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Condemn The Arrest Of Senior Journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi

By Concernrned Citizens

10 March, 2012
Countercurrents.org

The undersigned condemn the arrest of senior journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with the attack on Israeli diplomat last month. Mr. Kazmi’s arrest is reminiscent of the arrest and false allegations against another veteran journalist, Iftikhar Gilani, several years ago. We fear that Mr. Kazmi may be made a scapegoat in order to please an international lobby. It is no secret that Israel held Iran culpable within minutes of the attack, and there has been immense pressure on India to sever its ties with Iran—both from Israel and US (to the extent that US displayed its obvious unhappiness to foreign secretary Ranjan Mathaiwith the fact that India was not heeding the unilateral sanctions imposed by the US on Iran).

Israel also pressured India to support a resolution condemning “Iranian terrorism” in the UN Security Council. While the Indian government has so far held out against the pressure, even refusing to implicate Iran in the attack, a recent report in Jerusalem Post stated that, “Israel provided the Indian authorities with information on two suspects in the attack connected with Iran” (http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=257830). Has Mr. Kazmi been picked up upon tips provided by Israeli agencies? How credible can these inputs be, given Israel’s clear intent to condemn and implicate Iran as the source of the attack? We are anxious that the Persian-knowing Mr. Kazmi, a journalist with the Iranian News agency, IRNA, who would obviously be in regular touch with his sources and employers in Iran and the Iranian embassy, is being targeted precisely because of these reasons.

Mr. Kazmi is well respected and known to the journalist fraternity for his professional integrity. We demand that he be immediately released on bail and the due process of law followed.

In solidarity,

1. Aamir Idrisi, President, Association of Muslim Professionals

2. Abdul Daiyan, social activist, Bihar

3. Abu Zafar Adil Azmi, Special Correspondent, Afkar-e-Milli

4. Achin Vanaik, writer, activist

5. Afroz Alam Sahil, Editor, Beyondheadlines

6. Ajit Sahi, Senior Journalist, Delhi

7. Anuradha Bhasin, Editor, Kashmir Times

8. Arundhati Roy, Writer and Activist

9. Asad Zaidi

10. Azam Khan, social activist, Hyderabad

11. Bhavna Sharma, social activists, Anhad

12. Bobby Kunhu

13. Dilip Khan, Journalist

14. Dr Anand Pradhan

15. Dr. Hilal Ahmed, Associate Fellow, CSDS

16. Dr. Saroj Giri, University of Delhi

17. Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, Editor, the Milli Gazette

18. Farah Naqvi, Writer & Activist, Delhi

19. Fr Cedric Prakash, Human Rights Activist

20. Gauhar Iqbal, Palestine Foundation

21. Hanif Lakdawala, social activist, Gujarat

22. Harsh Kapoor, SACW.net

23. Hilal Ahmed

24. Imran Khan, social activist, Anhad

25. Jawed Naqvi, Senior Journalist

26. John Dayal, Member, National Integration Council

27. Kamayani Bali Mahabal

28. Khadeeja Arif, BBC News

29. Khurshid Anwar

30. KN Panikkar, Historian

31. Kundan Pandey, Journalist

32. Madhuresh Kumar

33. Mahesh Bhatt, Filmmaker

34. Mahtab Alam, Civil Rights Activist and Freelance Journalist

35. Manisha Sethi, Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association

36. Mansi Sharma, Social Activist

37. Md. Ali, Twocircles.Net

38. Mukul Dube

39. Mukul Kesavan, writer and historian

40. Mumtaz Alam Falahi, Editor, Twocircles.Net

41. Nandita Das, film actress

42. Navaid Hamid, Member, National Integration Council

43. Neshat Quaiser, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

44. Panini Anand, Editor, Pratirodh

45. Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, JNU

46. Prof. Anwar Alam, Center for West Asian Studies, Jamia

47. Prof. Apoorvanand, Delhi University

48. Prof. Jairus Banaji, Historian

49. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, JNU

50. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, JNU

51. Prof. Nirmalangshu Mukherjee, University of Delhi

52. Prof. Shohini Ghosh, MCRC, Jamia

53. Ram Puniyani, social activist, writer

54. Sadiq Naqvi, Journalist

55. Sanjay Kak, Filmmaker

56. Sanjay Sharma, social activist, Anhad

57. Satya Sivaraman, journalist

58. Seema Mustafa, Senior Journalist

59. Shabnam Hashmi, Social Activist, ANHAD

60. Shafi Mahajir ,advocate Hyderabad

61. Sharmila Tagore, Actor

62. Shivam Vij

63. Sohail Hashmi, filmmaker, writer

64. Soheb Niazi

65. Sucheta Dey, President, JNU Student Union

66. Sukumar Muralidharan, journalist

67. Tanveer Hussain, activist, Kashmir

68. Tarique Anwar, Journalist

69. Vijayan MJ, Activist

70. Vivan Sundaram, artist

71. Waliullah Laskar, Activist

72. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat

73. Zoobi Amir, Film Maker Delhi

74. Binu Mathew, Editor, Countercurrents.org

 

 



 


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