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The Long Road to Justice: Godhra/Naroda/Best Bakery A talk by Teesta Setalvad Friday November 21, 7:00 PM Hunter College (Lex and 68th, Manhattan) [New York City] Hunter North C002 The state sponsored carnage of the Muslim minority in Gujarat in March-April 2002 was a watershed event in the troubled history of secularism in India. More than 2500 innocent muslims were massacred by militant Hindutva (a Hindu nationalist movement) forces and more than 150,000 others were rendered homeless. Within days after the carnage began, Human Rights groups from across the country began mobilizing in an effort to seek justice -- to bring the perpetrators to justice and ensure the safety and security of the muslim minority in Gujarat and elsewhere in India. Now, nearly two years after the genocidal attack not a single person has been convicted and the minorities in Gujarat continue to face inhuman conditions. However, the process of fighting for justice has pushed the limits of the Indian judicial system -- public interest litigations in the Supreme Court, numerous cases in the Gujarat State court system, evidence gathering and witness protection under circumstances of dire threats -- have al continued ceaselessly. Teesta Setalvad, the convener of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, that produced a two volume report (Crimes Against Humanity) with detailed evidence of State complicity in the massacre, is one of the chief actors in the battle for justice. In her talk, Teesta Setalvad will outline the nature of the contradictions that have emerged over the last year and half of legal work around the Gujarat massacre, especially in the context of the recent Supreme Court directives on the Best bakery case. Teesta Setalvad, a long time journalist, is currently the co-editor of Communalism Combat, the only Indian magazine in English entirely dedicated to the anti-communal struggle, and the Director of KHOJ, a schools project to promote secular education. Most recently she was the Convener of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal that investigated the killings in Gujarat, published now in a two volume report titled "Crimes Against Humanity." Setalvad has won many awards, including the [Nurem]berg International Human Rights Award, Human Rights Defenders Award, the Pax Christi International Peace Award, the PUCL Human Rights Journalism Award and the Dalit Liberation Education Trusts' Human Rights Award. ------------------------------------------------------------ Directions to Venue: 6 Train to Hunter College/68 Street For reports on the Gujarat massacre: http://www.onlinevolunteers.org/ For More Information on the talk Call: 917 232 8437 or email mathew@r... For Insaf-NY/FOIL list info send email to: info@f... |
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