Hanging of Afzal Guru is a grave violation of International human rights charter- AFDR
Ludhiana: Association for
Democratic Rights –AFDR ( Punjab) held a
protest march against the hanging of Kashmiri
youth Afzal Guru on 16th February, in which leading democratic activists from different
districts participated. The speakers alleged that Afzal Guru was
implicated in Parliament attack case
under a well thought out
conspiracy. Extensive coverage given to his ‘confessional’ statement extracted
with inhuman torture in police custody in the media , was a
ploy to execute him. Neither he
was provided with legal aid to defend his case in the court, nor was
given chance to move for judicial review for reducing his death sentence after the president had rejected his
mercy petition. The questions
raised by Afzal Guru regarding the role
of S. T. F working under the
patronage of MHA, in this case have
still not been answered. Without providing any solid evidence and relying on totally illogical argument of
“satisfaction of collective sentiments of the nation” , he was hanged
surreptitiously just for being a Muslim and Kashmiri . The speakers emphasized that hanging of Afzal Guru is
grave violation of the International human rights charter. Use of the
statements extracted from Afzal in police custody, as an evidence to execute
him is
violation of judicial norms and is unjust
practice and after rejection of his mercy petition by the president on Sunday, the govt seemed to be in
hurry to execute him without justifying his involvement in the attack on Indian
parliament.The speakers added that by not informing his relatives about his execution
and then not handing over his dead body to them is outright inhuman behavior of
Indian rulers. All the speakers
condemned the suppression of voice of Kashmiris through imposition of curfew in
Kashmir valley and gaging the media. Actually Indian state, not being a
democracy is working like a machine for taking
lives of its own citizens. Terming it a very uncivilized sentence, the speakers
demanded the constitutional abolition of
capital punishment and decried the outrageous activities of bajrang dal rogues in
connivance with police, against the
Kashmiri girls and other activists
protesting against the hanging
of Afzal Guru at Delhi and
blackening the face of renowned activist Gautam Navlakha
and demanded that strict action be taken against such fascist elements and police officials
protecting them.
The protest march was addressed by the General secratery, Prof Jagmohan singh, distt
president Prof. A K Maleri, state press secretary Buta Singh, organizing
secretary Narbhinder Singh, and
Pritpal Singh. At the occasion Mr
Abhai singh writer, master Tarsem lal, Namdev Bhutal, Darshan singh Moga, Dr
Tejpal, Gurpreet Kaur and many other district leaders and activists were
present.
Issued by
Buta Singh, Press Secretary, A F
D R ( Punjab)
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