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Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Subject: FW: Press Release: Arrest of prominent human rights activist,Kirity Roy,condemned - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene
From: s_guhathakurta@hotmail.com
Subject: Press Release: Arrest of prominent human rights activist,Kirity Roy,condemned - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:44:22 +0000
>
> Asian Centre for Human Rights
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> [ACHR has Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC]
> C-3/441-C, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, India
> Phone: +91-11-25620583, 25503624
> Email: suhaschakma@achrweb.org: Website: www.achrweb.org
>
> 07 April 2010
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
>
> Arrest of prominent human rights activist, Kirity Roy, condemned
> - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene -
>
> New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today condemned the arrest
> of Mr Kirity Roy, Secretary of Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha
> (MASUM) by the Anti Terrorist Cell of Kolkata Police this morning as a
> desperate act to silence dissent in West Bengal and demanded his immediate
> and unconditional release.
>
> Mr Roy was arrested from his residence at Serampore, Hooghly in Kolkata at
> around 9 AM today in connection with Taltala Police Station case no.
> 134/2008 dated 9 June 2008 under Section 170 (Personating a public
> officer), Section 179 (refusing to answer public servant authorized to
> question), Section 229 (Personation of a juror or assessor) and Section
> 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code against Mr. Kirity Roy
> and others of MASUM. This case was registered for organizing a People's
> Tribunal on Torture on 9-10 June 2008 at Kolkata.
>
> Mr Kirity Roy was only one of the organizers of the People's Tribunal on
> Torture. The panelists included Ms. Pamela Philipose, Executive Director,
> Women Feature Service, Mr. Ashok Chakravarti, former Senior Director,
> NHRC, Justice Malay Sengupta, Ex- Chief Justice Sikkim High Court, Dr.
> Mohini Giri, former Chairperson, National Commission for Women, Mr.
> Ashutosh Mukherjee, ex-District & Sessions Judge, Dr. Tapas Bhattacharjya,
> Dr. Satyajit Ash, M.D., Psychiatrist, MON Foundation, Dr. Sreemantee
> Chaudhuri, Psychiatrist, Dr. A. K. Gupta, Head of Forensic Medicine,
> Calcutta Medical College, among others.
>
> Mr Roy challenged the validity of FIR No. 134/2008 before the Calcutta
> High Court (Kirity Roy versus State of West Bengal & others vide WP No.
> 25022(W) of 2008) but on 26 August 2009 Justice Sanjib Banerjee of the
> Calcutta High Court dismissed the writ petition on the ground that police
> investigation is necessary to find out whether the petitioner organized a
> parallel judiciary. Mr Roy filed an appeal (MAT 1219/2009) along with a
> Stay Application (C.A.N. 10511/2009) in the Division Bench of Chief
> Justice Mohit Ranjan Shah and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh. The Division
> Bench of Calcutta High Court is scheduled to hear the case tomorrow i.e. 8
> April 2010.
>
> "The arrest of Mr Kirity Roy just one day ahead of the hearing on the
> validity of the FIR by the Calcutta High Court is a clear attempt to
> subvert justice and persecute the human rights defenders in this country.
> This is nothing but a desperate act to silence any form of dissent in West
> Bengal." - stated Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of Asian Centre for Human
> Rights.
>
> ACHR has urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay
> and National Human Rights Commission of India to intervene for the
> unconditional and immediate release of Mr Kirity Roy.[Ends]
> _____________________________________________________________________
> [Should you require any further information, please contact Mr Suhas
> Chakma at 09810893440]
>
>
>
>
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From: manas joardar <manasjoardar@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Subject: FW: Press Release: Arrest of prominent human rights activist,Kirity Roy,condemned - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene
From: s_guhathakurta@hotmail.com
Subject: Press Release: Arrest of prominent human rights activist,Kirity Roy,condemned - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:44:22 +0000
>
> Asian Centre for Human Rights
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> [ACHR has Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC]
> C-3/441-C, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, India
> Phone: +91-11-25620583, 25503624
> Email: suhaschakma@achrweb.org: Website: www.achrweb.org
>
> 07 April 2010
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
>
> Arrest of prominent human rights activist, Kirity Roy, condemned
> - UN Human Rights Chief and NHRC urged to intervene -
>
> New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today condemned the arrest
> of Mr Kirity Roy, Secretary of Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha
> (MASUM) by the Anti Terrorist Cell of Kolkata Police this morning as a
> desperate act to silence dissent in West Bengal and demanded his immediate
> and unconditional release.
>
> Mr Roy was arrested from his residence at Serampore, Hooghly in Kolkata at
> around 9 AM today in connection with Taltala Police Station case no.
> 134/2008 dated 9 June 2008 under Section 170 (Personating a public
> officer), Section 179 (refusing to answer public servant authorized to
> question), Section 229 (Personation of a juror or assessor) and Section
> 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code against Mr. Kirity Roy
> and others of MASUM. This case was registered for organizing a People's
> Tribunal on Torture on 9-10 June 2008 at Kolkata.
>
> Mr Kirity Roy was only one of the organizers of the People's Tribunal on
> Torture. The panelists included Ms. Pamela Philipose, Executive Director,
> Women Feature Service, Mr. Ashok Chakravarti, former Senior Director,
> NHRC, Justice Malay Sengupta, Ex- Chief Justice Sikkim High Court, Dr.
> Mohini Giri, former Chairperson, National Commission for Women, Mr.
> Ashutosh Mukherjee, ex-District & Sessions Judge, Dr. Tapas Bhattacharjya,
> Dr. Satyajit Ash, M.D., Psychiatrist, MON Foundation, Dr. Sreemantee
> Chaudhuri, Psychiatrist, Dr. A. K. Gupta, Head of Forensic Medicine,
> Calcutta Medical College, among others.
>
> Mr Roy challenged the validity of FIR No. 134/2008 before the Calcutta
> High Court (Kirity Roy versus State of West Bengal & others vide WP No.
> 25022(W) of 2008) but on 26 August 2009 Justice Sanjib Banerjee of the
> Calcutta High Court dismissed the writ petition on the ground that police
> investigation is necessary to find out whether the petitioner organized a
> parallel judiciary. Mr Roy filed an appeal (MAT 1219/2009) along with a
> Stay Application (C.A.N. 10511/2009) in the Division Bench of Chief
> Justice Mohit Ranjan Shah and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh. The Division
> Bench of Calcutta High Court is scheduled to hear the case tomorrow i.e. 8
> April 2010.
>
> "The arrest of Mr Kirity Roy just one day ahead of the hearing on the
> validity of the FIR by the Calcutta High Court is a clear attempt to
> subvert justice and persecute the human rights defenders in this country.
> This is nothing but a desperate act to silence any form of dissent in West
> Bengal." - stated Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of Asian Centre for Human
> Rights.
>
> ACHR has urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay
> and National Human Rights Commission of India to intervene for the
> unconditional and immediate release of Mr Kirity Roy.[Ends]
> _____________________________________________________________________
> [Should you require any further information, please contact Mr Suhas
> Chakma at 09810893440]
>
>
>
>
> --
> Click for exclusive coverage on the New Bajaj Pulsar 220 the fastest Indian bike
> http://www.zigwheels.com/Features/Bajaj-Pulsar-220-DTSi-Special-Coverage/Pulsar_20090623-1-1
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