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[1] From: palash biswas <banga_sss2003@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Jul 14, 2006 Subject: Re: [ MYANMAR FRIENDS] Entire people totally oppose plot of destructive group to destroy country through unrest THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 13 July, 2006 Entire people totally oppose plot of destructive group to destroy country through unrest They are to safeguard peace and tranquillity and better results for development built for many years YANGON, 12 July — The government, the people and the Tatmadaw (Myanmar armed forces) of the Union of Myanmar are endeavouring for emergence of a peaceful, modern developed and discipline-flourishing democratic nation in accord with the desire of the entire people. Now peace and tranquillity and better foundations for development and better conditions for democratization have achieved. The government on its correct path of development is marching towards the national goal in accord with the seven-step Road Map. At the same time external and internal destructive elements who want to seize State power through shortcut gathered in a neighbouring country and held a meeting to create a commotion in the country and commit terrorist acts. Informa-tion is received in advance that destructive groups and saboteurs are attempting to destabilize the country and destroy lives and property of the people making contact with groups at home and abroad. This has been made public. Those who took part in the 88 unrest and members of a political party in the country and its followers are plotting to destabilize the country by distributing agitative leaflets and through demonstrations in collusion with destructive groups sent by terrorists, destructive elements and saboteurs and expatriates using Martyrs Day which falls on 19 July as a tool. At the same time other armed groups who witnessed stability and development and efforts of the government, the people and the Tatmadaw gave up their armed struggle line and returned to the legal fold. Local people are very glad to see peace and progress in the respective regions. Moreover, the entire people are also pleased to see better prospects for development and the fact that some regions where there was no peace and stability have now enjoyed peace and tranquillity. The people who want to earn their living in peace and who do not want the already-achieved peace and tranquillity and better conditions for development to be ruined due to the attempts of external and internal destructive elements bent on seizing State power in shortcut way are making arrangements to guard against the acts of saboteurs and destructive elements, in cooperation with organizations representing the people. ------------------------ [2] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jul 14, 2006 Subject: URGENT: Action Alert! From: "Ghulam Mustafa Lakho" <gmlakho.advocate@gmail.com> Please visit the following website and take action for the release of three victims in Pakistan. http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/support.php?ua=UA-227-2006 Thanks PAKISTAN: Missing of three more persons after allegedly being taken by the police and army personnel Dear [salutation], PAKISTAN: Three persons are missing after allegedly being taken by the police and army personnel CASE 1 Name of the victim: Mr. Asif Baladi, a publisher of Peace Publishing House and the chairperson of Sindh Nationalist Forum Alleged perpetrators: unknown armed men suspected of being military personnel Date of the incident: abducted in midday on June 26 2006 and remains missing Place of the incident: Share Faisal Road in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan CASE 2 Name of the victim: Mr. Mehar Uddin Marri, a journalist in Badin district, Sindh province Alleged perpetrators: 1. Mr. Nazeeer Magsi, Station House Officer of the Chohar Jamali police station 2. Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Ibrahim of Chohar Jamali police station 3. Mr. Noor uddin Brohi, Station House Officer of the Sujawal police station Date of the incident: arrested by the police on July 2 2006 and remains missing Place of the incident: The house of the Federal Minister of State Mr. Mohammad Ali Malkani CASE 3 Name of the victim: Mr. Mir Mitha Khan Marri, a transporter by occupation, residing in Hub, Balochistan province Alleged perpetrators: Station House Officer (SHO) in the Hub police station and four other policemen Date of the incident: arrested by the Hub police on January 13 2006 and remains missing Place of the incident: The victim's work place in Hub, Balochistan It has come to my attention that another three persons have been missing after allegedly being arrested by the army and police personnel in separate incidents in Sindh and Balochistan. According to the information I have received, Mr. Asif Baladi was allegedly abducted by unidentified armed men in midday from the Share Faisal Road in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan on 26 June 2006. The car that he was taken in allegedly belongs to the law enforcement agency. Mr. Baladi had allegedly received several threatening phone calls before he went missing. His organization the Sindh Nationalist Forum was planning to hold the Sindh Message Conference in August and September aimed at raising the issue of the brutality of army personnel in Sindh province and several foreign intellectuals are expected to participate in this event. Three days after his abduction, two unidentified men collected the victim's passport and identity card from his house but they refused to reveal their identification when the family inquired to them. The family suspects that Mr. Baladi might be in army custody as his disappearance shows the typical pattern used by army personnel. His whereabouts remain unknown. In a separate case, Mr. Mehar Uddin Marri, a journalist based in Badin district, Sindh province was