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Subject: Fwd: VOICES OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE AFSPA - Invitation & Endorsement request
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Subject: VOICES OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE AFSPA - Invitation & Endorsement request
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Dear Friends,
Delhi based org/ individuals organizing a campaign programme against AFSPA on 13 March, following is the Programme Pamphlet/ invite. Organizations and individuals are requested to send their endorsements to be part of this initiative. Please mark your endorsements to Vani Subramanian - vanishes@gmail.com.
Regards
Bipin
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"From Gandhi to Sharmila Campaign" Comes to Delhi
VOICES OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE AFSPA
(Armed Forces Special Powers Act)
join an evening of speech, music and poetry
Venue: K C, Open Air Theatre, JNU Campus
Time: 5:30 pm onwards
Date: 13 March, 2010
Irom Chanu Sharmila, an Imphal-based poet, is now in her tenth year of an indefinite hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Since November 4, 2000 when she began her fast, she has been detained, released and re-arrested innumerable times by the government and force-fed through nasal tubes, but has stood by her demand, steadfastly refusing to eat until the draconian Act is totally repealed.
The AFSPA is a single page legislation that empowers the central government to deploy armed forces in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, as well as Jammu & Kashmir, and empowers security officers to:-
· Shoot-to-kill anyone on mere suspicion
· Arrest anyone without warrant and detain for unaccountable periods of time
· Search and seize on anyone's premises without warrant, and
· Grants immunity to Armed Personnel from Enquiry or Trial
The prolonged imposition of this Act in different parts of the country since 1958 has severely impacted the democratic rights of the peoples' - contradicting all Constitutional guarantees of Right to Life, Liberty, Freedom and Dignity. This is also resulting in gross civil and political rights' violations including disappearances, extra-judicial execution, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, rape and other forms of sexual violence against women, arbitrary arrest and detention, and creating a culture of impunity among the security forces.
Many committees of the Government of India, including most recently, the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee have recommended repeal of AFSPA, yet the government shows no sign of relenting!
Not surprisingly, people from AFSPA-affected regions as well as democratic rights groups, women's groups and others have continuously demanded for the total repeal of AFSPA, while the State and security forces have constantly tried to silence them. Yet, Voices of Resistance like Irom Sharmila continue to inspire and give courage to struggle against all odds.
In a region profoundly impacted by militarisation and violence, Irom Sharmila is herself inspired by the principles of non-violent Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi. Hence, the Just Peace Foundation and other civil society groups have initiated the "From Gandhi to Sharmila Campaign" in Manipur; a campaign that started on January 30, 2010, the 62nd anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, and will culminate on March 14, Sharmila's 38th birthday.
Among the solidarity program in India and abroad, is the "Voices of Resistance" Against AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Power Act) programme being organised in Delhi by organizations and individuals long associated with the struggle against AFSPA.
Our purpose is to send a clear message that:-
· The government of India must immediately repeal:
o The Armed Forces (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) Special Powers Act, 1958 (as amended in 1972), and
o The Jammu and Kashmir Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1990
· The government must refrain from inserting any part of the AFSPA into any other legislation granting unbridled powers to the armed forces of the union or the State police.
· The government must immediately stop treating Irom Sharmila like a criminal, and allow her full rights due to every citizen in the country.
· Join the ongoing campaign for the repeal of AFSPA from the entire country.
· Support the struggle of peoples against increasing state violence in the regions.
· Resist increasing militarization of democratic spaces.
· Support Irom Sharmila's 10-year-old hunger strike.
NO MORE AFSPA! NO WHERE IN THE COUNTRY!
Organised by:>
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INSAF
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