Revolutionary, humanist, and scientist, Faheem Hussain embodied the political and social ferment of the late 1960’s.
Revolutionary, humanist, and scientist, Faheem Hussain embodied the political and social ferment of the late 1960’s.
In a pattern which has become increasingly familiar in many parts of India, but particularly in Gujarat, once again in the run-up to the assembly by elections in Gujarat, a number of Muslim youth were picked up by police officials in plain clothes, illegally detained and severely tortured, before they were sent to judicial custody.
Women in Pakistan continue to be victims of this senseless violence. It is ultimately the responsibility of the Pakistani government to protect women and to prosecute those who commit these horrible atrocities. Instead, perpetrators of violence against women are provided with impunity by Pakistan’s society, judicial system and the government.
The issues of bread and butter, social tensions and environmental degradation that have been pushed out of the public eye because our legendary club of strategic affairs experts is once more ruling the air waves and pouring ink all over the newspapers on the potency of India’s "hydrogen (H)-bomb".
In the light of recent revelations from Gujarat in the case of Ishrat Jehan we believe that it is only appropriate, ethical, and legally incumbent upon the UPA government to re-open the Batla House ‘encounter’ case. We strongly feel that the truth must come out in the Batla House ‘encounter’ in the interests of justice and as a deterrent to the politics of murder indulged in by sections of the Indian police. We urge you, therefore, to immediately institute a Judicial Probe, under a sitting judge of the Supreme Court to verify the truth about the Batla House ‘encounter’.
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