Terrorism

Terrorism and Judicial Reforms

justice Suresh, Hosbet.jpgShivanand Kanavi interviewed Justice Hosbet Suresh (Retd) recently regarding several topical issues regarding terrorism and the law and urgent reforms required in the judicial system in India. Here are excerpts:

 


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

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

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.

Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association - Resolutions adopted at the All India Convention on State, Democracy and ‘Terrorism’

Resolutions adopted at the All India Convention on State, Democracy and ‘Terrorism’: One Year after Batla House ‘Encounter’, 1st October, Jamia Millia Islamia.

NAPM condemns murder of its Karnataka state convenor

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

Peoples Tribunal on the Atrocities Committed against Minorities In The Name Of Fighting Terrorism

22-24 August 2008 at Hyderabad:

Jury Members

Justice Sardar Ali Khan- Retired Judge, AP High Court

Justice S.N. Bhargava-Retired Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court

Mr KG Kannabiran- National President, PUCL

Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer- Chairman, Centre For Study of Society and Secularism

Prashant Bhushan- Advocate, Supreme Court

Stop State Sponsored Attacks on Rights Activists

Dr. Binayak Sen, an active national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)

Violence of the Invisible 9/11

50 years of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act

11th September 2008: On 22nd May 1958, the Government of India promulgated an ordinance called the Armed Forces Special Powers Ordinance

Meetings in London call for peace in South Asia and an end to US interference in the region

P1070253.JPGThe Indian Workers Association (GB) organised two public meetings in London, one at the Dominion Arts Education Centre, Southall and another at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on the theme of “Peace in South Asia”.
 

Mumbai Terror Attacks – A Wake Up Call - Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan Maharashtra Committee

Let us Unite and Demand a Renewal of the Political Process!