By TCN News,
New Delhi: Civil rights activists and groups today issued a joint-statement condemning the ‘witch-hunt of anti-communal activists’ and standing in solidarity with with Teesta Setalwad and her organization Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP).
“We the undersigned condemn the sinister attempts to malign and hound activists engaged in ensuring justice for the victims of state sponsored violence against the minorities in Gujarat,” a joint statement said, adding, “In what has now become a pattern, powerful vested interests close to the ruling party in Gujarat, have again attacked Teesta Setalvad and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) on charges which are blatantly false and malicious.”
CJP has already clarified that no one associated with their society has either collected money or acquired anyone’s land for the Gulberg memorial; the insistence by a section of the press to continue to publish partisan and fabricated reports can only be attributed to ulterior motives.
Adding a word of caution for the media the statement urged them to refrain from becoming a party to this witch-hunt.
The joint statement was signed by:
Manisha Sethi, Ahmed Sohaib, Sanghamitra Misra, Adil Mehdi (JTSA)
Kavita Srivastav and Mahtab Alam (PUCL), Anil Chaudhary, INSAF
Harsh Dobhal, HRLN, Madhuraesh Kumar, NAPM, Mansi Sharma, Activist
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