arrested by the police on 2 July 2006 from the house of the Federal Minister of State Mr. Mohammad Ali Malkani, after he was accused by the minister of being involved in the resistance movement. Even though his arrest by the police was obvious, the Sindh police denied that they arrested him and therefore they do not know where he is. The family fears that Mr. M. U. Marri might be in army custody and subjected to brutal torture. In another case, a transporter named Mr. Mir Mitha Khan Marri was arrested on 13 January 2006 by the Hub police from his workplace. The police accused him of involvement in the resistance movement in Balochistan. The office of the SHO, the Inspector General of Police and Chief Minister of Balochistan province assured the family that Mr. M. K. Marri would be sent back home soon but his whereabouts are still unknown. According to an anonymous source in the army, the victim is in army custody in Punjab province. The family claims that the victim was arrested due to his surname 'Marri' as in the tribe of 'Marri' which has been organizing the resistance movement in Balochistan. In the three cases mentioned above, all the three victims were allegedly taken by the military and police personnel without due process. In particular regarding Mr. Mehar Uddin Marri and Mr. Asif Baladi, I am concerned that the two men were disappeared due to their activities to protect and promote the human rights of the people. I am also alarmed by the increasing number of the disappearance cases in Pakistan. I was informed that more than 600 persons have already been disappeared from Sindh and Balochistan provinces in the first half of this year. Among them, more than 20 persons were found dead after allegedly being tortured. The Minister of Interior himself admitted in the National Assembly that over 4,000 persons were arrested in Balochistan. Among those, less than 200 persons were produced before courts. In light of the above, I strongly urge you to take action to investigate the disappearances of the three persons above, locate their whereabouts and produce them in court as soon as possible. If there is no concrete evidence to prove their involvement in any crimes, they should be released immediately. An inquiry should also be constituted to probe the disappearances, torture and extra judicial killings and those who are found guilty of those crimes should be brought before the courts. I also urge the Pakistan government to take firm and genuine steps to investigate all the disappearance cases that have taken place since 2001 and locate the whereabouts of the victims. I further urge you to take strong criminal and disciplinary action against law enforcement officers who commit illegal acts such as illegal arrest/detention, torture and extrajudicial killings. In particular, human rights activists including journalists who are working for justice and human rights should not be subjected to the brutality of the military and police personnel. As a member of the newly established UN Human Rights Council, the Pakistan government must respect and protect the rights of the people and provide effective remedies to the victims. Otherwise, it will only be a mockery to the international community. I look for your urgent intervention into this case. Yours sincerely, [fullname] [country] ----------------------- [3] From: palash biswas <banga_sss2003@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Jul 14, 2006 Subject: Re: [chhattisgarh-net] Blood, sweat and anger by KPS Gill KPS Gill Thursday, July 13, 2006 21:42 IST What stands out most in the aftermath of the July 11 serial bomb attacks in Mumbai has been the people's response, their capacity for autonomous action, for cooperation, their great resilience, but also their rising anger against terrorists and against the political incapacity to frame a coherent response to this excrescence. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1041510 --------------- [4] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jul 14, 2006 Subject: Rickshaw driver makes Bollywood debut Rickshaw driver makes Bollywood debut MUMBAI: Waqar Khan's years as a rickshaw driver in India's film capital have finally paid off. Khan has been driving his three-wheller for most of the 20 years since he left his home in impoverished northern India for the moviemaking hub of Bombay, saving money and studying filmmaking in hopes of becoming a Bollywood actor and filmmaker. Khan's dream came true earlier this month when his first movie, 'Ishq Na Karna,' was released in cinemas in northern India. Some 150 fellow rickshaw drivers pooled $130,000 for the low-budget movie after banks refused to fund its production, Khan told The Associated Press. Khan, 39, said his friends always made fun of his dream, but he never wanted to give up. "I always dreamed of working for Bollywood. I spent many sleepless nights outside studios asking for work," he said in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, where he was promoting the film. Guards at Mumbai's film studios would shoo him away, but Khan said he would sneak in and watch actors and directors at work. In the movie, Khan's character avenges the death of his lover played by newcomer Urvashi Choudhury who commits suicide after being forced by her stepmother to marry another man. The rickshaw driver-turned-filmmaker managed to hire some of the industry's best names for the movie's music, including top singers Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghoshal. "Ishq Na Karna" has had a "very good response" in small towns in Uttar Pradesh, where many people came to see the movie after reading about Khan in local newspapers, said Subhash Sharma of the state's Cinema Owners' Association. Yet Khan, who hails from Shahjahanpur, a town southwest of Lucknow, said he won't let success go to his head. "I am still a rickshaw driver," he said. ---------------- |
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