy Kaitharath
68. Vilayodivenugopal, Plachimada Struggle
69. M.R. Sudhesh.
70. Ekta, Mumbai
71. Aman Samudaya, Gujarat.
72. OMASA, Bhubaneswar
73. Jana Vikas, Kandhamal
74. Catholic Charities, Khurdha Road,
75. Gramya Pragati, Kandhamal
76. Dr Anand Teltumbde , Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights - CPDR, Mumbai
77. Dr. Sunilam , Indian Solidarity Committee for Democracy, Freedom & human rights - INSOCO
78. Chitranjan Singh PUCL (National Secretary)
79. Dayamani Barla, Adivasi Astitva Raksha Manch, Jharkhand
80. Gautam Bandhopadhyay, Nadi Ghati Morcha, Chhatisgarh
81. Guman Singh, Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, Himachal Pradesh
82. Hiren Gandhi Ahmeabad, Samvedan Cultural Programe
83. Naga Peoples' Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR)
84. The Other Media
85. Utkarsh Sinha , Center for Contemporary Studies & Research, Lucknow, UP
86. Anil Chaudhary, Popular Education & Action Centr(PEACE), New Delhi
87. Irfan Ahmed, LOK MANCH, Aurangabad, Bihar
88. Virendra Vidrohi, Matsya Mewat Shiksha Vikas Sansthan (MMSVS), Alwar, Rajasthan
89. Jameela Nishat, Shaheen (Women Resource Centre), Hyderabad, AP
90. Adv. Rajendran, SRAVANTHI, Chittor, AP
91. P. Joseph Victor, HOPE, Pudducherry
92. Hema Kabrawal, Uttarakhand Nadi Bacho Abhiyan, Uttarakhand
93. D Leena, Social Development Foundation, New Delhi
94. Shiamala Baby, Forum for Women’s Rights & Development (FORWORD), Tambaram-Chennai, TN
95. Manoj Singh, Peoples’ Forum, Gorakhpur, UP
96. Kamal Kumar, Loktantrik Janadhikar Manch, Lucknow, UP
97. Ram Kumar, Dynamic Action Group, UP
98. Ashish Awasthi, Shahari Gareeb Kamgar Sangharsh Morcha, Lucknow, UP
99. Ramkrishna Shukla, Pahuj Vikas Manch, UP
100. Azma Aziz, SABAK Manch, UP
101. Nazim Ansari, AKSU, Allahbad, UP
102. Ajay Moreya, Jan Vignyan Samiti, Bihar
103. Motilal Anand, Ati Dalit Forum, Bihar
104. Sahahjahan Shaad, Aman Committee, Bihar
105. Sastanand Sharma, ITUC, Bihar
106. Sadhana, Mahila Manch, Begusarai, Bihar
107. Vijaya, Dalit Women Forum, Secunderabad, AP
108. Mohan Kantpal, Uttarakhand Hakkdhari Manch
109. Mohan Kantpal, Uttarakhand Parivartan Party
110. Prabhat Dhyani, Mahila Ekta Parishad, Uttarakhand
111. Govindsinh Mehra, Uttarakhand Sarpanch Sanghatan, Uttarakhand
112. Premsingh, Alaknanda Vichar Sangh, Uttarakhand
113. Sandhya Anand, Mahila Jagran, Bihar
114. Kisan Morcha, Bikaner, Rajasthan
115. Center for Social Initiatives, Gorakhpur, UP
116. Mahila Morcha, Banswara, Rajasthan
117. Dalit Sena, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
118. Apada Nivarak Manch, UP
119. Kalyani Menon-Sen, New Delhi
120. Dr. Saroop Dhruv, Ahmedabad
121. Dr. Sebastian Paul
122. Basurendra Babu
123. Swami Vishwabhadhrananda Shakthi Bodhi
124. May 17 Movement, Tamilnadu
125. Tamil Solidarity
126. Campaign to Reclaim Democracy
127. Peoples' Solidarity Concerns
128. Karnataka Jana Sakthi
129. Samanatha Mahila Vedike
130. .Peoples’ Democratic Forum
131. Stree Jagruti Samiti
132. Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike
133. People’s Watch
134. Human Rights Defenders’ Alert
135. Common Concern
136. BhubaneswarBanabasi Surakshya Parisad Kandhamal
137. Students Christian Movement of India (SCMI)
138. Jatadhar Bachao Andolan
139. Rajdhani Basti Unneyan Parishat, Bhubaneswar.
140. Roy David, National Adivasi Alliance
141. Tribal Joint Action Karnataka
142. Budakattu Krishikaru Sangam
143. Mandigere Chikkamangluru Karnataka
144. INSAF Karnadaka Sanchulaku Karnataka
145. BKS , NR Pura
146. BKS President, Somwarpet Taluk, Kodagu District.
147. Robin , Keraleeyam
148. Pushparayan, Coastal Peoples’ Federation
149. Ajayan, RIGHTS
150. B.R.P Bhaskar
151. Satya Sagar, journalist/activist
152. Binayaksen.net
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