State Terrorism

Is the UPA government really accountable to the people?

Posted Fri, 2010-06-11 16:11 by S Raghavan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently presented his government’s report on completion of the first year of the second stint of the UPA government. The report is pretentiously called the 'The Report to the People -- 2009-10'.

A Pretext to Impose Brutal Repression: the Government's "Offensive" Is a Formula for Bloodshed and Injustice

Posted Tue, 2009-10-20 13:39 by admin

lalgarh.jpgThe Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national platform of adivasi and forest dwellers' mass organisations from ten States, unequivocally condemns the reported plans for a military “offensive” by the government in the country's major forest and tribal areas.

LRS Mumbai condemns the murderous attack on TISS faculty, Ms. Shamim Modi, and demands that all responsible for the attack be given exemplary punishment

Posted Wed, 2009-10-07 16:00 by admin
shamim.jpgOn 23rd July 2009 Shamim Modi, the vice president of Samajwadi Jan Parishad & presently an Assistant Professor at the Tata Instititue of Social Sciences, Mumbai, was brutally attacked at her rented flat in Vasai by the watchman of the building.

Punish the guilty - Please Join Protest Demonstration against the State Terrorism in Manipur at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 17 August 2009 at 1 p.m.

Posted Sat, 2009-08-15 12:55 by admin

In Manipur the right to life is under suspension. The communities that are living in the valley are suppressed under the reign of terror perpetrated by the Manipur Police Commando (MPC) and the other oppressive armed forces. Those who are living in the hills, the first to suffer under the draconian Armed Forces Special Power’s Act 1958 are raising the voice against the proposed deployment of the MPC & Indian Reserved Battalion.

Protest action in Delhi against state terror in Manipur

Posted Mon, 2009-08-10 18:09 by admin
Students, intellectuals and activists of more than 50 mass organizations staged a militant protest action at Manipur House on Sardar Patel Marg in New Delhi on August 4. They were protesting against the fake “encounter” killing of a youth in the heart of Imphal city on July23, which also resulted in the death of another young women and injuries to several others. The protest action was organized jointly by the Manipur Students Association-Delhi (MSAD) and several other organizations.

Protest actions in Manipur against fake “encounter killing”

Posted Mon, 2009-08-10 18:03 by admin
People all over Imphal came out in massive protest actions, condemning the brutal state terror, following revelations about the fake encounter killing by the Manipur Police Commandos (MPC) in Imphal on July 23.

Fake “encounter killing” in Manipur – state terror continues unabated

Posted Mon, 2009-08-10 17:59 by admin
The “encounter killing” of a youth, Chungkham Sanjit, by the Manipur Police Commandos (MPC) on July 23, in Imphal city, in broad daylight, about 500 m from the State Assembly, has led to mass protests all over the state of Manipur as well as in Delhi and other places. A 23 year pregnant woman was also killed and 5 others injured in the incident.

Shopian and the Struggle for Human Rights in Kashmir

Posted Tue, 2009-07-28 18:53 by admin
According to The Hindu of July 21, 2009,  ``The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s direction to conduct narco-analysis test on the two police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of Neelofar Jan and Aasiya Jan from Shopian.'' 

MSAD statement

Posted Tue, 2009-07-14 11:30 by admin

on the occasion of the rally against the Malevolent Politics of the Government of India (GOI) in North Cachar Hills, Assam on 6 July 2009, at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.

NAPM condemns murder of its Karnataka state convenor

Posted Mon, 2009-06-22 13:02 by admin

We are shocked to learn of the gruesome murder of senior activist and campaigner for prohibition of liquor, Mr. A.T. Babu