धर्मनिरपेक्षता
September 1, 2002
M E S S A G E
Secularism and humanism are basic features of our Constitution even as egalite and compassion are the finer components of our Paramount Parchment. To sustain these precious values is a fundamental duty of every citizen of India. To resist aggression on this composite cultural heritage is a primary obligation if we are truly Indians.
In this humane perspective, communalism is...
July 28, 2002
Gujarat Genocide 2002 & Victims Dilemma
A Report Submitted by Chairman
Foundation for Civil Liberties New Delhi
June 11, 2002
86 pages
Leah Levin
Illustrated by Plantu
NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA in collaboration with UNESCO Publishing
Language - English
Read online: http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/humanrightsnbt.pdf
May 31, 2002
Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002
The Concerned Citizens Tribunal – Gujarat 2002, was conceived as a response to the carnage that rocked the state of Gujarat following the Godhra tragedy on February 27, 2002. The eight-member Tribunal was constituted in consultation with a large number of groups from within Gujarat and the rest of the country. A copy of its terms of reference...
May 31, 2002
The Tribunal collected 2,094 oral and written testimonies, both individual and collective, from victim-survivors and also independent human rights groups, women’s groups, NGOs and academics. The documentation work done by relief camp managers and community leaders, from lists of persons killed or ‘missing’, to the meticulous tabulation of economic loss and religious desecration...
May 23, 2002
The burning of Coach Sl6 of the Sabarmati Express on February 27 at Godhra railway station continues to raise questions. Was it a conspiracy? Who did it and-why? Even three months after the incident, contradictory versions keep surfacing.
All accounts, including that of the National Human Rights Commission, suggest that the violence against hluslims in the rest ...
June 1, 2000
A collective investigation into the Aug 3-10, 2000 post bandh violence all over Gujarat state tracks the most recent evidence of how the state ‘s minorities — Muslims and Christians — live in a state of terror, ghettoised, with their patriotism forever under question.
Gujarat 1998 - 2000 is live testimony to the utter contempt that the Indian Constitution and the rule of law...