By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In order to create human rights awareness among the common masses some civil rights organizations organized a public meeting and a candle vigil on the eve of the World Human Rights Day on 10 December at Batla House Chowk, a locality in Jamia Nagar.
Urging all section of the society to come forward and work together for the upliftment of Muslim community, Faisal Khan, a prominent social activist said: “Gross violation of the human rights of the community is one of the main reasons for its backwardness and therefore, it’s our moral and social responsibility to work for the protection of its human rights.”
Asad Ashraf addressing the gathering
The meeting was participated by enthusiastic youths including students of Jamia Millia Islamia, civil rights activists and religious leaders.
Asad Ashraf, a student leader passionately talked about the human rights violation perpetrated by the Indian state on day to day basis, “be it malnutrition and denial of rights to the dispossessed or the cold blooded murder of innocent youths at Batla House on the name of encounter.”
Other speakers including Fateh Mohammad Nadwee, Neeraj, Danish and Akram Akhtar talked about larger human rights violation of more than fifty percent of the population on the name of industrialization and development.
What is the awareness about human rights among the common masses can be understood from the fact that when this correspondent talked to Md. Ashfaque Alam, a vegetable seller next to the venue of the public meeting, he said that some thing related to Muharram was going on in the meeting.
The above mentioned episode highlights all the more need to create awareness that there is a thing called human rights ensured by the Constitution of India and various UN Conventions.
The meeting was jointly organized by National Alliance for People’s Movement (NAPM), Asha Pariwar, Yuva Koshish, N.S.A.F. and Lohiya Vichar Manch.