By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee of India [CLMC] on the 63rd International Human Rights Day on 10th December paid homage to all human rights activists who sacrificed their lives on struggle for human rights. The group expressed its solidarity with all human rights activists around the world, facing harassments and languishing in jails, just because they questioned the state on their atrocities and violations.
Though the United Nations [UN] Commission for Human Rights (UNCHR) declared the year 2011, on the name of human rights defenders, CLMC in its special report released on Saturday, expressed its deep concern over the Human Rights violations even under its supervision as the UNCHR has now turned out to be a silent spectator. The UN has failed to take notice of the atrocities carried out by the American Forces, NATO and the Israel world wide.
On the national level CLMC report condemned the state attitude towards the democratic rights of people by even waging the war against them; with state atrocities like ‘Operation Green Hunt’. The report drove attention to the fact that innocent people are forced to languish in jails, just because they have ideological differences with the political class. Due to the ‘Kill and get promotion’ policy of government of India [Auxiliary promotions], the common man’s life is in danger. It is a matter of deep concern that Indian police is killing the common people in “encounters” vaguely naming them terrorists. CLMC expressed deep concern over the violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir and North eastern states.
The report demanded to repeal draconian laws like AFSPA. The report condemned the brutal killing of Kishenji being called for peace talks in the same way as Azad was killed. The report concluded that it is high time to introduce the Communal Violence Bill, 2011 as communalism recently has seen its threshold heights frequently and minority communities seems targeted very systematically.
Turning on to Andhra Pradesh, the report expressed grave concern over the repression of peoples’ movement for separate Telangana state. The report condemned recent attacks on Muslim youths in Andhra, by the Hindu Vahini terrorists. Regarding Makkah Masjid bomb blast, the report made it clear that the G.O. for compensating the acquitted innocent Muslim youths, itself is so confusing, unclear, and unfair because the people who died in the blast were Muslims, who died in the subsequent police firing were Muslims and even the youth who were illegally detained and tortured were Muslims. And now the money that would be paid for compensation to the victims of police torture in connection with Makkah Masjid bomb blast is from the Makkah Masjid funds, so strange!, said the report.
On the International Human Rights Day, CLMC made the following demands:
1. We demand the implementation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2. We demand American government to withdraw its troops from illegal wars and stop attacks on the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Libya.
3. Demand to abolish Death Penalty and revoke the death penalty awarded to Jiten Marandi and Release the Political Prisoners.
4. We demand to introduce Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill, 2011 in the Parliament, debate and pass the bill.
5. Advocate Ravichander report on torture should be tabled in the Assembly.
6. Provide justice to the victims of Gujarat Genocide and punish the criminals under the crime against humanity.
7. ‘Operation Green-hunt’ should be stopped immediately and the life and liberty of indigenous people should be protected.
8. We demand to repeal all draconian laws such as UAPA, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and PD Act.
9. Stop the fake encounter killings and investigate the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin in free and fair manner so that the criminals of three states should be brought under justice.
10. The criminals of Babri Masjid demolition should be punished. Rebuild the Babri Masjid at the same site.
11. The victims of Bhopal Gas tragedy should be rehabilitated and the government of India should be with the victims of this tragedy but not with the union carbide.
12. Indian army should be immediately withdrawn from Kashmir and the hopes and aspirations of the people should be honoured.
13. Life convicts those who have already completed 14 years of imprisonment, Qadeer and Ganesh should be set free immediately.
14. Punish the Hyderabad police officers who implicated Muslim youth in false cases and applied Israeli torture methods. We demand to compensate the youth and their families as well as rehabilitate them.
15. Stop violence against women and provide justice to Ayesha Meera who was brutally murdered allegedly by the political class of the state.
16. Section 144 should be immediately withdrawn from the Hyderabad city and the right to freedom of expression should be restored.
17. Stop the atrocities against Muslims, Christians, Dalits, Adivasis and women.
18. 2G Spectrum scam money and the black money that is hidden in Swiss Bank accounts should be brought back and distributed among the Sc, ST, BC and Muslims.
19. The criminals of Sikh Genocide should be punished.
20. Provide justice to the Srilankan Tamils.
21. We want civil rights upheld; we want human rights respected and recognized.
22. We demand an end to injustice.
23. We demand an end to Poverty.
24. We demand an end to disappearances.
25. Stop the torture and torture cells.
26. End the discrimination of caste, class, religion.
27. We demand that the members of parliament appointed and acting on behalf of the people shall have no other vested interest other than that of the people.
28. Stop the illegal mining and end the control on the state by the corporate sector.
On the occasion of 63rd International Human Rights Day CLMC in the report pledged to protect the Human Rights and promised the people around the globe that they will always be with the people struggling and fighting to live a life with human dignity.