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CONVENTION on Justice for Bathani Tola 1996

By hastakshep | July 14, 2012 at 7:36 am | No comments | आयोजन/ संवाद | Tags: Ajay Bharadwaj, Anand Chakravarty, Anand Patwardhan, Anand Pradhan, Anand Teltumbde, Anil Chamaria, Anuradha Chenoy, Ashok Bhowmick, Bathani Tola, Bela Bhatia, Chittaranjan Singh, Citizens, Citizens for Justice for Bathani Tola, for, Hiren Gohain, Jaspal Singh Siddhu, Jaya Mehta, Justice, Kamal Chenoy, Kavita Krishnan, Kiran Shaheen, KJ Mukherjee,Manglesh Dabral, Nirmala Putul, Nirmalangshu Mukherjee, Nivedita Menon, PK Vijayan, Pranay Krishna, Sanghamitra Mishra, Satya Sivaraman, Seema Mustafa, Simpson (Odukapattor Viduthalai Munnani, Sudhir Suman, Tamilnadu), Tanika Sarkar, Tulsi Ram, Uma Chakravarty, Uma Gupta, V Geetha

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Citizens for Justice for Bathani Tola

Invites You to a

                                                         CONVENTION

Justice for Bathani Tola 1996

Punish the Guilty

 

July 15, 2012

Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club

12 noon – 6 pm

to be addressed by

Survivors of the Bathani Tola Massacre   

Students of Dalit Hostels of Ara

 (which were attacked by Ranveer Sena mobs the day Brahmeshwar Singh was killed)

and several concerned citizens, activists, and political leaders

  

File photo

21 landless poor – mostly women and children from dalit and extremely backward castes – were massacred by the Ranveer Sena on 11 July 1996. Recently, in a shocking verdict, the Bihar HC acquitted all those accused for the massacre.

The survivors of the massacre – who lost several of their family, and have bravely stood witness in court – are appealing the verdict in the Supreme Court. They need our support in their quest for justice.

A range of concerned citizens have come together to form 'Citizens for Justice for Bathani Tola' as a platform to take forward the struggle for justice for Bathani Tola and other victims of feudal, communal, and state-sponsored massacres.

Recent events in Bihar have underlined that though the Ranveer Sena is no longer active, the feudal and communal forces continue to wield political influence and power in today's Bihar. Following the killing of Ranveer Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, his supporters unleashed violence and arson on dalit hostels in Ara.

In the past year, a large number of Muslim youth from Darbhanga have become victims of the anti-terror witch-hunt – incarcerated, killed, and even 'disappeared' in custody without the slightest evidence against them.

To commemorate the Bathani massacre anniversary in Delhi, Citizens for Justice for Bathani Tola invites you to a Convention on 15 July, which will be addressed by the survivors of the Bathani Tola massacre as well as students from Ara's dalit hostels. A report on the witch-hunt of minority youth at Darbhanga will also be presented at the Convention.

We request you all to show solidarity with the Bathani Tola victims and survivors, and attend the Convention on July 15.

 

Contact nos: 9560756628, 9868034224

 

Citizens for Justice for Bathani Tola     

Anand Patwardhan, Bela Bhatia, Uma Chakravarty, Anand Chakravarty, Anand Teltumbde, V Geetha, Seema Mustafa, Hiren Gohain, Tulsi Ram, Tanika Sarkar, Nirmalangshu Mukherjee, Simpson (Odukapattor Viduthalai Munnani, Tamilnadu), Ajay Bharadwaj, Jaya Mehta, Nivedita Menon, Anand Pradhan, Kiran Shaheen, Anil Chamaria, Nirmala Putul, PK Vijayan, Sanghamitra Mishra, Kamal Chenoy, Anuradha Chenoy, KJ Mukherjee, Jaspal Singh Siddhu, Ashok Bhowmick, Manglesh Dabral, Pranay Krishna, Sudhir Suman, Chittaranjan Singh, Satya Sivaraman, Kavita Krishnan, Uma Gupta